Example sentences of "but [pron] did make " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not threaten to resign but I did make it clear that I would not endorse changes I could not justify . |
| 2 | I did n't do so , but I did make another suggestion . |
| 3 | But I did make for the baize door a little more quickly than on my way in , and in the semi-darkness stumbled over one of the wellingtons , kicking it half-way across the floor . |
| 4 | But I did make it and the colour did make a difference in a way I did n't expect . |
| 5 | But she did make one request . |
| 6 | But she did make two purchases from the hat and the dress departments with the money which J. D. O'Conner had given her for the two articles which she had written for him . |
| 7 | But they did make , nevertheless , through their obsession with death , the most extraordinary images . |
| 8 | Such actions did not infringe the Corrupt Practice Acts but they did make them virtually inoperative . |
| 9 | Gale force winds could not blow away the players ' enthusiasm but they did make it very hard work . |
| 10 | He did not make money , but he did make his name by persuading a great many people to visit the Exhibition with Cooks . |
| 11 | It was an ever increasing thing that blew up because it got a little too big , but it did make David a star and he has dealt with it really well , and is a man who does wonderful work . |
| 12 | I never had a lot to do with the pig 's head , but it did make lovely potted meat . |
| 13 | But it did make a difference — she realized that in the long hours she lay awake thinking about it . |
| 14 | Not that such a tenuous connection was any real guarantee of respectability , but it did make him seem less of a stranger . |