Example sentences of "did have " in BNC.
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| 1 | What she did has drawn us closer . |
| 2 | ‘ What her father did has nothing to do with Shae . |
| 3 | Does the Prime Minister agree that the statement by Terry Waite 's captors that they now recognise that they did wrong and that what they did has served no useful purpose should be understood by all those who engage in the vile practice of taking hostages , anywhere ? |
| 4 | Whether or not Durkheim was justified in using such data as he did has proved to be an enduring and important debate ever since the study was published . |
| 5 | While the TMI accident would not have progressed to the stage it did had it not been for human error , it highlighted the fact that reactor designers and operators had to give more attention to the reliability of the system and its components , and their interaction under accident conditions . |
| 6 | Ironically , the hostel was charging so much in rent that while I did have to stay there , I was better off on the dole with the housing people picking up the bill than in cleaning work and having to pay it myself . |
| 7 | He did have a red MG . |
| 8 | The sparseness of fur did have one advantage — no mass of hairs to obscure the charming pose . |
| 9 | Mrs Thatcher said economic sanctions did have the effect of depressing an economy and depriving people of jobs , but rarely if ever had the desired political effect . |
| 10 | Mr Scrivener said that while the council did have the right to take out interest-rate swaps for debt management , other types of transaction were ultra vires . |
| 11 | He did have an alternative , he could have let the pound drop lower . ’ |
| 12 | But the party did have the sense to remove the figures from a policy commitment to halve the UK population . |
| 13 | Sun/Star readers were more likely than others to have no preference at all in 1986 ( despite voting in 1987 ) , and at the same time , those Sun/Star readers who did have a preference in 1986 were more likely than others to change it during the next year ( Table 8.16 ) . |
| 14 | ‘ I did have a copy of Boost , a monthly magazine published from late 1942 for 212 ( Catalina ) Squadron based at Korangi , south of Karachi . |
| 15 | But I did have to worry about whether we were going to have the cash flow in ten years ' time to make sure that the parts can be paid for so the chap on the shop floor can stick the thing together . |
| 16 | He did have the advantage , however , of pursuing a single specific goal — that of taking the company through privatisation . |
| 17 | In India , Pakistan and East Africa the elders of a family ( in-laws , husbands , older cousins , uncles and aunts ) did have real power . |
| 18 | He was n't even the first to tell Ferrari he 'd be back one day with a car to beat him , but the laconic Texan did have a more-than-usually colourful way of putting it . |
| 19 | To have a week away , and with Fräulein Silber … even the thought of Omi faded as she thought of it ; after all , it would only be for one week , pushing away the traitorous thought that one week for herself was quite different from a week in Omi 's life , and , treachery giving way to treason , she did have her own life to lead ; and so she said , firmly , ‘ It will be all right , Fräulein . |
| 20 | Charles and Diana may not have had many interests in common when they first met , but one that they did have , and have enjoyed together throughout their marriage , is skiing . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , the fact that the matter had come to such a head did have a sobering effect on them both . |
| 22 | But she did have the satisfaction that no sooner were the two decisions taken , than the entire Palais de Congress , housing the summit , the media and several thousand attendants and officials , was plunged into darkness by a five-minute power failure . |
| 23 | At the same time , I 'm elated and I can go back to the vices I did have , ’ said Mr Tyson . |
| 24 | If he actually put his foot down and said , ‘ No , I think that 's ridiculous ’ , everyone shut up and listened , and I feel that this was the first time that he realised that he did have the powers of leadership , not only on stage but also off stage . ’ |
| 25 | David and I did have conversations about it and I told David that I thought he should get an accountant , or that he should ask for an account from Tony if he had questions about where money was going . |
| 26 | No , she did not own a car — could not afford to — but she did have a driving licence . |
| 27 | Harold Watkinson had not survived as Secretary of State for Defence long enough to see his counter-reformation completed , but he did have the satisfaction of knowing that , had it not been for his efforts to swing the pendulum of British Defence policy back into the centre of the spectrum of war , Britain 's disengagement from empire would not have been so successful . |
| 28 | In fact , Botham did have an excuse , in that before the match he had received a death threat . |
| 29 | But we did have fun . |
| 30 | He did have street cunning , most if it aimed to keeping himself a mystery . |