Example sentences of "did take [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 right , she did take that book with her , did n't she ?
2 Even those who did take legal action received little advantage from it .
3 Erm , yeah we , we did take direct action and so eventually the ad was dropped , but if we 'd just complained and not taken any action the ad would n't have been dropped .
4 Neil , ’ I said , urgently , ‘ he did take this picture tonight , and whatever he took it for , it 's got to mean he 'll be coming back for it , and soon .
5 Anyway in the end he and the Education Officer did take some action to control the bullies and since then there has been no trouble .
6 However , it did take some time for the mother church to readjust after this second labour and birth .
7 But it did take some time .
8 But the east Belfast based group vowed the show would go ahead — even if it did take some time .
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