Example sentences of "did [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morag French , 27 , is more optimistic about a job , although she did experience a few brief spells of unemployment before entering the hostel a year and a half ago . |
| 2 | But it did explain a lot , especially how Stubbly had managed to keep the Mimosa trouble-free over the years . |
| 3 | But the Irish Under-25 and Open singles champion did earn a place in the record books . |
| 4 | Neither programme really effected any change in the course of events , but they did build a sense of trust in those who might one day use us to bear public witness against the Godfathers of terrorism . |
| 5 | where they did build a school for them you see . |
| 6 | ‘ What we brought into the head office was financial expertise as I 'd recognise it and it did deliver a huge benefit including giving professionally-based leadership at the centre for all the financial staff already working out there in the field . |
| 7 | ( OK , so I 'm guilty of psychic breaking and entering on a massive scale , and the occasional bit of arson , but I did deliver a few villains their come-uppances when nobody else could , and I once taught a woman how to fly … ) |
| 8 | cook my dinner , ooh he did deliver a bacon casserole , mm , it 's hot is n't it ? |
| 9 | His hands swept down and began to remove their clothes , first his own and then hers , and he had been right , his fingers did fumble a little , but she did n't mind that . |
| 10 | If the lecturer to be deleted is the only one that reports to a particular senior lecturer , then the information that the senior lecturer did supervise a lecturer is lost if the lecturer record is deleted . |
| 11 | They had the moral flexibility to meet shifting organizational demands and still enjoy the sleep of the just — their ability to relativize other moral imperatives whilst constantly prioritizing the pursuit of organizational goals did not make them necessarily immoral , but it did facilitate a moral flexibility others denied themselves . |
| 12 | Mary Ann Doane 's argument concerning the ‘ women 's films ’ of the 1940s , for example , was that these products of mainstream fiction cinema were directed at a female audience and thus did construct a female gaze . |
| 13 | Such measures are often not independent , for many lawyers advise clients what it is ‘ reasonable ’ to want , and thus supply the criterion by which they are to be judged ( although Rosenthal did construct an independent measure ) . |
| 14 | He did paint a number of portraits , but a painting of a piebald pony in the window of his studio was so lifelike that people started to ask him to paint animals . |
| 15 | He did paint a kind of rosy picture , did n't he ? |
| 16 | Nevertheless , the Spanish Civil War did make a difference for the conference condemned the non-intervention policy adopted by the major powers , for it was being flouted by Italians , Germans and Russians , and recommended that the Spanish republican government should be allowed to buy arms . |
| 17 | Any production of ‘ A Midsummer Night 's Dream ’ with a host of well-known film stars , plus music by Mendelssohn , could not help but be of interest , but apparently it never did make a box-office fortune for MGM . |
| 18 | Dave did make a cameo appearance in his kayak to run it but quickly reverted back to the raft . |
| 19 | It is true to say Dad did make a lot of money when , for a year or two during World War I , he had his own little factory and a War Department contract for uniforms . |
| 20 | However , I did make a slip , which Mr Summers points out : total government revenue is about £40m , of which fisheries licence revenue is £25m . |
| 21 | Bitter correspondence in July and August failed to resolve the dispute although Smith & Jones did make a without prejudice offer of £500 ( in respect of the two deliveries which were made on time without damaged goods ) to settle the matter . |
| 22 | ‘ We did make a £3 million offer to Sheffield United for Brian Deane , but they were n't interested . |
| 23 | I did make a big mistake there , though . |
| 24 | But I did make it and the colour did make a difference in a way I did n't expect . |
| 25 | The revenue figure is 20% down on 1991 and the company revealed it did make a loss last year , though the size was not disclosed . |
| 26 | None the less , the South Western Board was clearly in financial difficulties , and in 1954 the Central Authority did make a subvention of £250000 from central reserves , with the possibility of further help five years later , hoping that the Board would now make reasonable charges to its consumers to cover expenditure . |
| 27 | Although the 1992 results are not public , a highly-placed source at USL tells us that they did make a small profit last year ( on revenues of $91m ) . |
| 28 | But it did make a difference — she realized that in the long hours she lay awake thinking about it . |
| 29 | He did make a visit to Rangoon , either in December 1945 or January 1946 , when he called on the Governor who noted on a draft ‘ Nu snubbed ’ . |
| 30 | He took part in the Fifth Comintern ( June — July 1924 ) where he did make a mark . |