Example sentences of "but it did [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But it did serve another purpose .
2 But it did give considerable encouragement to the growth of services , particularly community services , and to the improvement of public understanding of the problems of mental disorder , and it was , accordingly , widely welcomed .
3 In addition , whether or not one had attended a catholic school may have had little effect on sexual values or mass attendance but it did increase catholic activism and racial tolerance ( Greeley , McCready , and McCourt 1976 ) .
4 But it did need permanent supervision of weapons , gunpowder , and equipment ; and this was provided by the emergence under Henry VIII of a centralized Ordnance Office .
5 But it did take some time .
6 But it did cultivate good will . "
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