Example sentences of "[det] [conj] i did " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that many of the points I wanted to bring forward and some that I did n't know about . |
| 2 | I can ask you to accept that I should n't have come to you like this if I did not believe that the matter may turn out to be very grave indeed . |
| 3 | It was my first attempt at this and I did not know quite what to expect . |
| 4 | the kids spilt milk on this and I did n't realize and it all dried , stuck all the controls you know what Tony 's like , you know , ca n't you keep the kids away from the computer |
| 5 | There are quite a few cos I did that in my Norman project . |
| 6 | Er , I vividly remember my , my wedding day , and the bit I remember most is actually waiting to go into church with my father , and I remember being particularly moved at that time thinking that that was the end of one era and about to become part of another and I did n't feel that I was being owned somebody and about to be owned by anyone else in the slightest ! |
| 7 | I 'm sorry to spring it on you like this but I did n't want to get your hopes up . ’ |
| 8 | I was very unhappy after this because I did not want to be apart from my Momma . |
| 9 | you ca n't show this because I did n't put a bra on |
| 10 | At the time my athletic naivete was such that I did n't even know what a Director of Coaching was . |
| 11 | Val with Matthew and William took the train to Auckland — a trip they recommended so much that I did it as well , 5 weeks later — and after staying overnight with the Hartleys they flew out on 23rd March — five and a half months after our arrival . |
| 12 | I did go down to my local Citizens ' Advice Bureau to see if they had any ideas , but all they could do was pass on the news that there was a squeeze on the social fund ( the emergency payments fund ) , so I was well advised not to expect too much if I did decide to try the social security people . |
| 13 | ‘ Would you mind very much if I did n't come ? ’ |
| 14 | I did n't eat very much and I did n't wash myself . |
| 15 | ‘ You heard so much as I did , Miss Buckley . |
| 16 | I 'm not eating half as much as I did on camp and I 'm starving . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ My little sparrow , I do believe you regretted our quarrel as much as I did . |
| 18 | ‘ Probably not as much as I did when I was a kid ; the travelling part is hard . |
| 19 | The best I could do would be to say ‘ I like peaches better ’ , but quite apart from the logical objection to deriving ‘ Choose the peach ’ from this psychological statement , reliance on a generalization about my preference could get me into a habit which would dim my awareness of the tastes , until I fail to notice that I no longer like peaches as much as I did , or that at this moment I hanker after a pear , so that the abortive try at rationalization would make my choice less intelligent . |
| 20 | ‘ He put me on the spot and eventually pulled out of the deal as much as I did . |
| 21 | It 's funny to look back and think how much my mum enjoyed having the ducks around — she encouraged them as much as I did . |
| 22 | He almost seemed to regret the necessary slaughter of my people as much as I did . ’ |
| 23 | Anyone who wants a portable to carry around and use for hours at a time on batteries , will love the 320SLi as much as I did . |
| 24 | The performers seem to have enjoyed it as much as I did . |
| 25 | She loved Luke as much as I did . |
| 26 | My father feared my mother as much as I did and wished me to please and agree with her always , for when I did not she would complain to him of my behaviour and I suspected that when this happened his new wife would complain in her turn that he paid too much attention to us and too little to her and her own children . |
| 27 | They threw me from the battlements into the sea , but the rocks were merciless and did not kill me , though I have never longed for death so much as I did then . |
| 28 | He wants me to look very ordinary , very much as I did the day I trespassed . |
| 29 | ‘ Tom did just as much as I did , ’ Belinda assured her . |
| 30 | Oh I know some of them did n't have as much as I did . |