Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | When an exasperated Bassett eventually did tell them to shut up , two of them immediately demanded police action because THEY had been offended and an investigation ensued . |
| 2 | Doctor Lefeuvre obviously did n't understand what that meant , but equally obviously it did n't interest him much either . |
| 3 | ‘ Mr Fairfax only did what I asked him to do , ’ put in Charlotte . |
| 4 | Observers who have been taken by Paisley 's personal influence over his followers have often missed the point that those who supported Paisley only did so conditionally and the condition was that he continued to articulate traditional unionist positions . |
| 5 | It occurred to her that in any other circumstances the only description for what she and Dr Neil constantly did was flirting . |
| 6 | Spencer naturally did n't want a training aircraft so they came away having bought the Mk XIV , this was January 1979 . |
| 7 | Richard obviously did not want it , and was it really fair to her friends to inflict her nephew on them , she added reasonably to herself ? |
| 8 | He says that Andy just did n't fit in . |
| 9 | But Edward just did n't seem interested . |
| 10 | Captain Barton MacLane just did n't like private eyes . |
| 11 | Meeks has suggested that in that year the United States still did not possess truly great stations to match the European models . |
| 12 | The captain and Mr Trelawney still did not like each other , and the squire did n't try to hide it . |
| 13 | He says Hungary also did n't send a judge — it 's sad no-one could come up with the cash . |
| 14 | Beyond the immediate challenge of German U-Boat warfare , France 's resolute defence of Verdun probably did as much as anything to pave the way , emotionally , to the United States ' entry into the war in April 1917 . |
| 15 | Certainly , the complex set up in the city meant that the bishop , appointed in the time of Sigibert , was only too easily suspected of treason by Guntram — and the arrival of Gundovald clearly did not help matters . |
| 16 | Again , Herbert Spencer believed that evolution was an on and upward process of , of increasing perfection culminating in Victorian man , and Herbert Spencer probably did mean man as opposed to woman . |
| 17 | We had a bit of fun er not last Saturday the Saturday before did n't we ? |
| 18 | There were some aspects of her job that Margaret Stanhope really did not like , and spending every other Sunday in bed with Reg Butler was one of them . |
| 19 | Marie originally did most of the cooking , and subsequently continued to supervise menu planning and food purchasing as well as handling the accounting aspects . |
| 20 | I did not discard everything , for Vitamin A , B , C and little tablets of zinc and selenium made scientific sense , but poor , old Dr. Bach really did seem nonsense . |
| 21 | We went and took Josh out did n't we ? |
| 22 | Your friend Kenny was one of my messages , except that Nevil here did that one . |
| 23 | Schellenberg frequently did , but when he went to the window and saw the powdering of snow in the streets he laughed . |
| 24 | Dusterandus is not mentioned , perhaps because Octavia simply did not care even to consider his merits as a husband . |
| 25 | Jackie and Hill then did a one-two at the Glen , leaving the championship to be decided in Mexico . |
| 26 | Shulamith Firestone undoubtedly did everyone a great service by vigorously extending this notion to women , and pointing out the absurdity of men 's viewing themselves as totally detached individuals in relation to the rest of society , while still expecting to go home to a wife who would always have their dinner hot for them in the evening . |
| 27 | If Judas Thomas did not travel to Egypt himself , Nazarean teaching of the kind he propagated in Syria unquestionably did . |
| 28 | If you knew it was Rohnson why did n't you put his name down ! |
| 29 | I am pleased to tell you that Wimborne Publishing — the publishers of Everyday Electronics — have purchased The Modern Amateur Electronics Manual and will continue to market this product and produce bi-monthly updates for it in the way that WEKA previously did . |
| 30 | Richard Branson actually did n't know the price of a pint of milk . |