Example sentences of "did [pers pn] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now what did I do when , one day last week . |
| 2 | Did I think that under my house the gas lid from the propane tank had fractured , that gas was accumulating , that the pilot light was on ? |
| 3 | Little did I think that the one-time pretty young copy typist would end up bellowing in my ear . |
| 4 | I wrote back and said no way did I think that she ought to go into the unit . |
| 5 | ‘ Did I mention that you 're artful ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Did I mention that you 're lovely ? ’ |
| 7 | Now , where did I leave that gui … |
| 8 | Not for a moment did I realise that we would be gone for almost three months , return home for nine months , and then spend one more month to finally finish in Australia ! |
| 9 | It was only when I got on the ground and tried to walk did I realise that I had a bullet through the top of my right ankle . |
| 10 | There was something enthralling about this scene , the three girls in the circle of insect-laden light , so that I had n't wondered what she was doing and only now did I realise that the girl was a fortune-teller . |
| 11 | Little did I realise that I would end my ministerial career by spending much of my time on the Welsh Grand Committee . |
| 12 | Nor did I complain when he kept me awake , twisting and turning , sighing and moaning . |
| 13 | I said I did I said and I had an awful job to get it out again . |
| 14 | Not only did I discover that all these tender little messages you keep sending me were probably written weeks in advance , but I also discovered just how many other women I share that privilege with . |
| 15 | So when did I suggest that Doreen should take over the office ? |
| 16 | Not until I was out in the open countryside again , reassured by the songs of the birds and the murmur of streams did I feel that I had emerged from a dream and rejoined the familiar twentieth century . |
| 17 | Nor did I desist until the patients were worn out , and said that now the devil had fled . |
| 18 | Well in the last 2 days Firmin and Antonio have been getting more and more hostile ( which is n't hard to do given how Charlie and Matt are currently feeling about one another ) and you could really sense the Indians getting involved , following it all from their part of the raft as if their lives depended on it — which in a way they did I suppose because we were arguing about whether they had the right to be baptised and have their souls saved or not . |
| 19 | If he was claiming a grant in yours , I did I claimed when I went back to college , my twenties I actually claimed a grant but my father claimed income tax relief claimed under him . |
| 20 | Then I had no excuse not to audition for plays , and when I did I found that I enjoyed it . |
| 21 | Did I mind that he had been torn from his work — and from me — by Ahmed , his dead sister 's devastated amour ? |
| 22 | What a racket did I keep and to say truth I would I had been more chary than I was … for a faithless wretch I met with : well , he has a deal to answer for . |
| 23 | Did I ask or not ? |
| 24 | Little did I imagine that such a move was destined for me within the next two years . |
| 25 | The principles of the NBS , brainchild of A1 Garden Aquaria 's Peter Oakes , were outlined in last month 's column , but little did I imagine that the device itself would be in my hands so soon afterwards , let alone up and running in time for this update . |
| 26 | Vainly did I imagine that such sweet harmonies would calm my violent grief . ’ |
| 27 | Because er we 've done sort of I must Where did I write that if I 've lost that list , I suppose to keep Erm , Ron , tin and then you 've got hankies did n't you ? |
| 28 | Did I write and tell you about Jester falling ? ’ |
| 29 | Little for that matter did I believe that this experience was to be the start of a whole new direction in my life , the lessons of which I have attempted to set out in this book . |
| 30 | And to my amazement , what did I see but our George , and labelled for sale at £395 . |