Example sentences of "[noun] did the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What sex aid did the Tibetan monk invent ? |
| 2 | The farm work needed to be carefully planned so that only in extreme emergencies did the part-time farmer have to be recalled from his other employment . |
| 3 | ‘ What kind of books did the learned Jim censor ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sure the inspectors did the best job they could , ’ says Mr Reed , choosing his words carefully , ‘ but the whole process is very undesirable , very unsatisfactory . |
| 5 | With everybody else who worked in shops did the same thing . |
| 6 | On the opening night , David did the major part of the entertainment himself , singing and playing tapes when he was n't performing live . |
| 7 | Cutts did the grand slam of all four events in last season 's area finals , but following two eliminations in the last round , will have to fight hard to qualify for just one in the current campaign . |
| 8 | Cutts did the grand slam of all four events in last season 's area finals , but following two eliminations in the last round , will have to fight hard to qualify for just one in the current campaign . |
| 9 | ‘ They have been introduced to Nicky Campbell 's show and in fact Steve Wright did the first interview with John Smith when he became Leader of the Opposition . |
| 10 | Rude , but true , because not for another two decades did the Scottish capital get around to paying for proper effluent disposal into the River Forth . |
| 11 | Where on this conjoined road of shared experiences did the Prime Minister go so badly wrong and become a Tory ? |
| 12 | Anne 's mother told her that she had suggested that Molly came to them while Margaret was busy with nursing , but she and Margaret had decided that the company of the little girl did the old ladies more good than doctor 's medicine . |
| 13 | One problem not tackled is , what influence did the increasing sophistication of formal language after the High Renaissance have on colour usage ? |
| 14 | The Shannon Development Company had a ‘ Matchmaker ’ service to match up the capacities of local suppliers with the needs of industrial purchasers , the Irish Development Authority ‘ Project Identification Unit ’ supplied local firms with information on the purchasing requirements of the multinationals , and the Irish Goods Council did the same thing . |
| 15 | Many parents comment that their child did the complete opposite of what was asked for several months and so the parents learned to say the opposite of what they wanted , for example , ‘ I really do n't want you to put your pyjamas on now ’ , or ‘ I do n't think you can eat all of that food ’ . |
| 16 | Thérèse and Léonie did the unbreakable things , like the legs of chairs , the tops of tables , the strip of tiled floor showing between the carpet and the wall . |
| 17 | How many seats did the Liberal Party win at the next election ? |
| 18 | But at no point in these years did the Armed Forces take the initiative in resolving political disputes and at no stage was it brought into intrigue by discontented Party factions ( exempting , of course , the First Secretary himself ) . |
| 19 | At what point did the Labour Party take over from the Liberal Party as the second party of government ? |
| 20 | Not for one moment did the two men believe that they would see anything , and they were determined not to allow the foggy weather to play havoc with their imaginations . |
| 21 | Neither at Syracuse nor at Cyrene did the native element , which consisted partly of nomads ( JRS , 1978 , p. 224 ) , much influence the quality of Greek culture , except that the need to impress the Libyan locals may have had something to do with the long survival of the Battiad kingship . |
| 22 | In no Hanoverian war did the unfunded proportion of the debt exceed 20 per cent , and it was rarely that high . |
| 23 | Dr Greene did the alpha-fetoprotein screening today , did n't he ? ’ |
| 24 | Which factor did the location-factor approach think was most important in the 1960s ? |
| 25 | ‘ I was angry for a while because I was confident that the horse would win , but Willie did the right thing , ’ John Sutcliffe , Superoo 's trainer , said yesterday . |
| 26 | It is all about those poor girls who behave as Rose did the other night , and suggests that a decent wage might prevent them from indulging in such conduct . ’ |
| 27 | Three days later , three more officers did the same thing . |
| 28 | John Caglione and Doug Drexler did the special effects make-up and are the best in the business . |
| 29 | Heavy lorries did the big power chords and the postman whistled an old Rolling Stones number . |
| 30 | Only with Uruguay did the Soviet Union achieve a limited agreement involving the supply of petroleum products ; this led to the creation of a state distribution company to handle the Soviet supplies which , in 1932 , took 39 per cent of the Uruguayan market . |