Example sentences of "[noun pl] did [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problems were , was that the schools , since they were doing this , they assumed that all schools did this , therefore they did n't need to talk about it , they did n't need to tell them about it . |
| 2 | Rhys Williams was very convincing and his books did much to whet my appetite to visit the vast Soviet empire . |
| 3 | Most speakers did this , but some still persisted in reading from a prepared script without raising their heads from the lectern . |
| 4 | With foreign news the populars did less well on both counts . |
| 5 | And most shops did LESS business this August than a year ago . |
| 6 | ‘ My lads did all that could be asked of them , especially as a couple of them had to work all night in order to get time off to play . |
| 7 | Oh , when the lads did this , they went to great trouble to actually find the right sort of windows and what have you . |
| 8 | GLENAVON Reserves did most of the attacking and Gary Clarke went close with two efforts . |
| 9 | One user interviewed by Richard Jones said ( of spelling correction ) that he " thought computers did that anyway " . |
| 10 | I do n't know that we Jews did this tragedy — but it happened . |
| 11 | I do n't know that we Jews did this tragedy — but it happened . |
| 12 | Few will doubt that the Great White Shark 's win in Canada is good for the game , but the manner in which he won his first tournament in almost 28 months did little to dispel those nagging doubts that his temperament is susceptible to pressure . |
| 13 | Though the majority of teachers reported grading reading requirements according to pupils ' abilities , the general practice did not include close supervision of pupils ' reading , and it appeared that frequently the interested and able pupils read widely on a topic while the poorest readers did little other than copy short statements or cut out pictures . |
| 14 | Can I just say , Chairman , that the problem was that they asked for , the region asked for equal representation with the County Council , now if all the districts did that then there 'd be , then the Grants Panel would have about twenty one people to I mean , for the operation to go ahead . |
| 15 | He asked my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health whether he was prepared to measure the success by the simple test of whether the trusts did more or less work for the national health service . |
| 16 | What broad effects did these diverse economic and social conditions have on nascent political behaviour ? |
| 17 | 82 per cent of the studies Morin analyses did this . |
| 18 | The ecologists did much less well than opinion polls predicted in elections to the 577-seat French National Assembly held in two rounds on March 21 and 28 , 1993 . |
| 19 | With limited access to war zones by " outside reporters " , propaganda broadcast by the Khmers Rouges did much to obscure the true extent of rebel victories . |
| 20 | The protector , on such occasions , smiling and genial , rode behind his nephews : such excursions did much to enhance his image as a benevolent and conscientious guardian . |
| 21 | The Conservatives did little to change the social security system in the period 1951–64 . |
| 22 | They were not really in control , apart from about a 5 minute spell where their passes did all seem be to controlled . |
| 23 | Such cosseting made passengers feel they were very special and the airlines did all they could to encourage distinguished people to fly with them Imperial Airways carried HM King Feisal from Baghdad to Gaza in 1927 and later took to publishing monthly lists of their important passengers . |
| 24 | As gallery-owners , the Stangls did much to encourage Art Informel and the work of the ‘ Zen ’ group . |
| 25 | what the ninth years did this year was Rob gave them a pep talk and and there 's a booklet , Choices , he gives out and asks them |
| 26 | But the Highland mists did little to soothe Diana 's troubled spirit . |
| 27 | Long lines of aircraft parked wingtip to wingtip were attacked , and much damage was believed to have been done ; in fact many Bf110s and Ju52s were damaged , some seriously , but these attacks did little to stem the assault on the island . |
| 28 | Only after two weeks did any serious Soviet account of the disaster — a tale of bungling bureaucratic incompetence , clouded by secrecy — begin to filter out . |
| 29 | Du Chaillu 's discoveries did much to focus public attention on the implications of Darwin 's theory , and may have helped to generate alarm over the prospect that the human race could be related to a creature whose ferocious nature had been deliberately exaggerated by its discoverer . |
| 30 | Severe criticism of these ideas did little to detract from the belief that even a sickly press was preferable to the Soviet and authoritarian theories outlined by Siebert et al . |