Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or did he think Or did he think it was pneumonia ? |
| 2 | We left as darkness was descending on that foreboding place and nothing could have made us stay or convinced us that there was not something awful waiting in the station . |
| 3 | Simon , did Steve stay or did he just leave you there ? |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | And you did n't know that did you ? |
| 6 | One of my favourite presidents , Theodore Roosevelt , president from the early part of the twentieth century and known as the damned cowboy erm you might be interested to know how people become president erm Theodore Roosevelt was an arch imperialist and got very excited about the er war with Spain er America had a s little brief war with Spain at the end of the nineteenth century erm over the possession of Cuba , and erm in eighteen ninety eight , and this aroused great patriotic feelings in all red blooded Americans and especially in Theodore Roosevelt and er er Roosevelt formed his own company of cavalry called the Rough Riders and erm Roosevelt wore glasses and was asthmatic but he had this group called the Rough Riders , sort of early kind of Clint Eastwood stuff , and erm anyway he g he was engaged in the war with Spain er and there was one wonderful moment in the war Spain in which the Spaniards were at the top of a hill called the San Juan hill er and er Teddy , as he was known , of course he gave his name to the teddy bear , did you know that did you ? |
| 7 | You do n't know that did you ? |
| 8 | I did n't know that did I ? |
| 9 | ‘ I should rather say it was something he inadvertently let fall that led me to believe there might be a legal case to answer . ’ |
| 10 | They did not waste time there but headed downhill , taking the shepherds ' road that slanted luminous green between clusters of birches , their shadows stretching ahead like gawky giants so that the children jigged to make the shadows jump and curved their fingers from their heads to give the giants silhouettes like devils . |
| 11 | She told her story to an officer she did not know and gave him the number of the Bristol callbox . |
| 12 | Roman caught her before she could fall and carried her to the small settee . |
| 13 | Eventually she let him win and asked who told him . |
| 14 | She murmured something he could n't catch and flung her leg over his . |
| 15 | Lord Hartwell inherited The Daily Telegraph , saw it flourish and launched its Sunday partner . |
| 16 | I walked around a bit to let my trousers dry and practised what I was going to say when Gillian opened the door . |
| 17 | I do n't know whether enjoyed it as he was sound asleep for the first 8 miles , but he certainly was n't complaining either — a merciful relief ! |
| 18 | ‘ I did n't think that meant you were going to pretend not to know me ! ’ |
| 19 | How the hell do you think that made me feel ? ’ |
| 20 | How do you think that made me feel ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well , do you think that did it ? ’ |
| 22 | Giggs hit the heights despite feeling an ankle knock that forced his retirement 12 minutes from the end on Monday and will probably keep him out of next week 's FA Cup tie against Wigan or Bury . |
| 23 | I did n't expect that did you ? |
| 24 | We called friends in Australia and amazingly , they found a cylinder we could rent and shipped it to Darwin . |
| 25 | Roman took her arm in a grip she could n't break and marched her down the path . |
| 26 | When their father died , he did what any good parent would do and left them his property . |
| 27 | And er they used to come to me and ask things about what they should do and did I think they had a claim for this and that you know , and I used to tell them you see . |
| 28 | Uproar then , and shouts of : ‘ The nigger 's got th'measure , short-arse … fist like a cannon ball … who 'll have twopence on him to win … ’ as the crowd heaved Garty to his feet , helped him round and sent him flying back towards Midnight . |
| 29 | She did n't speak but settled her small , warm burden more comfortably against her arm . |
| 30 | She felt her stomach tighten but kept her tone teasing as she asked : ‘ Anything you wish to add to that statement , superintendent ? ’ |