Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Libyans did n't do that . ’ |
| 2 | But that side did n't do so badly at all . |
| 3 | The photograph did n't do much for the man . |
| 4 | But erm , the great pity of course is , that Freud did n't do this . |
| 5 | She said then , very quickly , like a trick question to someone in the Yes/No interlude on the Michael Miles Quiz Show : ‘ Marriage Guidance did n't do much for your need to dump , did it ? ’ |
| 6 | If all that money we gave to Band Aid did n't do the trick , it must be because there are just too many of them . |
| 7 | ‘ Seeing it from the car did n't do it justice , ’ Nicolo said . |
| 8 | I know Barney did n't do it ! ’ |
| 9 | Anyone who tried to prove Alex Household did n't do it , when faced with all that evidence , needed his head examined . |
| 10 | The sounds of gunfire and shelling did n't do anything to calm my fears . |
| 11 | At the same time , the committee believed , some West Indian parents did not do enough to support schools and teachers . |
| 12 | The show of dissent did n't do Foster 's England chances any harm as 72 hours later he was told of his recall by Essex skipper Graham Gouch at the expense of Lancashire 's Phil de Freitas . |
| 13 | But people who knew the man say they think the council did n't do enough to find out if he was in need of help . |
| 14 | But why would someone who recognised that they were expected to derive the contextual implication that B did n't do the reading go on to produce the utterance in [ 15c ] ? |
| 15 | Despite Norman Lamont 's pre-election Budget most analysts believe the Chancellor did n't do enough to secure a victory . |
| 16 | The Conservatives did not do as badly in the South East as elsewhere ( average swing to Labour , 4.7% ) , whereas Labour performed much better in another traditional area of weakness , the South West , with the Conservative vote dropping substantially in Bristol ( -6.7% ) , Exeter ( -8.8% ) , Penwith ( -11.6% ) , and Torbay ( -17.4% ) . |
| 17 | I mean , Doncaster did n't do me any harm . ’ |
| 18 | In 1887 Peach and Horne did not do much field work as the former had sciatica and the latter suffered from what was described as inflammation . |
| 19 | ‘ Kenny did n't do nothing . |
| 20 | The exaction in this case was accordingly unlawful not because of what the corporation did but because of what the plaintiff did not do . |
| 21 | On Oct. 10 , Estonia and Lithuania formally established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union ; Latvia did not do so until Oct. 15 , having first established diplomatic ties with the Russian Federation ( on Oct. 4 ) . |
| 22 | It was not Ramsay 's place to rebuke them , and Sir Archibald did not do so — for in the circumstances it looked as though no harm was done . |
| 23 | But Forest did n't do much threatening either , largely because their brilliant young midfielder , Roy Keane , is being played at centre-back . |
| 24 | Matthew did n't do it . |
| 25 | It is that if governments did not do this kind of thing the probability of their interfering in the workings of the market economy would a that much greater . |
| 26 | Sure your Nicola , are you sure your Nicola did n't do it ? |
| 27 | The thief did n't do any damage to it , did he ? ’ |
| 28 | My king did n't do no good at all ! |
| 29 | However , you have to prove that the hairdresser did n't do the job with reasonable care and skill . |
| 30 | It is perhaps surprising that Mr Lamont did not do something to stop the iniquitous practice of large firms delaying due payments to small firms , which has put may of the latter into serious difficulty . |