Example sentences of "that did " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that did not mean that the ethos of a Roman catholic state would be in any way diminished , only that the form of political religious power would be different . |
| 2 | However , after an uncomfortable night with hardly any sleep , a rudimentary wash at the station , an hour 's work , a long train journey , a long walk to a day centre for a shower , and then with another long walk ahead of me , the return train journey , a further hour 's hard work and another uncomfortable night , day in , day out — I 'm a sprightly so-and-so but something else on top of all that did seem like perhaps too much of a good thing . |
| 3 | If we also consider thoughts about them qua spectacles , then we would say that I have not succeeded in thinking about them unless I am thinking about artefacts , thinking about items that can be worn on the nose , that aid vision , that are more-or-less breakable , that did not exist a thousand years ago , that this pair existed yesterday but did not exist in 1983 , and so on . |
| 4 | That did it . |
| 5 | This is the Marmeladov who married his present wife — not that that did any good either — because he could not bear to see such suffering . |
| 6 | That did not cause them to escape the sharp edge of Jesus 's tongue . |
| 7 | That did no good for the Smurfit price in Dublin , and maybe the nonchalance with which the group now treats the Square Mile reflects the hurt it felt at that piece of analysis . |
| 8 | ‘ That did n't turn out to be much fun . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It 's not me that did n't recognise the marriage . |
| 10 | We sat on its terrace overlooking the harbour , watching the sky blush rose-red and devouring plum oysters , crabs , and langoustines caught that same day — and the first snails I have ever had that did not taste like bits of black rubber boot fried in garlic and olive oil . |
| 11 | ‘ That did n't work either . |
| 12 | Take the Singles ' Society , which seemed to exist solely so that its smartly dressed president could chat up pretty girls ; or the Alice Society : ‘ You did n't sign up for that did you , ’ said one newcomer to his friend as they left . |
| 13 | That did not mean Labour-style intervention , but he added : ‘ I do visualise and urge the energetic use of existing agencies and resources , private and public sector alike , to give potentially fruitful initiatives a helping hand . ’ |
| 14 | He warned that there was no salvation ‘ in the rake 's progress of perpetual devaluation ’ — all that did was increase the price of imports and bring still more inflation . |
| 15 | Referring to a case where grammar school children got drunk one night and began damaging cars and property , one of the juvenile liaison police said , ‘ It was the old drink , like , that did it , but there was one from a local children 's home . |
| 16 | That did not mean much , since Kursk was itself a drowsy centre with almost no factories and only the main railway line from Moscow to enliven it . |
| 17 | That did not settle the matter , which ran on for eight years more , long after Ramsey left the diocese of Durham . |
| 18 | That did the trick . |
| 19 | So that did n't last long . |
| 20 | I said that did I share his belief I should not contemplate what I do , but that I did not share it . |
| 21 | The chances of any of her acquaintance passing at this moment and noting that she , Phoebe Petherington , was entering the evil portals of a private hospital , were , she admitted , so small as to be risible , but that did not allay her shame . |
| 22 | She wanted to cry and even that did not seem worth the effort . |
| 23 | That did n't cheer him up . |
| 24 | That did n't displease Wexford . |
| 25 | That really upset me , that did . |
| 26 | That upset me , that did . |
| 27 | That did n't happen on 30 June 1989 and it wo n't happen at any time in the future if the Army Catering Corps has anything to do with it ! |
| 28 | That did n't bear thinking about . |
| 29 | ‘ They did it without a guarantee , but that did n't particularly worry me . |
| 30 | That did n't , however , help him when dealing with the Pru . |