Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] did take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes examinations , where they did take place , were not a very searching test of ability . |
| 2 | He said of his winter sporting expedition : ‘ I felt I 'd reached a decent standard by the end of the week , although I did take a tumble or two . |
| 3 | If I did take the twins away all summer then Masquerade would be taken to a boatyard in Florida , so I now signed the necessary customs forms and the insurance waiver and the dozen other pieces of paper that would be needed to keep the United States government and the delivery company happy . |
| 4 | If we did take control of the Council I think we would try and decentralize much more than is being done at the moment . |
| 5 | Erm , now I can produce some variants on the next few figures , they , this is the one in the third paragraph which says that two thousand eight hundred , er took two eight nine one two , er , hours would be needed this year , that is working on the commissions erm current estimate of six percent of complaints going to stage two , erm , the reality in York is that seven point five percent are going to stage two , and if one took account of that reality , and I 'm bound to say that in in estimating terms we do n't , but if one did take in reality that would push that figure for this year up to thirty thousand four hundred and forty nine . |
| 6 | One or two of the people he spoke to found him politically fascinating , even if they did take his style of callous irony with no irony of their own . |
| 7 | Whilst being in no doubt about future North Korean ( or Soviet plans ) [ sic ] regarding South Korea we think an invasion is unlikely in the immediate view ; however , if it did take place , I think it improbable that the Americans would become involved . |
| 8 | But the east Belfast based group vowed the show would go ahead — even if it did take some time . |
| 9 | If it did take place , it would have necessitated direct and personal papal action , because the group of followers of Francis of Assisi did not fulfil the requirements of the canon law . |
| 10 | It is true that it would not prevent the mortgagee taking possession , though it made his position in some degree uncomfortable if he did take possession . |
| 11 | So if he did take them , it must have been when he was here before . ’ |
| 12 | Perhaps it 's for the best if he did take an early retirement . ’ |
| 13 | I am positive the only reason I 'm still here is because I did take drugs . |
| 14 | But he was pleased when I did take off at his command . |
| 15 | Well when you had your grab , you used to lower it on the deck of the , deck of the erm trawler and when you open your grab , that much , a lot of it hold up in the grab you see , you could n't get so of course when you did take your grab up , lot of it went over the side . |
| 16 | During his conversations with Marcus , when they did take place , Ludens had the impression that Marcus was pursuing a consecutive line of thought , sections of which were randomly surfacing for Ludens 's benefit , or even for Marcus 's benefit , at moments when Marcus felt it might clarify his ideas to verbalise them aloud , and even to listen to a response . |
| 17 | When they did take place they could still be very costly to those who undertook them : Earl Granville , who represented Britain in Moscow on that occasion seems to have paid £7,000 out of his own pocket for the privilege . |
| 18 | These perceptions are thus conceived as contingent , as open to non-occurrence , since they are not being treated as normal , as being taken for granted , even though they did take place in actual fact . |
| 19 | When he did take over , his touching , hugging care of the children , which they adored , made her feel even more inadequate . |
| 20 | Watching Smotty 's four-minute debut — missing an open goal whilst tying his bootlace , refusing to take a second-minute penalty until he had washed his shin pads in the puddle on the centre circle , then when he did take it hitting the corner flag — I could feel the supporters forcing my head further and further down on the block . |
| 21 | It is believed he may have left home of his own choice as he did take some of his clothes , but there have been no reports of him trying to leave the country . |