Example sentences of "[noun prp] do [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The A four one three in Buckinghamshire at Dunton turn between Winslow and Whitchurch did see two mile tailbacks earlier on this afternoon , at that was Aylesbury-bound due to the accident involving a car on fire . |
| 2 | Johnny did fight back but the old 1-iron killed him off . |
| 3 | But Paddington did find a note on the door step asking for two extra pints and things . |
| 4 | Still , Van Basten did return late from the treatment room to score crucial goals in West Germany last summer . |
| 5 | ‘ There you are : Geminis do affect Aquarians . ’ |
| 6 | But Mr Fitzwater did confirm that US officials had spoken directly to her husband , something previously denied . |
| 7 | Frenchman Clement Ader 's bird-winged Eole may have been the first aircraft to take off under its own power ( a 20 hp steam engine ) in 1890 , but never really flew , lacking natural stability and any control system — though Ader did invent what is still the French word for an aeroplane : avion . |
| 8 | Positive as ever , however , Kylie did admit to looking forward to one element of her new found freedom . |
| 9 | Kylie did agree with him on that . |
| 10 | ‘ Which is exactly what Tristram did ask her to do — in the only one of his letters to Beatrix I 've read , sent from Tarragona in mid-March 1938 . ’ |
| 11 | First , although rejecting the explanation of creativity that prevailed among medical writers at that time , both Ellis and Bowerman did consider that there was some connection with psychological morbidity , in a more general sense . |
| 12 | In the end the NL did become demonstrably pro-Conservative and saw off the IML challenge , but divisions like this played their part in ensuring that the British Navy League was never as large or influential as its German counterpart . |
| 13 | Even if the PLO did waive refugee rights , it is questionable whether it would be able to maintain such a waiver . |
| 14 | Then Creggan fell silent staring into the night , as Slorne did near by . |
| 15 | Kuzmitch did mention that Blake had been unimpressed by the American and British intervention in South Korea but so too were a lot of other people . |
| 16 | It seems that Freud did regard most religious beliefs as unjustified by experience and by reason , and that they therefore required an explanation in terms of psychoanalysis . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , Freud did detect a providential , protective element in the superego . |
| 18 | In the context of validation of the theories , other cases would be needed from different cultures and other time periods , and sometimes Freud did try to fill out his work in this way . |
| 19 | If yo I hope you , I suppose you could have a whole course in psycho-history , if you really put into it enough , but for just one class , I thought it was too much to ask students to attend , to try and have to get into psycho-history , so I have n't erm , done very much of it , and this , my excuse here really was , well Freud did write a book called Woodrow Wilson . |
| 20 | I mean now we 're still , you know we 're still er er if Freud did write about this , we 're still living with , with the consequences of this . |
| 21 | The Sheldons do agree that there has been a loss of community values within society at large , although they were heartened by the support of the local community in Balerno after Paul 's death . |
| 22 | She leaned forward dramatically and her fine theatrical eye bore into Theodora — ‘ Mrs Thrigg did see him or at least heard him . |
| 23 | Once Auntie Jean did rip through to raw feeling by mentioning the numerous virtues of her former Tory boy , but Ted retaliated by saying ( one evening during his vow of silence ) , ‘ That boy soon saw the light as far as you 're concerned , did n't he ? ’ |
| 24 | Nor , pace Marx , did industrialization inevitably result in capitalistic alienation ( although Durkheim did acknowledge that in ‘ abnormal ’ circumstances anomie might result ) . |
| 25 | Dennis did tell me but we was too busy … well , you know . ’ |
| 26 | Gorbachev did call for ‘ further changes and transformations ’ and for the establishment of a ‘ qualitatively new state of society , in the broadest sense of the word ’ . |
| 27 | He looked at his slim gold wrist-watch and Claudia shook her head at Myra 's obvious intention of telling him that Dana did exist . |
| 28 | It would have surprised Claudia if Dana did have any money ; she earned a great deal but spent it as fast as she made it , and , while it made sense for Roman to bring her under his wing , Claudia resented it fiercely . |
| 29 | What Eleanor did tell him however , was that she was about to go on holiday but that she hoped he would come to a meal in her flat when she returned . |
| 30 | Hungary did agree , however , to buy military equipment and spares worth $800 million in part-settlement of the debt . |