Example sentences of "and did [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In America recently , I wore the lenses for a ladies ' luncheon , then went straight to the theatre for the show , and did make-up , hair and costume in record time . |
| 2 | And did Joanne like him ? ’ |
| 3 | When he arrived home from school , he immediately took off shoes and did somersaults throughout the house . |
| 4 | He wrote three novels , one of which , Platinum Logic , was spectacularly successful , and did TV work as a researcher and presenter . |
| 5 | And did William Huskisson love ? |
| 6 | A month after Gareth Hardy , 25 , resigned from Chilworth Communications , of Paddington , London , his booby-trap wrecked vital files and did Pounds 30,000 damage . |
| 7 | But , however this may be , the pope proceeded to the practical consequences of the new state of affairs : those who had already received lay investiture , or done homage , or consecrated others who had received lay investiture , were absolved ; for the future , those who received ecclesiastical preferment and did homage to the king could be consecrated , provided that they had not received investiture at the king 's hands ; and this was to continue until the heart of the king was softened by the rain of Anselm 's preaching . |
| 8 | There , on 25 February 1173 , before them all , Count Raymond knelt and did homage for the county of Toulouse , first to Henry II , then to his eldest son Henry , and finally to Richard . |
| 9 | It did n't occur to her that it showed off her pretty fair hair to perfection , and did wonders for her figure . |
| 10 | In true pilgrim tradition we prayed and did penance together and we also took our recreation together and we also took our recreation together and so on Wednesday evening we met together for a very happy celebration . |
| 11 | But I was more of a dogsbody really — I was ‘ allowed ’ to help with conveyancing , but most of the time I made the coffee and did bits of typing , especially if the other secretary , Doreen , was absent . |
| 12 | We saw a lot of the Bakers , and did day trips ; one to the historic railway at Weka Pass ; another to Mt.Herbert , the highest point on Banks Peninsula ( wonderful views over Lyttleton Harbour ) and Pigeon Bay ; and several visits to local beaches at Sumner and Taylor 's Mistake ( a bay named after a captain who thought it was the entrance to Lyttleton Harbour ) . |
| 13 | One person commented that when the local MP came to talk to his disability group he told them how good it was that they ‘ got on their own feet and did things ’ — which did n't go down too well with the wheelchair users . |
| 14 | It has to be said that the world would be a much better place if we just got on and did things instead of waiting for other people to do them on our behalf . |
| 15 | With clinical detachment , she eased the handle of the broom into her vagina , and did things with it that only the randiest teenager would do behind closed shutters . |
| 16 | Cati said , ‘ I 've told you , he gives me the shivers , I think he made a spell and did things to my head . |
| 17 | He did n't seem to stop and ponder , he just went ahead and did things . |
| 18 | Marlborough , Massachusetts-based Viewlogic Systems Inc is to acquire privately-held Quad Design Technology Inc , developing software for analysing timing and interference problems in circuit designs in Camarillo , California for 872,700 new shares , giving the transaction an indicated value of $16.7m ; Viewlogic develops electronic design automation tools and did $65.8m last year ; Quad had $5.3m sales . |
| 19 | Earlier , I had put down a keyboard part to a click track and so Gregg , Matt ( the Bissonette brothers , Dave Lee Roth 's erstwhile rhythm section — Ed ) and myself went and did Cryin ' . |
| 20 | Medes , which is held 56% by Debis and 44% by the German-Swiss Metro , has 125 French sales outlets and did $182m of business in France in 1992 . |
| 21 | But that was good fun , there were eighteen of us , from eight different countries er Americans and Canadians and Australians and New Zealanders and Dutch and Swiss and English and er we had a good time , and then we and went and did mountain biking in Katmandu |
| 22 | Mother-of-three Miss Campbell , who has been married twice , decorated Sunninghill for the Duke and Duchess of York 's marriage and did Romenda Lodge for the Duchess after they separated . |
| 23 | And did people agree with that nomination . |
| 24 | And did David Bellamy have an have something to do with it ? |
| 25 | Five year apprenticeship yes and er it was more or less labourer work you were just a boy and run and did messages and carried whatever the journeymen bakers wanted . |
| 26 | Semi-skilled men were ‘ made up ’ , and did craftsmen 's jobs , and pensioners were recalled on a full or part-time basis . |
| 27 | How I wish was nearer and did jobs in Edinburgh ! ! |
| 28 | What happened after the fire at Manderley ? and did Max de Winter ever manage to put the past behind him ? |
| 29 | And did mummy shout ? |
| 30 | Had to admit I was not ambitious and did pasta/bean collage instead . |