Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sight of the flames leaping up did much to hearten me . |
| 2 | I mean we heard some horrendous stories last week , walking round did n't we ? |
| 3 | In the Store , the nomes had made their furniture out of matchboxes and cotton reels ; the nomes living Outside did n't even know what furniture was . |
| 4 | Yet I recently visited a hi-tech company which was fully conversant with activity-based costing yet did not do it on a regular annual basis . |
| 5 | Is it going down did you say ? |
| 6 | But that probably stopped when I started going in did n't it ? |
| 7 | The shock caused by Balfour 's going thus did something to steady the party and it certainly produced a real determination to settle the affairs of the party with less friction than had been fashionable of late . |
| 8 | Turning away did n't take the burden from her . |
| 9 | Well you did n't realize it was going over did you ? |
| 10 | Mum , dad heard a burglar alarm going off did n't you ? |
| 11 | and then we started going out did n't we ? |
| 12 | It 's higher than the one I had because erm the base is obviously I just had the springs going across did n't I ? |
| 13 | I said to her , Ah I thought that you were going Why did you lie to me saying that you were going to get a book . |
| 14 | Sometimes she sings a song right and you know I 'm wondering where did this song come from . |
| 15 | she said her brother was n't getting on did n't she ? |
| 16 | Getting out did n't make such an indelible impression as going in . |
| 17 | They included a two-volume guide to Shakespeare 's plays , an investigation into the authorship of the Book of Genesis , a commentary on the poems of Kipling and Byron , a biographical encyclopaedia of all the scientists who have ever lived , musings on music and humour and a series of informative books with titles beginning How Did We Find Out About … ? on subjects ranging from black holes and life in the deep sea to number theory . |
| 18 | I mean you did n't have sixteen , seventeen year olds in those days coming through did you ? |
| 19 | He was a great lover of country sports — but only after seeing that his business was running efficiently did he allow himself to relax and seek pleasure with his gun , his rod or on horseback . |
| 20 | What are you saying well did I ring you ? |
| 21 | But in fifty years ' time we could be saying well did Jane pick the right one ? |
| 22 | Only when the Cobblers were doing well did county people go to Northampton , hence the club 's languishing state before Chapman took over . |
| 23 | ‘ No , I sodding well did not , ’ Sam said explosively . |
| 24 | It was not merely that many people were dismayed by Labour 's tax plans : they also felt a wider and deeper sense of mistrust , that Labour 's numbers on revenue and spending simply did not add up . |
| 25 | Also , starting there did n't tell enough about John Russell . |
| 26 | That 's what I 'm saying how did he knew that |
| 27 | 20 years ago PEOPLE in Darlington could choose between learning the Language of Love on screen on the ABC or asking When Did You Last See My Mother ? ( ‘ a stimulating and imaginative modern play ’ ) at the Civic . |
| 28 | Anyway , it did win , and the wife was saying why did n't you bet it , why did n't you back it to win ! |
| 29 | The next time I see you you 'll be saying why did I eat all that |
| 30 | If the gang knew you were coming why did they allow the pay-off to continue ? |