Example sentences of "did [vb infin] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being aware of the strict alcohol regulations , I did not object to this , although I did think it rather unfair that a school-friend was obliged to dispose of his soft drink before he entered the ground . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , many feminists did throw themselves wholeheartedly into the purity campaigns . |
| 3 | Such actions did not infringe the Corrupt Practice Acts but they did make them virtually inoperative . |
| 4 | We found the machine was fairly comfortable to use for long periods , but the high body did make it slightly awkward to control in tight corners . |
| 5 | Gale force winds could not blow away the players ' enthusiasm but they did make it very hard work . |
| 6 | What 's nice about it as well is they , if ever you did want one anywhere , can always sort of could n't you ? |
| 7 | Because although I hated it worse than anything , I did enjoy it too , once I got used to it . |
| 8 | We did buy it once before . |
| 9 | As Eve had anticipated , it did win them much more freedom . |
| 10 | ‘ I felt I had to come in and have a drink , because I did need one so . |
| 11 | I did not know if Matron was on that evening , but I did know she invariably did her own dirty work . |
| 12 | After talking to the Pan Am legal team in London , I flew back to the States to be with my family , and a few weeks later , the DEA did do something more drastic . |
| 13 | I could never of got them and got her hair cut cos she did do it slowly and got it level |
| 14 | I 'm sure they did do it well . |
| 15 | huh , got it , oh yeah I did do it actually |
| 16 | When lovesome God did send me here |
| 17 | When lovesome God did send me here |
| 18 | That did rouse me slightly from myself . |
| 19 | He said the CSM did feel it right to act at the end of 1981 as there was not enough information available . |
| 20 | Erm , there 's a question of a rally in Central Hall , now in order to organise this pensioner 's rally there short of funds , erm , I think the executive will be discussing this and as , as before we did give them quite a considerable donating , because it costs a thousand pounds to hire the centre hall and we do want to erm take part in a very big rally , like the last one was . |
| 21 | But you did give her quite a blow . |
| 22 | But it did give him yet one more advantage in a situation already loaded against her . |
| 23 | I do not recollect that we ever tried it , although my father did bring me home a bottle containing two or three sticks of white phosphorus , at the same time showing me the mark on his thigh where , so he said , a piece of phosphorus has fallen while he was attempting to write on a wall with it . |
| 24 | He told the Queen how he once made the cast salute her as she drove past.He did n't have his Minder with him today , but he did bring 'er indoors . |
| 25 | And it did bring it home to me that we have got a major security problem in this building and in our other municipal buildings and quite frankly the ease with which anybody can come into this building at virtually any time of the day or evening astounds me . |
| 26 | Sir Humphrey was unfaithful and she had to divorce him — at least she did divorce him so that he could marry again , I believe . ’ |
| 27 | But it did become something very different at the end , when Freddie went . |
| 28 | When the invading Israelite tribes crossed the Jordan and arrived at Jericho , they probably did see no-one there , for the simple reason that Jericho was a deserted ruin . |
| 29 | He did see himself very much as a responsible figure as far as other people 's well being was concerned when it came to this , and this was probably based on the fact that his step-brother , Terry , by his mother 's previous marriage , was classified as schizophrenic , a problem which David felt could be hereditary . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I did see him briefly three days ago . ’ |