Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sight of the flames leaping up did much to hearten me . |
| 2 | There was no general consistency in response to this group of questions , which may have indicated that subjects responding correctly did so out of knowledge of the scientific findings . |
| 3 | Those teenagers left behind did not let their new skills go to waste . |
| 4 | As the strength of the dragons waned so did the power of the Dragon Princes . |
| 5 | It 's higher than the one I had because erm the base is obviously I just had the springs going across did n't I ? |
| 6 | On Cordia nodosa ( Boraginaceae ) , however , invaders did not increase under these conditions , perhaps because the plant is so pubescent and therefore impassable to large ants in any case : only when lianes occupied by the smaller Crematogaster ants came near did the resident Allomerus demerarae attack . |
| 7 | I mean you did n't have sixteen , seventeen year olds in those days coming through did you ? |
| 8 | They included a two-volume guide to Shakespeare 's plays , an investigation into the authorship of the Book of Genesis , a commentary on the poems of Kipling and Byron , a biographical encyclopaedia of all the scientists who have ever lived , musings on music and humour and a series of informative books with titles beginning How Did We Find Out About … ? on subjects ranging from black holes and life in the deep sea to number theory . |
| 9 | As the papacy 's powers increased so did the cardinals ' revenues , for they were involved in general administration and often legal duties and would expect gifts and payments for services . |
| 10 | W So er things changed completely did n't it . |
| 11 | The figures published yesterday did not show a 30 per cent . |
| 12 | I mean he he spent a lot of money on the last few years on the hotel cos he had six extra rooms built on did n't he ? |
| 13 | To speak of twelve years as a maximum then , or to talk airily of " girls marrying when they get about 20 " as the employers quoted earlier did , is misleading . |
| 14 | In the Store , the nomes had made their furniture out of matchboxes and cotton reels ; the nomes living Outside did n't even know what furniture was . |