Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] i did " in BNC.
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| 1 | How very difficult it was to accept that I did need it and to show that I needed it . |
| 2 | ‘ I would n't want anyone to suffer like I did . ’ |
| 3 | And you want to know whether I did ? |
| 4 | I 've tried it sometimes , never long enough to know whether I did it successfully or not , but I found there is absolutely no way of telling because even if it changes in a way one can predict , what one can predict is the way oneself changes or the world changes at the same time . |
| 5 | I was the first of my family and of our group of friends to split and I did n't get a whole lot of sympathy . |
| 6 | Even so , if you consider the pressures contingent on me that night , you may not think I delude myself unduly if I go so far as to suggest that I did perhaps display , in the face of everything , at least in some modest degree a ‘ dignity ’ worthy of someone like Mr Marshall — or come to that , my father . |
| 7 | I played to win and I did . |
| 8 | I did not threaten to resign but I did make it clear that I would not endorse changes I could not justify . |
| 9 | Marie yelled after me to wait but I did n't want to talk to her about it so I chucked my sandwich-box over to her and told her she could eat them for me . |
| 10 | I wanted to object but I did not know how to do so . |
| 11 | Me , I do n't speak clothes language at all and am beginning to wish that I did . |
| 12 | Can we just end with a a short story about the job that I used to do before I did this one . |
| 13 | I do realise , though , that I can hardly advise people to do as I did . |
| 14 | Perhaps the best way to write this kind of story ( or even the equivalent of the detective novel at short story length ) is to do as I did with the first crime short story I ever wrote . |
| 15 | ‘ The fishermen resented the presence of a government observer and engaged in every possible form of harassment and coercion to ensure that I did not report the actual number of dolphins killed . ’ |
| 16 | Looking back I find it hard to believe that I did n't keep abreast of all the war news ; but the war had been going on for so long that I , like almost every girl of my generation , had lost interest in it . |
| 17 | Yes , we do need to fight and I did make reference that we need not just to organize and cooperate with other public sector workers , but we actually need to build a campaign with the users of the services . |
| 18 | Well Mr er Deputy Speaker I er do n't wish to er follow the honourable member of one of my er neighbours but I actually think it 's really part of grown up politics to ensure that the political opinion of a nation is adequately represented in the forums of that nation whether it be in this place or in the European er parliament and to that extent I make no bones about it that erm I wish that we were debating a different electoral system and Mr Deputy Speaker going back to the minister 's introduction erm it is a fact , I did n't wish to intervene because I did n't , it 's a short debate and I did n't want to take up er extra time , but it is a fact is it not that our electoral system unique across Europe means that our deadline as opposed to what the French are going to do is different to all the other member states . |
| 19 | For once in my life there was no need to believe as I did or act as I chose for any reasons other than that I was personally convinced it was right . |
| 20 | It was good to be able to demonstrate that I did know something about handling animals even though I had been qualified for only a few months . |
| 21 | And it disturbs you to realise that I did not come after you for the reasons you thought , does n't it ? ’ |
| 22 | I am sorry to confess that I did not look forward to seeing him at all . |
| 23 | We stood together in the entrance hall of the theatre where the show is produced , but I have to confess that I did n't recognize him . |
| 24 | It is not a sign of high status in a man 's world to be in charge of women only , but I have to confess that I did n't find it unpleasant . |
| 25 | One day I happened to mention that I did n't know one end of a bomb from the other , and wondered out loud what the bomb dump looked like . |
| 26 | I happened to mention that I did n't much like my sister 's husband . |
| 27 | After my drunken afternoon with Al I do n't feel the same need to offload as I did before , and I ca n't decide whether I ought to involve Yvonne or not . |
| 28 | You can imagine my reluctance to call as I did n't think that they would be too pleased to say the least . |
| 29 | I 'd hate anyone to think that I did well out of dealing with the problem page . |
| 30 | So I explained to them , I said well that 's cos you changed over and I sort of never put it across through oh she said well do n't worry I 've done it now , she said you have n't got anything to worry about now , I said well it did bother me a bit to think that I did n't think you had my payment ! |