Example sentences of "did [adv] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after he had gone Robbie did not immediately prepare herself for bed . |
| 2 | She almost ran from the room , as if afraid that her newly found resolve would melt away if she did not immediately put it into practice . |
| 3 | WFS did not publically declare itself to be affiliated to any independent grass roots campaigns who are actually working on the ground with ordinary people — for example , the Tottenham 3 Campaign , Birmingham 6 Campaign etc . |
| 4 | I understand you did not even pay her for her work . |
| 5 | So has team-mate Gehan Mendis , with worse still for Graeme Fowler , who was fined about £2000 for being so critical of the club , even though some of his offending remarks did not even make it into print . |
| 6 | The haematopathological status of this group did not reliably differentiate them from the ‘ reformed drinkers ’ . |
| 7 | In the event , inhabitants of Štanjel , although they were certainly not unkind to him , did not exactly welcome him with open arms . |
| 8 | Whereupon , one of the assembled journalists — and it did not exactly endear him to his photographic colleagues — started to ask Keenan about the famous remark he made after his release — the one about drinking all the Guinness in Ireland and making love to all the women in Ireland . |
| 9 | While some use will be made of an article on early ensemble direction by David Camesi , it is the case that the author did not primarily concern himself with French evidence . |
| 10 | She saw herself perhaps as an Elizabeth Bowen heroine — for one did not openly identify oneself with Jane Austen 's heroines and To The North was her favourite novel . |
| 11 | However , the King stood by his Apothecaries and their independence , although the City did not openly acknowledge them until seven years later , when they were allowed to take part in the river procession on Lord Mayor 's Day , using a hired barge for the occasion , since as yet they lacked funds for such ceremonial trimmings . |
| 12 | Floy was suspicious and Caspar did not really blame him for that . |
| 13 | Knowing that I would be visiting Australia on a project which did not actually take me to Sydney , yet sensing the need for images for general library use , I talked the matter over with my agent . |
| 14 | Knowing that I would be visiting Australia on a project which did not actually take me to Sydney , yet sensing the need for images for general library use . |
| 15 | Mountbatten , as Chief of Defence Staff , welcomed the idea , if he did not actually sow it in the Prime Minister 's mind in the first place . |
| 16 | Joanne began to focus on what she could see as the positive aspects of the new approach , and while she did not specifically identify them as such , they were related to the process objectives within the scheme of work . |
| 17 | But the ancestral organs did not literally change themselves into the descendant organs , like swords being beaten into ploughshares . |
| 18 | Uxbridge had eloped with the wife of the Duke 's younger brother , which did not precisely endear him to the Duke . |
| 19 | She did not merely like him , did not merely hold him in high regard ; she was in love with him ! |
| 20 | Even this , however , did not totally emancipate them from water . |
| 21 | That individuals prosecuted for sodomy did not necessarily identify themselves with the demonized sodomite of official discourse also lends credence to Foucault 's distinction between sodomy as a kind of behaviour , and homosexuality as a modern identity . |
| 22 | Although Marx and Engels did not systematically apply themselves to crime and its treatment , they too showed some ambivalence in their attitudes to the status of crime under capitalism . |
| 23 | Mr Utterson did not usually ask anyone for advice . |
| 24 | People did not usually describe themselves as servants ( clients did not , nor did government employees ) . |
| 25 | To me delicatessen means herring , 1,001 varieties of herring , but I did not always regard them as such if only because I virtually lived on them . |
| 26 | It was difficult to convince him that my ability to hold a tape recorder did n't automatically furnish me with a degree in electronics . |
| 27 | Local officers did n't immediately associate him with violent crime . |
| 28 | She did n't exactly throw herself against the door , but she began to beat on it with her fists . |
| 29 | ‘ I did n't exactly do it for nothing , ’ Nelson said . |
| 30 | She did n't exactly replace it with a thump , but she saw fitzAlan glance at her before he sat up cautiously . |