Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb infin] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What she did know was that she never wanted to go away again . |
| 2 | What I did know was that Shadwell was involved . |
| 3 | What I did know was that I did n't want to grow up , and my diary records that I confessed as much — when pressed to my housemistress . |
| 4 | What she did know was that he lived with his mother and two brothers , and that after the war he would go back to work in an insurance office . |
| 5 | In fact , barn owls are reckoned to be one of the hardest breeds to hand-rear and train , and they are n't recommended for beginners — though I did n't know that then , What I did know was that I 'd probably lost the battle with this owl before I 'd started : I suspected he would be impossible to train , but I was so hooked on the idea of having my own bird that I could hardly drag myself away when I was looking at him . |
| 6 | What he did know was that Joe liked to be surrounded by young men . |
| 7 | One thing William did know was that Uncle Titch had once worked in a circus . |
| 8 | What I did know was that I discerned in the detail the cynical hand of the practising hack . |
| 9 | All she did know was that she had n't seen the last of him by a long chalk ! |
| 10 | She did n't know but what she did know was that Fernando would n't do anything to hurt anyone … only herself , as he had threatened when she had first arrived here at the lovely Casa Pinar . |
| 11 | I agree the West must not support such despots by arming them to the teeth , but one thing the war did show was that if any other would-be adventurist in the Middle East tries to do the same as Saddam , he knows what to expect . . |
| 12 | What DID matter was that Kylie , little sweet innocent Charlene was TOPLESS . |
| 13 | She did n't quite , but what she did understand was that she hated this woman , and the thought momentarily came to her that that man would n't surely have been as bad as this mean-faced nun . |
| 14 | The one thing the serfs did understand was that they were not yet free . |
| 15 | What did happen was that the nursery staff felt themselves to be part of a wider childcare system and took advantage of formal and informal links . |
| 16 | What they did realise was that their grand design must afford an acceptable challenge for both the average player and the accomplished player . |
| 17 | What it did mean was that the presence of the killer pack effectively cut off that particular escape route if it were needed . |
| 18 | Neither did we know anything of the controversy at high levels over the relative merits of area versus precision bombing , but what we did notice was that during the winter of 1943/44 , morale amongst the aircrews was not exactly at its highest level . |
| 19 | But what their 1–1 draw at Olympia Leisure Centre yesterday did signify was that the champions reign throughout that period is finally drawing to an end . |
| 20 | ‘ One of the things I thought we did agree was that we should not do the Government 's dirty work for them . |
| 21 | The only thing that I did find was that the , getting to grips with the issues er th was certainly as difficult , possibly more difficult , than I realized . |
| 22 | What I did say is that there are differences in emotional expression between people in different countries , just as much as |
| 23 | But one thing she did say was that our friend Fernie is going around telling everyone Connon killed his wife . |