Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] did [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The money I was going to save on rent over the next month could be put towards a deposit on something — always assuming the Department of Employment did eventually pay me my due — and then I would be able to start again . |
| 2 | The two final categories call for no comment at this stage beyond the fact that the fiscal evidence shows that the overwhelming majority of husbandmen did actually have less than £10 worth of personal estate ; the £10-£99 group looks like an intrapolation to accommodate a broad spectrum of well-to-do peasants ( including yeomen ) , master craftsmen and small-time merchants . |
| 3 | The queen of England did no come , but she met instead her husband , Prince Philip , and her daughter , Princess Anne . |
| 4 | The better explanation remains that the policy pursued by the trade unions during the winter of discontent did indeed mark a return to normality . |
| 5 | Gray 's ‘ Elegy ’ , of course , can be read as a lament for the undeveloped mind : ‘ But knowledge to their eyes her ample page / Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll … |
| 6 | The last danger seemed very real because French critics of EDC did now argue that German rearmament should be abandoned so that détente could succeed . |
| 7 | The leasor 's father " … in his life tyme , did say that the making of a quintall of Copper did then stand but in 17s or 18s , and but of late years 25s , and yet ( in the present time ) it seemeth to be rated sometimes at 32s a Quintall , and now very lately charged with an encrease of 1s of every Quintall … |
| 8 | The City Council examines travel patterns from settlements around York , and it was quite noticeable that a number of settlements to the north east of York did actually have a substantial commuting pattern to West Yorkshire . |
| 9 | Although Mr. Philipson demurred when the suggestion was put to him , it is palpably clear that his submission amounts to a direct challenge to Mr. Barnes ' affidavit , which contains the clearest possible evidence that the Bank of England did indeed require these documents for the purposes of its own supervisory functions ; this will of course involve collaboration and co-ordination with the Federal Reserve Board 's supervision , on which , as he states expressly in paragraph 13(b) , the Bank of England is in part dependent . |
| 10 | The debate over the Aggravating Vehicle-Taking Bill is different , not only because the Bill presumes a defendant responsible for occurrences if he can not disprove mere presence , but also because of the reasons which the Minister of State did eventually offer for this legislative formulation . |