Example sentences of "did [adv] [coord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 She did so and I told her I preferred not to be disturbed again that evening .
2 He was stuffing a thick wad of notes into his inside jacket pocket as he did so and I wondered briefly why Stubbly wanted all those French francs ; but then , that was n't any of my business , was it ?
3 Surely it is implausible to suppose , taking Russell 's example , that I do know what I did yesterday but I do n't know that the world did not begin five minutes ago replete with archaeological and other traces ( Russell , 1921 , p. 159 ) .
4 ‘ We did once and we got loads of comments — Liz even got chased down the road by a tramp ! ’
5 I asked him why he did once and he said it was a more beautiful name .
6 No problem , I stand I stand as I did before and I accept that that 's extra .
7 During that game he did well and we realised he had something .
8 Yes , but you went last week so I did n't but they 'd got stuff for you
9 It would be nice if they did n't but they do .
10 I thought well I do n't know you see , because it 's changed a lot , I did n't but I thought you know .
11 This did n't happen last year and I was cross it did n't but I 've organized it so that it will this year .
12 I said I did n't but I 'd passed her coming in to the party . ’
13 No , just coming back home to show me the flaming car , and that 's what sa I did n't but I feel dead awful really , but I did n't jump up and down
14 Anyway , forty six and then we had no house , at all , because my mother had died and my father , we said to my father you leave if you want to we should be alright we 'll find somewhere to go and we did n't and we had to have a Nissan hut for about a year , supplied by the Council
15 and I erm , my brother did n't and we said well there must be something wrong .
16 The V bomb , V bombers and the doodlebugs and er when he came home it was nineteen forty six I think or seven er , my fath er my mother had died and my father wanted to get away from the place we were in and we said oh well go ahead you know , we 'll easily get somewhere and of course we did n't and they put us in a Nissan hut , which we made absolutely beautiful , we did all sorts of things to it and had a lovely garden all around it and the people from the Council use to come around and say to us oh well you do n't need to be rehoused because you 've made this so very nice you see , anyway I then started to work for the Corporation and then there was the possibility of course
17 Now Sir Frederick , recently the police have made great strides forward in encouraging women to come and report rape because until recently they did n't and they did n't want to they did n't want to face the shame and they did n't want to face everything else , Sir Nicholas and and again his wife which is the most worrying I think of this a women saying that that that women deserve to be raped , erm it 's going to make women less likely to come forward is n't it ?
18 cats and dogs being in the country there , were always about , the cat starts to go out just the same as the dogs did , they did n't and they did n't , even when we inherited that old , old tom cat in Sussex , he stayed with us and he , he mangy old thing was n't he , in one of the stables never accursed to me to .
19 She did n't and she got two hundred pound Friday night .
20 I was very nervous and worried I might damage the fish , but I did n't and she has suffered no ill effects .
21 I stopped but he did n't and I wheezed after him .
22 our Susan does , I did n't and I thought well I , I , when I come back I 'll not feel like eating this
23 it , I did n't and I felt I 'd have no friends around where I lived and you know , I 'd always be alienated , I 'd always be home later and I said to my mum I do n't think I can cope with it , so she said right then you do n't go !
24 ‘ But Rick did n't kill Angy , he swears he did n't and I believe him .
25 But I did n't and I daresay both wool and washing machines have improved over the years !
26 And yes , he had more dignity than I did then and I felt small , mean .
27 Did either or you know about this !
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