Example sentences of "did [verb] [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As these young people were already disturbed these factors can not be claimed to have predated disturbed behaviour , but they did exist prior to the appearance of psychotic-like disorders . |
| 2 | She did not do much for the female stereotype , but she did do away with the idea that you can not have a woman as boss . |
| 3 | But I did feel sorry for the man who was trying to get out cos he must have been in there for ages . |
| 4 | In the case of the sociological positivists , this reluctance applied even when they did become involved in the analysis of the operation of penal institutions — when the ‘ sociology of the prison blossomed in the 1950s and 1960s . |
| 5 | He was not concerned at the early pace set by Bully Boy , but he did become worried at the water jump , where he changed his hands and asked his mount to quicken with hands and heels , as he had dropped his whip . |
| 6 | The Italian Serie B side looked yards ahead in terms of skill and pace , and although Pompey fought hard to equalise , they did look vulnerable on the break . |
| 7 | It did sound odd at the time . |
| 8 | But Euric did take some of the advice offered . |
| 9 | In the event the opera came to nothing , although Mozart did write some of the music for a ballet entitled Les Petits Riens . |
| 10 | Belinda watched her , smiling at first because Faye really did seem pleased about the present , then with increasing anxiety . |
| 11 | Fortunately , those 600 were the last for those shoes as Nike came round with a pair , but Zarei did seem disappointed at the lack of regular sponsorship . |
| 12 | I did n't care two pins about killing Boche , but I did get upset at the spectacle of starving French civilians and Arabs when we first took Tunis . |
| 13 | In all the years that The End magazine was printed in Liverpool , we never received a single letter about ‘ trainers ’ in America , but we did get hundreds about the training shoes the different football crews were wearing . |
| 14 | However , I did not make the wedding but I did get some of the grog and a piece of the cake , and kissed the bride by proxy ( her maid of honour was stand-in ) . |
| 15 | I did query this with the manager of the store . |