Example sentences of "[pron] did be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would have been a prize-winning shot and all I did was stand here like a fool . |
| 2 | ‘ All I did was think of it . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | All I did was wash up and we did n't do anything else . |
| 5 | All I did was fall in the water ! ’ |
| 6 | Now all I did was park my car in the garden centre , buy a small cactus and walk across the road to X-ray . |
| 7 | All I did was look . |
| 8 | ‘ The first thing I did was clap my hands . |
| 9 | ‘ What I did was try to bring my experience in Italy to English football and some of the players appreciated what I was doing and enjoyed working with me . |
| 10 | You 've just said yourself that all I did was try the windows . |
| 11 | ‘ All I did was try to help him ! ’ |
| 12 | For me , as a guitar player , the first thing I did was plug my guitar in ! |
| 13 | And , unlike most story-tellers with an involvement , I was at pains to minimise my own part ; the last thing I did was boast . |
| 14 | and he had a crowbar and that well I never did anything all I did was stop in me van |
| 15 | ‘ I moved to London and the first thing I did was track down the nearest bloke . |
| 16 | ‘ I moved to London and the first thing I did was track down the nearest bloke . |
| 17 | Because I would be very bored if all I did was administration . |
| 18 | All I did was mention sabotage . |
| 19 | So the first thing I did was distil it down to seven pages of figures accompanied by seven pages of narrative , designed to make sure that the board was properly informed . |
| 20 | The first thing I did was visit the capital city . |
| 21 | All I did was walk across the room and pull that curtain off him . ’ |
| 22 | I used to really go down there and all I did was sort of tick off what the lads had already done . |
| 23 | In fact the first thing I did was ring my 35-year-old daughter who has been a ‘ fitness freak ’ ever since Jane Fonda took to jumping about our TV screens and warned her not to overdo it if she intended to buy the tape — which I am certain she does . |
| 24 | I mean , all I did were leave book and ask them to check it . |
| 25 | Three who did were Edith and Egbert Rose and Auguste , almost forcibly pushed in by a desperate Mr Multhrop . |
| 26 | What you did was press , if it was water like Just plenty of water and then put that in . |
| 27 | There you were , come to save our pathetic little radio station , and just about the first thing you did was scoop that concert in Harare , and at the height of the cultural boycott , because you 'd emphasised our independent nature . |
| 28 | Er you also basically er the first thing you did was erm the second thing you mentioned was these two hurdles , the third thing you did was check when you was to proceed . |
| 29 | Er the fourth thing you did was introduction to the C C Q. |
| 30 | She got her assignment , and the first thing she did was leave her area and roam around the rest of the organization , talking it over with nearly everyone she could find , regardless of field , looking for new directions , new perspectives , new ways to approach it — so what she could bring back would be new and creative . |