Example sentences of "[adv] they [adv] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they consequently did a lot more work |
| 2 | It was n't difficult to work out what each word meant , but when they were put together they either did n't mean anything at all or something quite unbelievable ( ‘ CIVIC CENTRE RATES RUMPUS ’ ) . |
| 3 | Clearly they both did and equally clearly they were n't going to help Wheeler out over this one . |
| 4 | When they had sort it out they just did n't know but they would go you know prancing around saying to one another saying then . |
| 5 | Advocates of linguistically motivated courses like our own , became very familiar with the objection , overt or implied , that they spoke from ignorance of courses that they by implication criticised , and inevitably they sometimes did . |
| 6 | I do not , in general , belong to the they-don't-make-'em-like-that-any-more brigade , because mostly they never did . |
| 7 | They never dreamt that it could happen cos she was n't in the risk age group or anything , it just never crossed their minds that it might happen and they were totally well they just did n't know what to think . |
| 8 | Well they always did ! |
| 9 | Fortunately they never did , as the nearest medical care was in Abidjan , 600km away — though of course we had a stock of medical books and instruments in case . |
| 10 | Or maybe they just did n't have architects within three miles of the sea . |
| 11 | how they ever did get joined together . |
| 12 | The same or similar elements could equally exist in unfortified sites , as indeed they probably did in the military vici . |
| 13 | It may or may not interfere with the hardness of the water but my choice is for those hardy shoaling fish that are bred in the hobby and no longer need acid water — if indeed they ever did . |
| 14 | And yet they eventually did talk about ‘ the leg ’ and then ‘ the disease ’ and Iain heard the word ‘ Spinabifida ’ ; a word previously heard only on TV when charities were appealing for money . |
| 15 | that would be the class and yet they all did cos George and I insisted ! |
| 16 | Shall I tell you why they never did ? ’ |