Example sentences of "did [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From there the Franks crossed over into Valencia , where they did extensive damage . |
| 2 | These sometimes interrupted the schedules , as did extensive reportage of elections , of local Assemblies . |
| 3 | Forensic scientist Andrew Hunt told Teesside Crown Court he did extensive tests on blood on Mrs Chandler 's clothes , behind her nails and on nearby rocks . |
| 4 | To make the character totally convincing , Lynda did extensive research with the real CID |
| 5 | Hearing people distorted the temporal sequence much more than did deaf people , with bilinguals coming somewhere between . |
| 6 | In those days , too , when the guests entered they crossed between me and the cameras , which did strange things to the perspective . |
| 7 | The inversion did strange things to their anatomy . |
| 8 | Cos I thought he did advanced French last year . |
| 9 | The movement of cattle , legal and illegal , had a much greater influence on Border life , particularly in its less amenable wilds and wastes , than did agricultural developments . |
| 10 | So did fiery islands residents , local councillors , MPs and newspaper editors . |
| 11 | Only when their blend of quality and value swept the markets did European manufacturers the godfathers of viticulture step into line . |
| 12 | Did political stability justify the pretensions and excesses of his republican monarchy ? |
| 13 | I wo n't go into them today if I did possible savings . |
| 14 | Though they have existed in some countries for centuries , only after the 1940s did state-owned enterprises ( SOEs ) come to prominence in most developing countries . |
| 15 | Mrs Atkinson , who lived in Liverpool all her life , was a well-known pianist and singer , but she also did marquetery painting as a hobby prior to her marriage . |
| 16 | Why did Spanish democracy fail ? |
| 17 | ‘ He told me he was a sex therapist and helped people with their sex lives and personal problems , and did sex-change operations . ’ |
| 18 | Seldom did extractive industry bring prosperity . |
| 19 | And what did dear Uncle wish to impart ? ’ |
| 20 | On almost ail counts there was no evidence that the project achieved greater success in sustaining people at home than did normal services ( in fact the reverse appeared to be the case ) . |
| 21 | For four years of his early life he lived at the court of King Philip II , to whom he did feudal homage in 1214 . |
| 22 | It is not as if the blame was being placed on Labour counties , for in only one case where a Conservative or hung district had a poll tax of over £400 ( Derby ) did Labour control the county . |
| 23 | Acid did odd things to your mind . |
| 24 | ( ii ) In what ways did economic factors impede progress , initially and during the period ? |
| 25 | How far did economic circumstances and disappointment with Versailles affect Nazi popularity ? |
| 26 | Not until the following year , when Majorca was forced to submit , did armed resistance to him in Spain come to an end . |
| 27 | Prosperity and rising prices were reflected in new building in the towns and in a rapidly rising population — only in the rice regions did public prosperity impair public health . |
| 28 | Mrs Remington-Hart was qualified and did public health in London . |
| 29 | only when the track was quadrupled in 1879 did residential development begin in earnest in this port of London . |
| 30 | By Faraday 's time , the problem was more acute ; electrically charged objects were known to repel or attract each other , as did magnetic poles . |