Example sentences of "did [adv] [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | De La Rue 's sale of the Crosfield Electronics printing equipment business did not relieve it of other losses in advanced security equipment and in spite of the new cash surplus , the interim results are grisly . |
| 2 | De La Rue 's sale of the Crosfield Electronics printing equipment business did not relieve it of other losses in advanced security equipment and in spite of the new cash surplus , the interim results are grisly . |
| 3 | It is important to recognise that the research itself , and its setting , inflicts its own contingencies on the choice of indicators : research using interviews will have to use indicators that are largely constructed out of respondents ' answers to questionnaire items whereas observational studies , and Lazarsfeld did not preclude them from variable analysis in principle , would have to use others . |
| 4 | Ragusa was able , however , to develop its overland trade with the Balkan hinterland , as this activity did not bring it into direct competition with the seaborne trade of Venice . |
| 5 | ‘ As a matter of policy , NatWest chose to shed market share in property lending in the late-1980s , but that did not protect us from bad debts . |
| 6 | She wanted to be gone before the police arrived and Ayling did not press her with convincing enthusiasm . |
| 7 | ‘ This did not endear me to certain people at BRM . |
| 8 | While they provide a context in which to appraise the changes made by the Act of 1935 , which was I think the purpose for which Mr. Whitaker cited them , I did not find them of direct assistance . |
| 9 | Mr Junejo was a conservative Muslim whose wife , following strict Islamic traditions , did not join him in public appearances . |
| 10 | Her husband and children respected her privacy at this time and did not interrupt it with trivial enquiries like : ‘ Where 's my shirt ? ’ or ‘ What 's for dinner ? ’ |
| 11 | They did n't want me for pastoral and I 'm not head of department . |
| 12 | No , I did n't know him from bloody Adam ! |
| 13 | School chairs tend to be even less comfortable than school beds , and I found it impossible to sit still for long — a fact which did n't endear me to irritable teachers , especially those who also resented my ‘ witty ’ ( i.e. irrelevant ) remarks . |
| 14 | I was very when he said he did n't like it for sure , |
| 15 | My grandparents did n't push me towards academic life . |
| 16 | The most he conceded was that Claire Fraser was nice and did n't pester him with silly questions . |