Example sentences of "i [vb past] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | remember that digger daddy had when I helped build the run ? |
| 2 | Erm by this time the mother er in the other room erm had emerged and I helped bring the other children into the er main main room . |
| 3 | and I bi , you know that big loft I helped get the , get the la big lathe he bought from the |
| 4 | Her name is Odette Smith and when I helped judge the finals , I had no idea what lay behind her fight to look as good as she did on the day . |
| 5 | Then I began combing my hair , wondering if I dared use the peroxide . |
| 6 | I did elicit the information that Fishbane was five years ahead of him and that briefly they were together in the school choir . ’ |
| 7 | We have er found that to be the case there is a downward trend , but I do make the point , and I did make the point to the inspectors notwithstanding that , all of our respecting officers bar those that were doing the training of course do produce a higher work output per individual than most of our peers up and down the country and we have statis statistical evidence to support that . |
| 8 | That 's true , I did make the breakfast . |
| 9 | I did make the point that Mr Maxwell 's company wants co-operation on the eastern edge of the City , vis-á-vis their football stadium , and we ought to have some co-operation on the western edge of the City where all these houses are boarded up and empty , bought at double the market value , and I made that point publicly . |
| 10 | I did n't envy them their individual futures , which seemed dull or trivial to me , but I did envy the fact they had futures at all , whereas I had none , or , at least , not one to which I could look forward with any confidence . |
| 11 | Millwall manager Mick McCarthy admitted : ‘ I did advise the lads to cool down at half-time because I did n't want anyone sent off . |
| 12 | The inner door has a large mosquito net , although I did feel the mesh should have been on the outside of the door flap so you could keep bugs out . |
| 13 | ‘ With the Government slowly clamping down on all media coverage , unless I moved fast any chance of filming within South Africa would be gone and I did want the accuracy and flavour of the country itself to come through in the film . ’ |
| 14 | When I did spot the kestrel , I would sit down on the ground or the nearest bench and gaze in amazement . |
| 15 | No , or yes I 'm mega brilliant , yes I did meet the deadline . |
| 16 | ‘ I TOLD you so ’ is the least edifying of attitudes between friends , but I did harangue the House of Commons for 55 minutes on 19 December on the ecological consequences of what was then known as the ‘ military option ’ . |
| 17 | Yes , I did open the door for somebody when I was leaving for work . |
| 18 | But I did kick the drug , Mr Breakspear , and it was probably the hardest damned thing I ever did in all my life . |
| 19 | ‘ Although I did watch the Ten in session from the visitors ’ gallery . ’ |
| 20 | I did watch the jelly one . |
| 21 | And I did miss the ability that Windows word processors have to open more than two windows on-screen at once for cutting and pasting . |
| 22 | As regards London — yes , I did miss the country . |
| 23 | I did do the right thing , did n't I ? ’ |
| 24 | Well I think that , that my problem is , you know like , Cos I did do the P G C S |
| 25 | Shall I , I shall have to apologize to the council , cos I mean I did do the , the survey of the erm residents and of course I had flu last month , I do apologize , I did n't actually manage to get that done . |
| 26 | But yeah I did , I did ignore the death in service altogether , I , I |
| 27 | I did draw the line at giving up the spices I cooked with even though for years I continued to receive remarks about my stinking of garlic , yuk , with monotonous regularity . |
| 28 | I did stir the spoon |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , I did stay the night , but do n't start getting the wrong idea . |
| 30 | I did break the rules and go over and cuddle her in her cot , but not pick her up out of it . |