Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John turned out to be fairly wonderful himself as I left his shop on Friday afternoon clutching two nice new buoyancy aids which did score heavily over our present equipment because of their possession of quick-release harnesses . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | However , after a year of locum posts I did approach the regional postgraduate dean of the other region and met a much more sympathetic response . |
| 4 | Of the Ulster riders who did appear at Donington only Eugene McManus , who was 17th in the 250cc class and Stephen Farmer who was 19th finished . |
| 5 | These were meat eaters who did pay attention to their intake of salt , sugar and caffeine and were also concerned about calories . |
| 6 | CLO patients who did smoke started to smoke at a slightly later age , smoked for fewer years , and accumulated fewer pack years of smoking than the severe reflux oesophagitis group . |
| 7 | Neither group had the bilingual competence which could form a sound basis for interpreter training but it is easy to forget what a considerable achievement the language skills they did possess demonstrated . |
| 8 | Well I strange erm accusation yes we will be , we would keep the council tax down if I am that that would be a popular message to give out and so having accepted our below er the guideline figures they did take this into consideration but we have a budget that has elements of growth in industry . |