Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] i do " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said — or rather I did , to her solicitors — that she would consider it again in a year or so when everyone was calmer . ’ |
| 2 | And not long before we left school , the poetical stage when we read poetry out of doors , or rather I did , while he listened . |
| 3 | Or perhaps I do . |
| 4 | Or perhaps I did diagnose it but I 've forgotten . |
| 5 | or underneath I do n't mind which . |
| 6 | er at the moment I was n't wanting to s s change any anything that , which is been happening up till now , I mean if people do want to come in here at weekends or late I do n't see any reason |
| 7 | ‘ I do need to warm up or else I do n't have the flexibility and I do n't have the finger strength . ’ |
| 8 | I was determined that I would not communicate this nervousness to my sons , and so I did my best not to react should we come across a dog in the street . |
| 9 | She asked me to a cocktail-party to which I did n't want to go , so I said I had a cold which was n't true at the time but knowing my chest I guessed that I should have a bronchial cough at any moment and so I did . |
| 10 | When I got back , I found a card from Ivy asking me to lunch — yesterday — Thursday ; and John had written to Ivy to say he thought I could go , and so I did , and she was pleased to have the loukoumi . |
| 11 | That was an answer I could give in medical detail , and so I did . |
| 12 | But I did go to America and so I did n't see the climax of the series , Henry V , until … |
| 13 | But it was for a reason that would cut no ice with Jean-Claude and so I did not put it to him . |
| 14 | And so I did n't say anything . ’ |
| 15 | It was vital I should go first into the town , to the castle , where such news first belongs , and so I did . |
| 16 | ‘ And so I did what few dare to do , Wolfprince . |
| 17 | ‘ But Maurin had gone roaring off in a taxi and I 'd had to find the bus stop and so I did n't seriously expect to . |
| 18 | They did n't want Wallis , and so I did n't want them . ’ |
| 19 | Gramps asked me if I would come and return them , together with the statue , because he thought your mother would like to have them , and so I did ! |
| 20 | I could n't stand the thought of him seeing anyone else and so I did the only thing I could think of : I decided to spy on him . |
| 21 | And so I did . |
| 22 | It was a lot stronger than I had imagined and so I did not treat it with the necessary respect . |
| 23 | They 've been touring and doing the same thing for forty , fifty years and nothing has changed for them , and so I do n't think it 's a real resurgence in the US , but it 's great to see it happening over here . ’ |
| 24 | Well , who did n't ? who would n't ? but she 's never cottoned on to me , and so I do n't know whether or not she 's told you … oh , to put it plainly , I had to give her her marching orders . ’ |
| 25 | As I said at the beginning of this essay , the only way in which I can fulfil my interest is to work : — and so I do . |
| 26 | And so I do n't recommend you do it . |
| 27 | No I do n't think so , but I mean I think on the whole that the pop the admin the erm Clinton Administrations Policy is to try and encourage the development of nat the use of natural gas , it 's environmentally er more acceptable and so I do n't see any particular erm direct threat this year . |
| 28 | Gentlemen , I , I , I do believe , fellow councillors , what we 've done now is asked the solicitor to , to take the matter in hand , and so I do think until we 've got advice from him , it would be for us to actually recommend any other |
| 29 | I , I actually think they probably did use up all that was possible available to them at the time , and so , in some ways , this is against the spirit of the policy , although the policies have been changed , and I hear what Councillor said about improvement to the place , and so I do n't think we 'd serve any useful purpose in stopping these people doing this , because they 're probably not the people who were responsible for the flagrant disobeying of the rules at the time . |
| 30 | Your government did n't have any courage then to back up it 's own man , and force through some changes , and so I do n't know what your policy is , it seems to change every couple of years . |