Example sentences of "i did [adv] [vb infin] [Wh det] it " in BNC.

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1 I did not know what it could be , but I tried to reassure her and went up the road to where the policeman lived .
2 I did n't know what it was , and they had to play in-between bingo sets .
3 I did n't know what it was all about till I got there and one of them said ‘ You may recognise this , ’ and it was all in the style of Camberwick Green .
4 I actually bought the guitar off the shelf but I did n't know what it was .
5 Early Muddy Waters stuff : his stuff was the first slide that I heard and I did n't know what it was ; I did n't know if someone was playing steel guitar ; it sounded like they were fretting the guitar and slidin' .
6 I did n't know what it all was at first . ’
7 I had a vague feeling there was probably a simple way of lifting an old woman off the floor , bit I did n't know what it was .
8 The first time I was strung out I did n't know what it was .
9 I did n't know what it meant .
10 I did n't know what it was and I certainly had n't asked for it .
11 My solicitor got some papers for me to sign , but I was so depressed I did n't know what it was about .
12 I had never heard the word and unwisely said that I did n't know what it meant .
13 Piers cleaned out his ear with his little finger and then leant on his elbow with his forehead on outstretched fingers — and shook his head every time the instrument ( I did n't know what it was then ) vibrated .
14 I did n't know what it was there for .
15 I did n't know what it was .
16 At first I did n't know what it was , then I realised it was what Doreen called a ‘ floppy disc ’ , one of those things you store your words with on a computer .
17 I did n't know what it was called .
18 I did n't know what it was did I ?
19 Oh you know , do you remember Yvonne saying that that plant down there was a money plant and I did n't know what it was called ?
20 I 'd have had that if I know what I 'd had now , but cos I did n't know what it was .
21 and I did n't know what it was , the question was
22 I did n't know what it was .
23 I was n't here when it was given out so I did n't know what it was
24 I did n't know what it was .
25 Oh I heard the bell but I did n't know what it was for !
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