Example sentences of "did [vb infin] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here a vast crowd did display more enthusiasm than that before Notre Dame and the Emperor and Empress were obliged to appear frequently on the balcony of the palace to acknowledge the cheers . |
| 2 | Spending chiefs decided to delay their decision until then , although they did discuss more council spending as well as less . |
| 3 | They did need more evidence . |
| 4 | Robert Urquhart did know more than he pretended , Blanche was convinced , but she was not convinced about the thoroughness of his investigation into Mills ' murder . |
| 5 | It can hardly be said that his optimism was fully justified , though ironically enough the supply did become more than adequate in most seasons from the middle of the century onwards , when traffic dropped away . |
| 6 | Now modal tag is one for seeking agreement whereas an effective tag is one that shows concern to the addressee and according to this study , if you looked and the sheer number of tags , women did use more tags than men , but in actual fact women used a higher proportion of the effective tags than men did . |
| 7 | Women did not eat as many sausages , pies , or fish and chips than men , yet did have more fruit and recommended reduced fat milk . |
| 8 | He did have more of an interest in what was going on around him than Wellington . |
| 9 | To see whether the junction films actually did have more fixed information in them than the others , a comparison was made of the ratings from Groeger and Chapman ( in press b ) . |
| 10 | Erm no I did have more than that . |
| 11 | A study of different ways to burn up plutonium by America 's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory came out against such clevernesses , at least as far as using up America 's surplus plutonium is concerned ( though it did recommend more research into a few ) . |
| 12 | I mean supposing women 's football did get more support and i wen and i it did become more widespread , more popular at every level , there was time , the resources to do it , do you think the things that people complained about football at the top of this programme er , the bigotry , the aggression , the rowdiness , do you think they would begin to overwhelm women 's football in the way that some of you think they 've overwhelmed men 's football ? |
| 13 | The Budget did offer more hope to unemployed disabled people , who will now be given priority in the vocational education initiative and in the Community Action programme . |