Example sentences of "[conj] did [pers pn] [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Or did he just leave a message to let me know he 'd called ? ’
2 Or did he just want a special name for her to use ?
3 They disagree strongly about its consequences : was it a watershed in British industrial relations , as some Communist writers would have us believe , or did it barely change the course of TUC and trade union policy , as Gordon Phillips has argued ?
4 What did you , did you do like a meal like chicken with potatoes and blaa , blaa , blaa , or did you just miss the foods .
5 Did he get in on merit or did you just pay a phenomenally am , large amount of cash for him ?
6 Was it chosen to suit your weight and with comfort in mind , or did you just like the look of it ?
7 Or did you just see the info on rss ?
8 Or did you just find the whole business tedious ?
9 ‘ Did you or did you not get a cheque ? ’
10 Coverage failed to highlight the wrongful arrests of blacks or excessive use of force by the police ; nor did it adequately convey the extent of pro-social activity engaged in by black ‘ counter-rioters ’ , such as helping the wounded or assisting the emergency services .
11 Nor did it necessarily require the Great Powers to act as the guarantors of the regime established .
12 But Baccy never used a curse word , nor did he ever take the briar pipe out of his mouth despite having abandoned the tobacco habit on joining the church at the age of eighteen .
13 Had Humphrey and Janet been very wicked too , Lettice wanted to know , and did they too haunt the Lodge ?
14 And did you ever use the expression , on a different subject , er a burn sticks ?
15 And did you always do the Indian scout job ? ’ asked Pumfrey very quietly .
16 True , both the English and the Latin forms indicate he lived by the ash tree , but did they merely permit the taxatores to avoid confusing him with all the other Johns who lived in the same village ?
17 But did you actually read the whole review ?
18 But did she really use a potty at night , keeping it in a cupboard by her bed ?
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