Example sentences of "[noun] did i [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Mummy did I tell you about erm
2 But in the very next poem he says that he did it for a change of diet , a bout of ‘ physic ’ as it were , needed after over-indulgence : ‘ being full of your ne'er cloying sweetness , /To bitter sauces did I frame my feeding ’ ( 118 ) .
3 I 'd abandoned the empty house and walked joyfully into the woods and only by chance did I know what had hit me .
4 I 'm sorry love did I hurt you ?
5 How many times did I tell you I loved you back in Seville ? ’
6 Nerves got the better of me and only when Les Cox stopped me to go for another take did I realise I 'd got my letters mixed up and had inadvertently said : ‘ Will you switch these sans off please ?
7 I thought that this was a painting I should n't discuss with Lili , but only when I had walked to the end of the gallery to look at an innocuous picture of a group of long-haired sheep did I ask myself what Robert had been doing in Marie Claire 's bedroom .
8 Only after leaving did I glimpse myself in the mirror .
9 What the hell did I get it for — to have it sit on the fucking shelf ?
10 Did Karen say to somebody on that thing did I hear her say , What are you on ?
11 ‘ Only when it was in the net did I realise what size it was and it weighed 26 ob 8 oz , ’ added John who went on to bank five other pike , two of 8 lb 8 oz , and others of 10 lb , 11lb and 14 lb .
12 Oh he 's , oh dad 's buying a sander did I tell you ?
13 Emma did I tell you Joe , she 's working at the Body Shop .
14 It also brought up the art quote of the year , from one Ziff Fistrunk ( no , I do not make up the name ) , director of the Southside Chicago Sports Council , who organised the protest : ‘ I have trained players in Little League and semi-pro baseball , and at no time did I train them naked . ’
15 Only after a time did I force my attention to the other problem — Gharr 's demand for the phetam in return for Mala .
16 I finished the song and only as I left the stage did I realise I had wet myself with fear .
17 I had nearly got myself killed back there : what on earth did I think I was playing at ?
18 But I feel so awful — how on earth did I catch them ?
19 I thought how on earth did I get myself
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