Example sentences of "[prep] it [adv] [conj] [pers pn] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | The autocratic old Frenchman came out of it badly and he did not like it . |
| 2 | ( He was n't really lying — they did often think of it even if they did n't get down to it . ) |
| 3 | When it had been screened you 'd got to be in there and the malted barley would come out of a big hole just big enough to get a comb-sack through ; and it used to run into a big heap ; and you 'd got to be inside there a-throwing on it back so it did n't bung up the hole . |
| 4 | The member of staff when I spoke to him about it afterwards — I did not call him in to speak to him about it immediately because I did not think it was either my place or my duty — I told him that she was very concerned about that being said to her son and quite frankly so was I , and really was that the sort of thing to say and he agreed it was n't the thing to say but he said ‘ I was so angry at the time . |
| 5 | Most people got to hear about it afterwards and he did get a bit of stick . |
| 6 | It is worth the effort because I feel so much better about it now than I did before discovering the benefits of low fat eating and intensive stretching exercises . |