Example sentences of "did [vb infin] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yesterday morning we had almost reached the point , I think , of believing that the test would be plain sailing — we really did think he would make it . |
| 2 | I did think I might read them some day , when I could bear to and it did n't feel quite so much like prying . ’ |
| 3 | Mm , I thought I 'd get it , I really did think I 'd get it and I went down with a bump when I did n't |
| 4 | ‘ I did think you could say I had a cold because you know how frightened Gran is of catching colds . |
| 5 | ‘ You did promise you would get me the promotion that 's coming up . |
| 6 | If he did hear I 'll bet he 'll have another attack of deafness and maybe a touch of amnesia as well . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We did say we 'd limit him to thirty mares as he 's been so busy competing , but somehow we managed to allow our arms to be twisted a few times . |
| 8 | ‘ Look , I know this is the most awful cheek , but you did say I could ring you . |
| 9 | ‘ You did say you would let me know . |
| 10 | I did , yes , erm , when erm , we thought our prisoner was finished the co-ordinators wrote to me and said would I be interested , would our group be interested in erm , writing to Yugoslavia 's still , because with the Civil War going on there 's lots of cases coming up , for example there was a whole hospital full of patients that were taken prisoner I do n't know if they were actually physically removed or whether they were held in the hospital without access to medical treatment for something like ten days , and erm , Saria did say she 'd help me last time and I wrote back and said yes , two of us could write once a month , well they 're taken that very liberally and , and , got two or three things from the already and erm , if anyone else is interested in writing an odd letter say once a month to Yugoslavia maybe they could erm , let me know later on . . |