Example sentences of "[subord] it did [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A police spokesman said the house , in Old Road , was up for sale and was unoccupied , although it did contain some furniture .
2 Although it did envisage some mergers with universities , the emphasis throughout was very much on strengthening the public sector of higher education .
3 The statement emphasised that the Black Sea Fleet , comprising some 45 warships and 300 smaller vessels , was not considered to be part of the strategic forces , although it did have nuclear capability .
4 Those who have a cold or flu are doubting whether they have had enough time to get over the illness , even if it did strike last November .
5 It 's all a long way from those bit-parts and Lynda 's delighted to be making her mark — even if it did mean changing career .
6 But the east Belfast based group vowed the show would go ahead — even if it did take some time .
7 Er it 's a matter of speculation as to whether it did play any part .
8 A study of different ways to burn up plutonium by America 's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory came out against such clevernesses , at least as far as using up America 's surplus plutonium is concerned ( though it did recommend more research into a few ) .
9 That indeed was the case , with the appearance of another loose intergovernmental structure , a Conference of European Ministers of Transport , which could only suggest and advise — though it did have some success in persuading ten states to sign a convention on cooperation and coordination of their rail networks in 1953 .
10 In this it had little success , though it did cause some alarm to the authorities and to shipowners , some of whom recognised that accumulated benefits could be an effective way of retaining membership .
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