Example sentences of "did take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , Balcon did take practical measures of his own to develop more technically sophisticated films , by setting up productions in German studios , and working with European technicians whose superiority to their British counterparts was recognized . |
| 2 | right , she did take that book with her , did n't she ? |
| 3 | Even those who did take legal action received little advantage from it . |
| 4 | Yet , as he revealed in one of his later outbursts , he did take Jewish pupils , perhaps without realising at first that they were so . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In Merrill Lynch 's 1984 Study , 88 per cent of the 243 of ‘ The Times Top 1000 companies ’ interviewed did take some steps to aid new staff who were moving to take up an appointment . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | However , it did take some time for the mother church to readjust after this second labour and birth . |
| 10 | But it did take some time . |
| 11 | But the east Belfast based group vowed the show would go ahead — even if it did take some time . |