Example sentences of "i did [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I did bring a film along for you see and I 'm hoping that it 's going to work . |
| 2 | However , I did make a slip , which Mr Summers points out : total government revenue is about £40m , of which fisheries licence revenue is £25m . |
| 3 | I did make a bit of fuss about it and the nurse told me to stop moaning . |
| 4 | I did make a note by the way for that . |
| 5 | ‘ I did send a telegram to the caretaker to tell him to be here to let me in . |
| 6 | I did drop a bit of business into the pleasantries , like asking if there were likely to be any hand deliveries that morning . |
| 7 | ‘ I did feel a bit ropey earlier in the week and a bug has been going around the club for sometime . |
| 8 | " I did feel a bit dry last night . |
| 9 | I did n't feel guilty about it , though I did feel a bit inadequate somehow . |
| 10 | ‘ But I did feel a bit funny afterwards because it was so early and I did n't remember seeing the man around the house before . |
| 11 | Though I still felt drunk , my stomach ached and my throat felt like a couple of hedgehogs had had a fight in it , I did feel a lot better . |
| 12 | Yeah he was taken to the army from the Grammar School in Holyhead and I did want a car when he came home . |
| 13 | Right , now main agenda , where we 're being informed of a planning and environment committee 's concern at the conversion of county council owned residential accommodation to other uses , and I did suggest a briefing , but I do n't think anybody . |
| 14 | I did succeed a bit in keeping some degree of order , asking clarifying questions , and clearing up misunderstandings . |
| 15 | If ever I did meet a man I could love , I should love him ’ — her voice dropped again — ‘ Platonically ’ … |
| 16 | I did meet a man in the Glen , the farmer , distraught with the number of sheep and lambs already killed on the road . |
| 17 | The other thing perhaps I could just say , chairman , is that I did meet a representative of the district auditor last week to bring you up to date on the work which the education committee was doing . |
| 18 | But I did manage a chat with Burgess Meredith , Lewis Stone and Edna Mae Oliver , and also met Daryl F. Zanuck . |
| 19 | A martingale would also have been superfluous , though I did buckle a stirrup leather round his neck to give a ‘ just in case ’ neckstrap . |
| 20 | and what I did was , there was a gap here , and I drove into the gap nose first , and I did do a hell of a lot of steering to get myself out |
| 21 | Yes , I did go a bit towards the window and had a quick glance round . |
| 22 | I 'd just like to make this perfectly clear that I did write a draft for work and leisure . |
| 23 | about it , but after a while ah , I you know , things got more difficult as she deteriorated , but th I did learn a lot . |
| 24 | I did take a step back and look at myself . |
| 25 | Christmas cards go flying I did take a picture of all my birthday cards , |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Now that is the accepted way of doing it , and I can not see any reason why that can not be done , erm in Greater York , once the location for the new settlement is erm er is identified , erm so that 's my definition of erm integrated and balanced community , it 's a concept , you ca n't define , I do n't think , integrated and balanced separately , you need to bind them together er into into some erm er or all er erm concept , erm now the erm the question you did pose me , sir , which er I did take a note of , but I wonder if you 'd be kind enough to repeat it so I 've I 've a I 've a got it quite clear before I respond . |
| 28 | Look I 've just remembered , I did take a walk — just to get a breath of fresh air . ’ |
| 29 | Mine suffered from a lack of treble , and while I was n't disappointed overall , I did wonder a bit . |
| 30 | I have n't seen the re final reply that went from er the Maxwell organisation to er I M R O but I did see a draft reply . |