Example sentences of "did [adv] [verb] it to [art] " in BNC.
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1 | She seemed to be having trouble putting one in front of the other but she did eventually make it to the steps of the disabled bus and fell inside . |
2 | But let me tell you now about just a few of those entries which did not make it to the final but which , nevertheless , had several redeeming features . |
3 | He merely strengthens the conclusions of the three wise men , who think that there may have been some recent decline but who certainly did not atribute it to the national curriculum , as the hon. Gentleman did . |
4 | But last night they admitted for the first time that Mr Mellor did not refer it to the then Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher . |
5 | On this occasion , it once more called for the formation of a popular front against fascism , which did not endear it to the leadership of the Labour Party . |
6 | The Inner London Education Authority ( ILEA ) survived the abolition of the Greater London Council , but its control by Labour did not endear it to the Conservative government . |
7 | ‘ I did n't throw it to the duck to hide , ’ he giggled ! |
8 | ‘ We did n't make it to the Bazaar last night . |
9 | Tonight , touts remove five times the original ticket cost from those who did n't make it to the box office . |
10 | He did n't make it to the course on the next day , was sacked , and always maintained that if he had n't given up the drink for those ten days or so and ‘ dried out ’ he would not have got so drunk , would have been on the course at the appointed time , would not have lost his job , and would have have carried for yet another Open Champion . |
11 | Derek who was accompanied by his wife , Lorna , daughters Charlotte and Emma , and his parents , nearly did n't make it to the ceremony . |
12 | She added : ‘ At the time I did n't report it to the police because it would have been my word against a doctor 's . |
13 | At first the victim was so devastated by the attack that she did n't report it to the police . |