Example sentences of "[conj] did [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there was one measure of early interaction that did predict social competence in three year olds . |
| 2 | ‘ He means , ’ said Rita , slowly , in her loud classroom voice , ‘ anyone could walk in as long as he or she were not carrying a package that did look suspicious . ’ |
| 3 | I have blasphemed … and did exceeding wrong to King Henry VIII and especially to his wife , Queen Catherine . ’ |
| 4 | Both Northern Nigeria and the Punjab were colonies of conquest , untainted by trade or missions , in which the purely administrative outlook could and did bloom unchecked . |
| 5 | There was no feeling , as there was among Catholics , that priests were indispensable : heads of families could and did conduct simplified forms of service in front of their domestic icons . |
| 6 | She thought she remembered lovebirds at the dressmaker , and did remember dark coffee and langues de chat . |
| 7 | After 1861 ( or rather , after they started making redemption payments ) , " Peasants could and did accumulate huge arrears without any definitive confrontation with the authorities " . |
| 8 | Men did the cutting , women machined and did intermediate pressing , men did the tailoring and pressed the completed garment . |
| 9 | He jollied people along and did get useful information out of them , made useful contacts , brought useful business the organisation 's way . |
| 10 | Then Down put some useful moves together and did look dangerous for a spell . |
| 11 | He usually appeared at centre-half but , when the management or playing policy required it , he could and did produce constructive , driving performances in both the wing-half berths . |
| 12 | Seats* Percentage Proportional Constituency Total of vote** representation seats BSP 47.15 97 114 211 UDF 37.84 75 69 144 BZNS 8.03 16 0 16 MRF 6.03 12 11 23 Fatherland Union *** 0 2 2 BSDP 0.05 0 1 1 Fatherland Party of Labour *** 0 1 1 Independents *** 0 2 2 Others 0.90 0 0 0 Total 200 200 400 *Only parties receiving at least 4 per cent of valid votes in all multi-member constituencies could win seats on a proportional basis ( although other parties could and did win direct election ) . |
| 13 | Probably the worst example was a serious traffic accident on the A34 which did n't result in any deaths but did involve serious injuries . |