Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ W-was there a car crash — or did I dream it ? ’ she asked softly . |
| 2 | You see , you know I was talking to you earlier about , about punchlines basically , but I ca n't remember the words I was using for it , times like by the way , right right , or did you know or did I mention to you do you follow me , a lot of key lines that you can think on that you use |
| 3 | Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ? |
| 4 | Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ? |
| 5 | Or did I post it ? |
| 6 | Many a wet day was passed in this way for he let me help him , or did I hinder ? |
| 7 | Yes er somehow they , they 'd , they 'd got it , or was it or did I have to fill in a a census form just at the time when Paul was with me ? |
| 8 | Or did I put a picture or ten ? |
| 9 | Or did I put it in this one ? |
| 10 | Tell me was I dreaming or did I see a sketch on T V where there 's a car driving round , down the road being chased by the police and the driver said to the passenger er here take this and he says what 's that for and he says it 's to steer the car , presses a button and the car splits |
| 11 | Or did I buy them as odd presents for people who might like them ? |
| 12 | Or did I get the answer wrong ? |
| 13 | Or did I get that wrong , too ? ’ |
| 14 | Or did I get seventy ? |
| 15 | Nor did I desist until the patients were worn out , and said that now the devil had fled . |
| 16 | She did not ask my name , nor did I offer it . |
| 17 | Here I must admit to a certain prejudice , in that much as I admired Chapman 's engineering brilliance — it was intuitive , radical , lateral-thinking and extremely sharp — I did not share , then or now , the belief that Colin was a constructor in the class of Enzo Ferrari , nor did I feel any faith in him as a man or a leader of men . |
| 18 | Nor did I feel able to ask for one . |
| 19 | Nor did I shout at it . |
| 20 | I did n't chew my nails with regret at giving him my virginity , furious at my weakness in lying down for him , and taking this boy in my arms just because he was English , a citizen of that great nation which had once ruled half the globe : nor did I blame myself for clinging on to an idea even though it meant severing my links with my country , and travelling to London alone without any member of my family . |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't search your case , nor did I go into your room . |
| 22 | I was not called at Question Time , nor did I stand to ask a question . |
| 23 | I did n't take offence , nor did I think her last question the non sequitur of a schizophrenic — Chineseness had everything to do with financial acumen — but she was treating me with the politeness she would accord a stranger who was her equal . |
| 24 | I 'd not expected to convince the police at the top of the falls that I was a very sane person , nor did I expect them to believe Paul 's emergency story that we were a group of passing Hippies taking our kayaks for a walk . |
| 25 | Nor did I meet you here to be angry with you , I hope I have not so offended you that you refuse to officiate and give us your instructions here tomorrow |
| 26 | Nor did I care I felt , when she walked out of our home that night , she had walked out of my life forever . |
| 27 | But nor did I want to go out to work . |
| 28 | At this stage I could n't expect him to be on the bit , but nor did I want him slopping along . |
| 29 | For I knew nothing of this six months ago , nor did I want to . |
| 30 | ‘ It was n't a drunken stupor , nor did I make the tart . ’ |