Example sentences of "and did [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I spent the first eighteen months working in all the factory departments , so I started with a good knowledge of precisely how the product was made and did all the jobs that then existed in the production of confectionery . |
| 2 | At last we had reached a road that led to a place called Ritjemjokk where we telephoned home and did all the civilized things in life ; like sitting on a loo seat , for a long time . |
| 3 | Climbed over the railings when the place was shut and did all sorts of things to the statues and the balconies . |
| 4 | He also made a creeper-covered trellis in front of the house door and did all the garden , ‘ do all the flowers . ’ |
| 5 | The morning engagements Thrush Green could readily understand , for a man living alone could not be expected to polish and clean , to cook and scrub , and to wash and iron for himself ; though , as Ella pointed out , plenty of women lived alone and did all that with one hand tied behind them , and often went out to work as well into the bargain , and no one considered it remarkable . |
| 6 | ‘ The legal protection company paid all the expenses and fees and did all the chasing , ’ he recalls . |
| 7 | They came with a boat , and did all their shopping in Tobermory , so we did not see much of them at all . ’ |
| 8 | I always held that view and did all I could to press for an election before Christmas in order that we might get a majority large enough to stand the racket . " |
| 9 | My mother was always very jealous of the close relationship that my daughter and I had , and did all she could to come between us . |
| 10 | Talbot plotted against Errington and did all he could to bring about the coadjutor 's eventual resignation . |
| 11 | Both in Pilton and in present day er Pilton Circus which is er er there 's a lot of er controversy going over er m making them , privatizing them and so forth but I l I was er the building of these things and did all the er the work for them . |
| 12 | At one stage her mother had felt she would make a good doctor and did all she could to encourage her to take up medicine . |
| 13 | Nevertheless they swallowed their wounded pride and did all they could to help if she asked for advice . |
| 14 | And did all the bairns wear t All the girls wear these ? |
| 15 | And did all windows ! |
| 16 | I settled a few things in the bathroom there and then I had a wash , I 've had a wash and did all the about quarter to eleven . |
| 17 | We still did television shows there and did all our recording there and made all our videos . |
| 18 | Thomas last played in the full England side 13 months ago when he won his first cap in Saudi Arabia and did little of consequence . |
| 19 | The use of the word ‘ miserable ’ was a deliberate provocation of the obvious and did little but invite criticism . |
| 20 | A mixed group , many of whose members showed little respect for the principle of lesbian and gay self-organization , it soon became a sectarian battlefield and did little to organize lesbians and gays with no previous political experience . |
| 21 | The once fine linen had thinned and shrunk with frequent laundering , with the result that the garment only reached just past her knees and did little to hide the curves of her body . |
| 22 | Although the jury heard eight hours of videotaped testimony by Reagan [ see p. 37241 ] , the former President was often confused and vague about operational details and did little to shed any further light on his involvement in the affair . |
| 23 | Vociferously opposed by both the profession and the pharmaceutical industry , compromises were made which both reduced the scope for potential savings and did little to impinge on clinical autonomy . |
| 24 | These Christians served each other , did not fight each other , laughed with one another , and did each other 's washing-up ! |
| 25 | In January 1950 Sir Winston Churchill stayed in Reid 's and did many paintings of the island , especially of Câmara de Lobos . |
| 26 | I also continued to help the two people and their father , and did many jobs for them in the night . |
| 27 | In the fast passages the choir sang as one voice and did much to render some mannered readings of appoggiaturas and dynamics thrilling . |
| 28 | That car , evolving through successive S1 , S2 and S3 incarnations , became a major success for Bentley and did much to establish the tradition of a two-door , four-seater coupe in the group 's model policy . |
| 29 | It 's right that the Guildford Four have told their stories now to Grant McKee and Ros Franey and First Tuesday , the programme and the producers who dug away , and did much to keep the case alive . |
| 30 | And while the King was going through Andalusia , having the land at his mercy , a great power of the Moors assembled together on the other side , and entered the land , and besieged the castle of Gormaz , and did much evil . |