Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gloucester showed no desire to unleash a northern invasion of the south , although a few northerners did receive minor pickings there . |
| 2 | Gloucester showed no desire to unleash a northern invasion of the south , although a few northerners did receive minor pickings there . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the parties did undergo some transformation as they adapted to a changing political climate . |
| 4 | His objection to these studies was that the passages these investigators used made very little sense unless subjects did have some prior knowledge of their content . |
| 5 | But your eyes did look blue actually . |
| 6 | The Boards ' lines of defence against this — replacement costs were hypothetical and difficult to estimate , tax complications might follow — read like a weary defence of the status quo , but the Ministry did in the end accept that their creation of special ad hoc depreciation reserves did go some way to meeting the point . |
| 7 | Despite a concomitant drop in household disposable incomes , some sectors did report significant increases in spending — during the third quarter of 1989 , new car registrations recorded 20-30 per cent rises above levels in previous years . |
| 8 | But the first visitors did find intelligent life within the planet , in a vast hallowed-out area that has as much land area as some smaller worlds . |
| 9 | PBL from the patient who did not produce toxoplasma antibodies did produce anti-HIV-1 antibodies , but at a much lower level than in other patients in this group ( HIV-1-specific ELISA index 1.85 ) . |
| 10 | However the judges did order that margin notes made by the so-called nymphomaniac on their genital size , sexual skills and bedroom fantasies would remain secret . |
| 11 | None of this implies that even if such biological elements did play some role in explaining these institutions , the institutions would then be necessary or unchangeable — even if the explanation were true , this could still be a case in which becoming conscious of their rationale was a help in changing them . |
| 12 | The youth semi finals did produce one surprise with Friends of Allonby beating youth league champions St Albans 3–1 while Viking looked strong in their 2–0 defeat of Bere Forest . |
| 13 | However , the majority of studies did show increased adhesiveness in diabetic subjects with ( Valdorf-Hansen , 1967 ; Badawi et al , 1970 ; Hellem , 1971 ) and without ( Shaw et al , 1967 ; Hellem , 1971 ) vascular disease . |
| 14 | If social services committees did exercise any clout over other committees within councils , the strong prior claim of children was already established . |
| 15 | and there was a lot of waste , but these new tables did bring that , it was something for the company it was more than anything , you know cos we were on the bonus system . |
| 16 | If things did go wrong , especially during recording , it was counted major disaster , increasing proportionately in scale the nearer to 10.00 pm the clock ticked . |
| 17 | But in nineteen seventy nine things did go wrong . |
| 18 | Things did go wrong … she 'd trusted in the powers of justice and compassion before , and she 'd lost her mother … she 'd trusted Mortimer with her friendship and he 'd betrayed her … trusted Guy with the whole of her heart and soul last night and all the time he 'd been laughing behind her back at the ‘ sexy redhead ’ from Chesters … |
| 19 | I wanted to tell him that the proletariat of the suburbs did have strong class feeling . |
| 20 | But these concepts did provide some women with categories of self-definition around which to mobilize , negotiate and occasionally disrupt and claim as their own . |
| 21 | ‘ The investors did commission some initial market research before they invested their money , ’ says former Institute president Mike Lickiss , who is currently ATV 's independent chairman . |
| 22 | According to Greta Balfour from the Royal College of Midwives , ‘ Longer hospital stays gave women the chance to make new friends , and contact with other mothers showed them how the early problems did get better . ’ |
| 23 | I have had the great privilege to know some very talented young people whose dreams did come true . |
| 24 | In Laura 's world dreams did come true . |
| 25 | However , the searches did find related sequences . |
| 26 | Nevertheless we accept that a new period in world communications did begin some time in the 1970S — involving technology , markets and policies . |
| 27 | Instead it is argued that the unusual social profile of lawbreakers did reflect social reality . |
| 28 | Crusaders did have tough luck seconds before the final whistle when a desperation drive by Jim Gardiner bounced off the crossbar . |
| 29 | Cash planning Cash limits did constrain most spending programmes , but PESC planning was still undertaken in volume terms ( ‘ funny money ’ ) . |
| 30 | Eliot was the most orderly of men , and Anne Bradby ( who became Mrs Ridler shortly after ) was , I am sure , a methodical young lady ; but typescripts did get lost or mislaid , though other people suffered more than I did . |