Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [adv] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a remarkable discovery on Gould 's part , given that , apart from their extraordinary beaks , many of the finches simply did not resemble finches . |
| 2 | There might be some very well-intentioned people in them , but the institutions nevertheless did discriminate . |
| 3 | Yolland recommended that the Board of Trade authorise the BCR to open its line for running between Stretford Bridge and Bishop 's Castle only , and the Board presumably did so . |
| 4 | But if that was the case where did her parents come into it ? |
| 5 | That being the case how did it happen that a system which worked so ill had not been altered long ago ? |
| 6 | Well we know we 've changed the resistance so did we make the resistance more or less ? |
| 7 | The intriguing point is this : if the Germans really did land in East Anglia in 1940 , and there was an elaborate cover-up , it is surely inconceivable that Ealing would have been allowed by the censors to portray such an accurate reconstruction only two years later . |
| 8 | The project was approved at ministerial level because it had been decided that the contract either did not significantly enhance Iraq 's military capability or that it had been signed before December , 1984 . |
| 9 | The buyer still did not pay . |
| 10 | My missionary vocation landed me with the task , the experience probably did more for me than for the fifty to one hundred loyal missionary supporters who attended . |
| 11 | The life of the University both did and did not go on . |
| 12 | By every law of the genre , the death of the tall weed should have vindicated the life of the other , as the death of the grasshopper vindicates the ants , but the story somehow did not end that way . |
| 13 | The only argument for your policy is that the West also did nothing to interrupt the transports to , or the operations in , Auschwitz , Treblinka , etc . |
| 14 | You had the lawnmower out did you ? |
| 15 | Ace was uncertain whether or not to say anything that might disturb his concentration more than the noise outside did . |
| 16 | For the carnival the barrow was filled with vegetables and two wire half hoops straddled it from front to back and side to side , these were beautifully decorated with flowers by my sisters and the wheelbarrow really did look effective . |
| 17 | The pictures however did n't seem to be of artistes of any kind ; they were just of anonymous , handsome young men , the sort of photographs that Boy had seen in barber 's windows showing the kinds of haircut you could get . |
| 18 | We had a bit of fun er not last Saturday the Saturday before did n't we ? |
| 19 | It was n't that the actress actually did anything to attract attention , she acknowledged grudgingly — with those looks and that centrefold body , she did n't need to . |
| 20 | Just sugar and eggs in there , and the card why did you come back for ? |
| 21 | I got in this chemist in the shops there did n't I ? |
| 22 | The trouble is I 'm quite sure that the plasterers never did that . |
| 23 | Group sex in the dark simply did not occur . |
| 24 | Our Corrinne brought the car home did n't she ? |
| 25 | The jeep undoubtedly did not live up to her new image . |
| 26 | ‘ The defendant clearly did not see the bicycle because he hit it firmly in the rear , ’ Mr Reid said . |
| 27 | According to the court , it was not enough that the defendant deliberately did some act that had the effect , objectively assessed , of obstructing the police . |
| 28 | In Wings v. Ellis the defendant mysteriously did not rely upon any such defence . |
| 29 | When the mail eventually did arrive , I received this very strange Christmas card which said , ‘ This year we will marry ’ . |
| 30 | However , drying the whiskers out did not seem to have an important effect upon their strength , as far as I could tell . |