Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] did " in BNC.

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1 Well you got that right did n't you ?
2 Yeah cos they have to sort of bring the staircases , cos they built all that on did n't did n't they
3 But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail .
4 Some expressly did not want their money to go for weapons ; others were said to be so thrilled that they wanted their names on the missiles .
5 She could n't explain this so did n't try .
6 My mum says I 've got ta put this in did n't she ?
7 This obviously did the trick in Stirling , Ayr , South Aberdeen and Kincardine — but not in Edinburgh South , Fife NE , or Strathkelvin .
8 Of course , this alone did n't meet the cost of the hats or the debt owing , but she said if we could find a buyer for such as this it would , in a way , alleviate some of the debt … ’
9 Things like this just did n't happen .
10 It would n't last — nothing as wonderful as this ever did ; common sense told her their truce was just a transitory thing , things between them were too volatile , too unstable .
11 The extreme condition of this is for someone to tell me that they loved me — few ever did — or to thank me .
12 He could force the sale of the house , but very few ever did .
13 And they did another h eleven hundred and forty yesterday did n't they ?
14 I think a , every so often it 'll be very interesting , very sort of , we did try this once did n't we ?
15 Right , how about some more some more did wh wh what 's graphite ?
16 That 's the Coke that nan bought you , but we bought you some more did n't we , so we 'll save them for tomorrow
17 In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the British also did far more to develop their empire , creating a first-rate civil service , and building numerous colleges , roads , and railways .
18 This really did hit her , hard .
19 Further , many could not afford to undertake such pomp as they had neither the capital , credit facilities , stock , staff nor expertise ; some simply did not have the inclination to become involved .
20 1 What impression did you get of the place where the story is set ? 2 How did the life of the children at that time compare with your life ? 3 Do you believe in ghosts ?
21 1 What embarrassing things have happened to you ? 2 How did you feel ? 3 What did other people say to you ?
22 They made it different then did n't they ?
23 And tell me , tell me this how did you leave home ?
24 Well I do n't know you did n't mention this earlier did you ?
25 This however did not mark the end of the consular jurisdiction , for various sources attest that the two jurisdictions coexisted .
26 This certainly did not apply to the next great dog of influence on the British show scene : Ch.
27 This certainly did not mean that he had become a tool of Moscow , but that he made a shrewd assessment of which ideology was most likely to speed up progress in Africa .
28 This certainly did not happen .
29 And in the mixed ability situation this certainly did not happen in the same way .
30 And I think really this comes from the problem of those pupils in the streamed situation , in the bottoms streams in particular , who found that they wanted alternatives to school , when the , they were in an inferior position in the school , they were devalued if you like by finding themselves in the bottom streams , and so they tended to look for out-of-school things , alternatives to school , from which to gain their satisfactions , and they would look to the pop media , to fashion , to football , to these kinds of things , and in the mixed ability situation this certainly did not happen in the same way .
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