Example sentences of "[coord] did [pers pn] [vb infin] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe JTR helped pick up the pieces or did he watch the poor man 's agony from afar ? |
| 2 | We did n't see the Seychelles scops owl , which is nocturnal and usually only seen if a tape-recording is played at night , nor did we get the little Seychelles white-eye , but I am not concerned . |
| 3 | First , in the brief sketch of the early history of radar in the United Kingdom , the earliest work on the detection of aircraft was done not at Bawdsey but at Orford ; Bowen 's middle name was not Gordon , but George ; and as a member of the Airborne Radar Group , I can assure the author that Bowen did not develop airborne radar ‘ single handedly ’ , nor did we develop the plan-position indicator . |
| 4 | Run by the parishes or by groups of parishes , workhouses never produced an output which even repaid the purchase of raw materials , nor did they meet the vaunted secondary objective of training the poor in the " habits of industry " . |
| 5 | Nor did she see the sudden eruption into the alehouse of two more men . |
| 6 | Nor did it remove the old ones . |
| 7 | Nor did it remove the niggling suspicion that Isabel was hiding something . |
| 8 | Nor did it provide the detailed information on local labour markets , particularly at the occupational level , that would have been necessary to make a fuller judgement . |
| 9 | Nor did it impress the Arab states , which pointed out that if Israel was able to absorb hundreds of thousands of Jews it could certainly absorb more than 100,000 Palestinian returnees ; or the United States , which did not think the Israeli offer ‘ provide[d] a suitable basis for contributing to solution of Arab refugee question . ’ |
| 10 | The conquest of Egypt and Cyrenaica as far west as Euesperides ( not far from Benghazi ) by the Persian Kambyses did not entail the overthrow of the Battiads , nor did it interrupt the cultural traffic of Dorian Cyrene with Ionian Attica . |
| 11 | Nor did he ask the obvious questions which Harry would have found so difficult to answer . |
| 12 | ‘ It could have been major much earlier — I had the know-how and had already done the groundwork — but when I was racing there was n't the time , nor did I have the surplus energy to allow the business its head . |
| 13 | ‘ And did he use the same formula in his intimate relationships ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ And did you tell the foreign gentleman that her husband was going mad with jealousy ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ And did you hear the bad language he used just now ? |
| 16 | But did he desire the well-groomed young woman in high-heels and with figure held firmly in place by a good foundation garment , as much as the callow , untidy girl , so soft to touch and hold , he had first known ? |
| 17 | Svend , she knew , was blond and blue-eyed , but did he have the powerful charisma of his uncle ? |
| 18 | Teaching my granny to suck eggs , I am sure , but did you see the last Scottish Business Insider which profiled a number of women ? |
| 19 | But did you know the sharp-suited musician from New Orleans has already been tinkling away for more than 22 years ! |
| 20 | But did you know the sharp-suited musician from New Orleans has already been tinkling away for more than 22 years ! |