Example sentences of "did [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he did eat any food he would either chew very slowly or just hold it in his mouth . |
| 2 | This definition was not carried forward into the later Acts , although both the Act of 1979 and the current Act did reproduce some of the provisions regarding depositors which were contained in the Act of 1963 . |
| 3 | Despite the aridities of scholastic philosophy , Hobbes did think that , over the centuries , the seeds of natural reason had borne some fruit . |
| 4 | ‘ I did think that , yes . |
| 5 | No I did think that myself . |
| 6 | Emmie felt guilty because she did think that . |
| 7 | Perhaps I mean it 's , we do n't know in nineteen , October nineteen forty seven whether the Communist Party actually really did think that absolute egalitarianism might be able to work . |
| 8 | Maybe someone did think this was a bit strong , and phoned the filth . |
| 9 | However , those employed full-time off the farm did experience some problems at lambing and hay making . |
| 10 | Erm it has become worse in a way that er we did , I did experience some sort of er , er racial intolerance er with the youth , but the middle-aged and the er m older people were very , very er tolerant I had to ask er when I could n't find my way , ask my way to certain places and er there was an that er the lady just walked by me er with me and she , she said I 'll have to walk with you you ca n't find it . |
| 11 | He never did answer that one . |
| 12 | I did answer that question . |
| 13 | Frolik certainly did expose some real spies including Nicholas Praeger , who had given the Czechs details of the RAF 's electronic counter-measures equipment codenamed Blue Diver and Red Steer . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | For these reasons — their pattern of settlement , the ease , low cost and low risk of meeting obligations — Zuwaya were able to still think of themselves as nomads : they were wrong , but from time to time they could and did regard some of their social arrangements as unchanging , inert . |
| 16 | Although most of Hudson 's tests were conducted on schoolboys , he did conduct some tests on schoolgirls , amongst whom he found a different pattern : |
| 17 | Plants were the only source of help for health improvement for hundreds of years , and doctors were almost entirely reliant on them though some , notably Hippocrates , did stress that hygiene and diet were of major importance . |
| 18 | Yes it was , we did stress that |
| 19 | And , of course , the American army did liberate this south-western corner of Bohemia , though it is only in recent weeks that the new government has permitted the fact to be acknowledged . |
| 20 | " In the end , however , I have come to the conclusion that the learned county court judge adopted the right approach and did treat this question as one of degree and fact . |
| 21 | ‘ Just a few people did make that mistake . |
| 22 | Their friends told them they were crazy , it sold for a nickel and nobody , they discovered , had the curiosity to buy it although it did make all the local Greenwich Village news-stands . |
| 23 | We did make we did make this point to Keith actually very very clearly , |
| 24 | So , we can expect conflict and , and did make this point , but we need to underline it , because it 's very important . |
| 25 | I did n't do so , but I did make another suggestion . |
| 26 | Faced with public anger about the Gulf war , the royal autocrat did make some concessions . |
| 27 | ‘ In retrospect we did make some questionable decisions , ’ Mr Warren told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 28 | In the event , he did make some contribution to Toby and Laura 's education . |
| 29 | Despite Wilkinson 's attempts to moderate criticism of the Area Board 's policies , and a trade unionist member 's introduction of some woolliness in the text to accommodate his dislike of any rationing by the purse , the committee 's report , submitted to Gaitskell in June , did make some strong proposals . |
| 30 | Anyway , all I can say is , I did make some notes somewhere , I think I put them in my pocket , or maybe ( silence ) . |