Example sentences of "it did [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the poster exhibition failed to capture the imagination of the local press , it did attract a large number of visitors and over 200 copies of the historical booklet that accompanied the exhibition were sold . |
| 2 | Whatever we think about child baptism , it did reflect a serious interest in the role of the family in bringing up children . |
| 3 | They had the moral flexibility to meet shifting organizational demands and still enjoy the sleep of the just — their ability to relativize other moral imperatives whilst constantly prioritizing the pursuit of organizational goals did not make them necessarily immoral , but it did facilitate a moral flexibility others denied themselves . |
| 4 | I had to rinse quite often to get rid of debris , but it did give a close shave . |
| 5 | It did admit a possible link with cases of leukemia and cancer of the bones and agreed war pensions should go to those cases . |
| 6 | ‘ What we brought into the head office was financial expertise as I 'd recognise it and it did deliver a huge benefit including giving professionally-based leadership at the centre for all the financial staff already working out there in the field . |
| 7 | Although in terms of later social science methodologies such an approach might seem naive , it did leave an important legacy for social research and survey data collection , namely sampling . |
| 8 | Come to think of it , I was n't that keen on it either , though it did serve a cracking pint of Young 's bitter . |
| 9 | However , it did achieve a top speed of 126mph , and cruised at 96mph with a weight of 22,000lb at 2,050ft altitude . |
| 10 | When it had grown older it did show a little interest in females and even deigned to mate with a few , though never with much enthusiasm . |
| 11 | I 'm sure this was a typing error but it did confuse an excellent article . |
| 12 | If WEU had a role , it was to ensure the closest possible cooperation within NATO , and although it did play a limited role in the Saar settlement , it remained essentially a paper organisation . |
| 13 | Of course it did herald a new era … in the second division . |
| 14 | They 've given her something and she , she had to put this stuff on her hair , had to take a trip to the hairdresser and he said to the hairdresser comb my hair first and then put this stuff on and wait for a fortnight and it did come a little lighter , but it was n't much |
| 15 | Frank Dick was not happy , and it did seem a harsh decision . |
| 16 | EWM has no outlets overseas , although it did attempt a joint venture in the US . |
| 17 | For example , " tailoring " , mostly done by men , is usually classified as a skilled trade whereas " dressmaking " , done by women , is usually not , although it did require a formal training . |
| 18 | It was regarded by many as dangerously radical and extreme — in much the same style as the ‘ Bultmann school ’ in the last forty years — but it did introduce a new epoch in critical New Testament research , most notably by drawing attention to the distinct strands and theologies within the different New Testament documents . |
| 19 | The It never changed all that much , but it did get a great deal closer . |
| 20 | In the absence of plans we can only ponder what was done ; however , it did include a new lounge and a replacement for the condemned cesspit which today still serves the Club in the absence of main drainage in Harpsden . |
| 21 | It did take a long time for anything to happen . |
| 22 | It did take a few minutes to get used to the cutting action of steadying the saw on it shoe , starting the motor , then gradually starting the cut by pivoting down with the blade , but it was a knack soon acquired . |
| 23 | I found out how well after a serious filter failure while away , but it did take a few days for the lethargic specimen to return to full health . |
| 24 | The network of family connections in Italy , though not in itself either a reason or motive for the policy which Napoleon III was to pursue in the peninsula , was nevertheless a help in that it did provide a useful information service and helped to create a feeling of sympathy for French policy . |
| 25 | It was built relatively late , between 1844 and 1845 , and destined for a relatively short working life , but it did provide a good deal of employment for several decades . |
| 26 | It did have a central theme to it , but we 're taking more time over the next one . |
| 27 | Its bed and furniture were entirely homely , however , and perhaps not as dainty as the elegant young French lady might like , but it did have a nice view of the hustle and bustle of Newington Butts , and Mrs Beavis always reckoned that if you could see life going on from your window , you could n't grumble too much about not having dainty furniture . |
| 28 | But it did have an elegant shopping precinct , the first of its kind , and a city centre flanked by the grandeur of its old and new cathedrals . |
| 29 | The settlement connects with other forms of extension in that it did have an educational aim , but , like Oxford House ( another settlement or " mission " set up in the East End in 1884 ) , it usefully illustrates new initiatives for the renewal of forms of leadership and patterns for social administration upon which the elevation of English largely depended , Barnett saw Toynbee Hall as the potential centre for an east London university ; in fact it became , as did the other settlements and extension classes , a centre for members of the middle class . |
| 30 | They 've been revolting for years under the surface and then some thing happens that make it possible course the continued revolutions have gone on through the world and because they 've seen the success of a revolution in Russia although we did n't know the full facts of it in the West , it was , it did establish a huge area in the wake of a revolution . |