Example sentences of "what did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What did bother him was that in his duel within McLaren with Prost , the Frenchman , six years his junior , always started with an advantage . |
| 2 | What did bother him was that Graham used him to get at Barak . |
| 3 | What did bother her was the realisation that very soon Luke could find himself part of the same mess . |
| 4 | What did break her heart , though , were the accusations that she had ruined the interior of one of England 's most distinguished houses . |
| 5 | What did do the trick was getting its staff to ring the creditor every 30 seconds for an entire day , then beginning again at eight the following morning . |
| 6 | I said well what did do n't you have to tell me ? |
| 7 | In John Donne 's terms , they had acknowledged each other as ‘ one another 's best ’ , but ‘ saw not what did move ’ . |
| 8 | What DID matter was that Kylie , little sweet innocent Charlene was TOPLESS . |
| 9 | I tell you what did wake me up though John . |
| 10 | What did irritate me was the old crusty-type who went through the motions of standing in front of everyone and asking them if they ‘ had any spare change for an old dosser ’ . |
| 11 | What did irritate me was the old crusty-type who went through the motions of standing in front of everyone and asking them if they ‘ had any spare change for an old dosser ’ . |
| 12 | What did remain in that paper , that year , was a hankering after what had survived from 1967 , exemplified in the prose of John Peel . |
| 13 | ‘ What did pass between you and Dr Kemp , Mrs — er , Sheila ? ’ |
| 14 | Oh in Normandy you do n't know , what did sing about , erm , oh Fleur , oh Fleur , yes , all , they 're supposed to be long very beautiful . |
| 15 | What did go on oh of course it was available for wedding parties , birthday parties , anything like that , it was the only hall in the area in those days . |
| 16 | Of course , you did make it clear that I had n't disturbed a lovers ’ tryst out there by the lake , so I 'm curious to know what did send you rushing through the grounds in such a state of agitation ? ’ |
| 17 | Material from the Bolshevik party and later the Third International was received only sporadically by individuals , although what did arrive was circulated with significant impact . |
| 18 | What did appear were various kinds of relationships , often called ‘ affinities ’ . |
| 19 | What did silence count for , in any case ? |
| 20 | What did reach them , over Malawi radio , was Dr Banda 's assertion that ‘ what you should know about the bishops is this : to be fair to the bishops , they have apologised . |
| 21 | Yes er , now what did get ? |
| 22 | The only people what did have a motor in that , at that particular time was the harbourmaster of Pinn Mill cos they always used to call er er er one bloke down there who used to moor the ships up at Bottoman 's Bay and er th th th he used to get a retainer from the Ipswich Dock Commission and all he w all he had to do was make sure that was clear of , for shipping , if there was a yacht in the way he 'd go and tell them to move and he was what the we used to call him Pinn Mill Harbourmaster . |
| 23 | Most of what did sell was overwhelmingly inexpensive , if not cheap , ranging from $350 carte-de-visites of nineteenth-century artists and composers ( at David and Constance Yates , New York ) to Old Master prints and lithographs in the $5,000–10,000 range . |
| 24 | What did spur them was the invasion by foreign drug multinationals of the Japanese market after restrictions were relaxed in the 1980s . |
| 25 | ‘ What did wonder boy want ? ’ |
| 26 | What did surprise me however was that some of my colleagues in the Commons took it on themselves to force me and others to change their minds . |
| 27 | What did surprise us was that the blame was put on our diet and in particular our greasy fish suppers and general lifestyle . |
| 28 | What did surprise him a little , and which argued a political maturity that even sensitive Western observers were sometimes inclined to overlook , was that , in three days of systematic canvassing of Libyan opinion , he encountered little or no personal hostility . |
| 29 | What did provide a fruitful source of conversation at dinner was the table setting . |
| 30 | What did boost the numbers was that once the question was raised they also looked for , and found , possible sexual abuse in siblings . |