Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] do [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't remember whether in grade it was three you did was n't it ? |
| 2 | All I did was to out on a raid — unofficially . |
| 3 | All I did was to use a term to convey a meaning . |
| 4 | Now all I did was park my car in the garden centre , buy a small cactus and walk across the road to X-ray . |
| 5 | Perhaps all I did was to elevate trivia into a principle . |
| 6 | In fact , practically all I did was to go for solitary walks or pretend to read Virgil or Sophocles , whose two dead languages were now as meaningless to me as mental arithmetic , and as incapable of claiming my concentration . |
| 7 | All I did was to congratulate Mark by patting him on the thigh , ’ said Roger Hoad . |
| 8 | You 've just said yourself that all I did was try the windows . |
| 9 | The other thing is my contribution to the new album is limited , Jake had most of the songs finished before I arrived and all I did was go in and lay down the bass tracks . |
| 10 | ‘ Ah , all I did was have an idea , ’ he said . |
| 11 | ‘ Your father was the one who struck the deals ; all I did was choose the animals . ’ |
| 12 | All I did was mention sabotage . |
| 13 | All I did was look . |
| 14 | ‘ All I did was come out for a walk before going to bed , and I was about by that place where the bank 's caved in , when somebody jumped me from behind . |
| 15 | ‘ All I did was think of it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It would have been a prize-winning shot and all I did was stand here like a fool . |
| 17 | All I did was arrive more quickly than going round to your door . ’ |
| 18 | All I did was … ’ she thought hurriedly ‘ … |
| 19 | All I did was get things started . |
| 20 | ‘ All I did was try and cheer her up , ’ mumbled Granny Morkie . |
| 21 | All I did was walk across the room and pull that curtain off him . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Dear Batty , I needed money for booze so all I did was rip off a few thousand cup final tickets supposed to be for our lot and flog 'em to some scum supporters . |
| 23 | I used to really go down there and all I did was sort of tick off what the lads had already done . |
| 24 | ‘ All I did was try to help him ! ’ |
| 25 | All I did was fall in the water ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ All I did was tell him the truth . ’ |
| 27 | Because I would be very bored if all I did was administration . |
| 28 | She comes down here all I did was put me coat on , right ? |
| 29 | I mean , I do n't know I , you see I left I had to come here so I left before Bob Monkhouse and everything , I just , I , all I did was go for couple of free drinks and plate of free food , which , I do n't think I got . |
| 30 | All I did was wash up and we did n't do anything else . |