Example sentences of "did find " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact we did find a clear difference between the three- and the four-year-olds : the younger ones typically pointed to the box with the chocolate and the older children to the empty box . |
| 2 | I could n't fault the descriptions , although I did find it a little irritating to be several paragraphs into each section before the actual route of ascent was revealed . |
| 3 | Wales did find the net in the 32nd minute through Malcolm Allen , but it counted for nothing because Dean Saunders had fouled Hans van Breukelen . |
| 4 | The boots served me well in wet weather doing an admirable job in keeping my feet dry , but on some of the hotter days this year I did find that my feet got unpleasantly hot and sweaty . |
| 5 | Where Maxse did find himself more or less isolated was in allowing his frustrations to lead him , along with Willoughby de Broke , to consider the formation of an alternative party of the right . |
| 6 | Later she dug about in the fridge ; and although the result was depressing , she did find and consume two pots of yoghurt , a hunk of cheese and a slice of ham which had begun to curl up at its edges . |
| 7 | We saw no phalaropes , but did find , quite by chance , the nest of a pink-footed goose . |
| 8 | HSMorris Bristol PS I did find the article amusing and am no less a woman because I did . |
| 9 | I NEVER did find Mr Wright although , following the instructions I received at my briefing , I spent some time looking for him . |
| 10 | The nurses seemed overwhelmed , and when I did find one with a moment to spare , she told me my patient had died half an hour earlier . |
| 11 | When he thought about it , Nigel did find it a little odd that a photographer should return after he 'd finished a job . |
| 12 | Well , I did find that , and the love of bad men , too , but it made no difference . |
| 13 | I never did find out what the seminar was about ! |
| 14 | Miller never did find out how to set up a covert operation . |
| 15 | While I ca n't say I actually enjoyed the experience — as usual , two shirts flaked me out and put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day — I did find the whole process a whole lot easier on the nerves than throwing a glass of water across a shirt in the hope that somehow the creases , along with the water , would eventually evaporate . |
| 16 | However , the survey did find that 89 per cent of rivers , 90 per cent of canals and 90 per cent of estuaries were of either good or fair quality . |
| 17 | Women did find a new means of articulating their experiences by publishing , yet it is a mistake to believe that the huge growth in women 's writing went hand in hand with equally momentous shifts in attitudes toward marriage . |
| 18 | But he did find sodium absorption in a star 1100 light years from the Sun , and in stars that were more distant than this . |
| 19 | But a number of older women did find ways of earning , especially after they were widowed : as a midwife , nursing , or doing ‘ a little bit of needlework to keep herself going ’ , or baking cakes for sale . |
| 20 | I never did find out if this was in fact some relation of Boy 's , his Grandfather perhaps , or whether the resemblance between the now-dead soldier and Boy was merely a coincidence . |
| 21 | Talking about him with the others , I did find out that several other people had had the same experience with him as me ; that his lovemaking was done in silence , that he never said a word ( in fact with me he hardly looked me in the eye either , just stared at his own hands as he moved them over my body , not stroking so much as seizing and kneading me , holding me down too ) ; but then later in the night you would wake to hear him talking to himself , lying there fast asleep ( O always asked the men he fucked to stay with him all night long , always ) , fast asleep and talking out loud in the night , talking in a fast , furious , hushed , hollow voice . |
| 22 | But the Government did find a way of accepting a link between the riots and social problems without bringing its main policies into the debate : namely by linking the growth of violent disorder to crime and drugs . |
| 23 | All the same , he did find eventually a settled domesticity with them . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , we did find a general mood in Whitehall and amongst the senior civil servants that their system was not perfect and that the time had come for some fairly radical changes . |
| 25 | I saw that Exhibition , and did find it a great treat to see so far north some of the choice gems of painting from South Kensington . |
| 26 | Never did find out what they had against him . ’ |
| 27 | When I did find her , she always managed to evade me like a will-o'-the-wisp , and then I would lose her again . |
| 28 | Martin Lally did find the net with one of his long-range specials , but the goal was disallowed for one of his team-mates being in an offside position . |
| 29 | But she never did find out if he was successful in persuading Paula to go out with him now that he was free . |
| 30 | Their only hope was a university scholarship or exhibition and , though a small number of refugees did find their way into university by this route , it was more common for those who wanted to continue their studies to attend evening classes or sign on for correspondence courses . |