Example sentences of "and did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | While this was useful and did hold the attention of members interested in the specific subjects being examined , the subcommittees moved from one area of expenditure to another each session so that they developed no expertise and could not follow up previous work . |
| 32 | Individuals could and did suffer at the hands of individual kings . |
| 33 | But I moved into cheaper digs near the hospital and did manage to keep the second-hand Austin Seven I had bought five years previously . |
| 34 | The House could and did sack governments ( such as Russell 's first Cabinet in 1852 , Aberdeen 's ministry in 1885 , Lord Palmerston in 1858 , Russell again in 1866 and Gladstone in 1885 ) without having to face a general election . |
| 35 | He was a very nice young man and did bear some small resemblance to me which I supposed was why his mother , perhaps not knowing who his father was , or knowing but having been abandoned by him , had woven this fantasy about a familiar figure from the television screen . |
| 36 | I had to run them coals out and I tell you the they come over the top of and of course 's coming up here , 's coming down here and did meet there . |
| 37 | The evidence from Charles the Bald 's reign is surprisingly clear : he could and did intervene thus — on numerous occasions and in counties that were vitally important politically and militarily . |
| 38 | There was no intention to be insulting — quite the reverse — but it might readily be inferred that the defendant must have realised and did realise that his homosexual overtures might not be welcomed by the person at whom he was directing them . |
| 39 | " In the end , however , I have come to the conclusion that the learned county court judge adopted the right approach and did treat this question as one of degree and fact . |
| 40 | Afterwards , however , Pond , himself a Baptist and used to Beecher 's Plymouth Church , described the congregation as ‘ a very devout crowd of worshippers who entered into the spirit of the occasion and did worship the Lord and Mr Spurgeon with tremendous intensity ’ . |
| 41 | Here is clear evidence that the judiciary could and did temper the law with common sense , and did not habitually turn a blind eye to social and economic realities . |
| 42 | On the other hand , the question of aid to Malta had been decided beforehand , and did go through the National Assembly . |
| 43 | As to 2 , they held in effect that the occupier from whose land these things escaped and did damage is liable not only for the default of his servant , but also for that of an independent contractor and ( as later decisions show ) for that of anyone except a stranger . |
| 44 | This could and did result in nasty crash landings which could set the bombs off . |
| 45 | One line of his broadcast — ‘ Now it is very cold and we can not stay in our house ’ — hints at a crisis that nearly closed Dovercourt and did result in the evacuation of Pakefield , the overspill camp near Lowestoft . |
| 46 | Both Northern Nigeria and the Punjab were colonies of conquest , untainted by trade or missions , in which the purely administrative outlook could and did bloom unchecked . |
| 47 | Men could and did wear their hair to the shoulders , even wore flowers in it and beads round their necks — that got the pink gins spluttering . |
| 48 | Out of his family 's travails he helped to make a fastness of domestic security — Cis , Ifor and the barricades of brothers , sisters , cousins , aunts , ever-open houses … out of the outwardly unpromising landscape of a war-battered , low-waged steel , coal and chapel culture he took a fine voice , musical knowledge , a skill in many sports , a love for learning : and he never forgot that a few shillings would and did make the difference between dignity and pity , poverty and decent comfort . |
| 49 | So , we can expect conflict and , and did make this point , but we need to underline it , because it 's very important . |
| 50 | Raym. 742 , where before the revolution of 1688 the plaintiff had sentence from James II 's High Commissioners to pay a sum of money to the defendant and did pay it . |
| 51 | It is said , the son had a right to an equal distribution of his father 's property , and did complain to his father because he had not had an equal share , and said to him , I will cease to complain if you will not sue upon this note . |
| 52 | Elfed could and did pull strings on the local Co-operative committee . |
| 53 | In Julius Caesar Calphurnia dreamed she saw Caesar 's statue which " like a fountain with an hundred spouts , did run pure blood ; and many lusty Romans came smiling and did bathe their hands in it " . |
| 54 | There was no feeling , as there was among Catholics , that priests were indispensable : heads of families could and did conduct simplified forms of service in front of their domestic icons . |
| 55 | She thought she remembered lovebirds at the dressmaker , and did remember dark coffee and langues de chat . |
| 56 | If A 's words were intended to cause and did cause B to break his contract with C , then they are actionable by C whatever their form . |
| 57 | On 22nd July , Major Wood came to the Wallowa to investigate the killing , and reported Joseph as saying that ‘ the valley was more sacred to him than ever before , and he would and did claim it now as recompense for the life taken . ’ |
| 58 | These were sturdy little cars and although used mainly on the Norbury — Purley and Thornton Heath lines in the early days , they could and did work anywhere on the system . |
| 59 | After 1861 ( or rather , after they started making redemption payments ) , " Peasants could and did accumulate huge arrears without any definitive confrontation with the authorities " . |
| 60 | threatened and awed the jurors to give a verdict for the King , and by unlawful means did surprize the county , that they might not make defence , and did use several menacing wicked speeches and actions to the jury and others , for obtaining his unjust purpose aforesaid . |