Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] they [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 If the present article can not answer every question raised by Carse , it will answer this one : ‘ did they [ at the Opéra ] or did they not beat time with a baton throughout the whole opera ? ’ ( p.311 ) .
2 did they , or did they just like , did they just look at the colour and the shape of it , and the style of it ?
3 And and was i how did you work it , was it like a certain amount of men per lorry or did they just come in convoy ?
4 Were the technicians indifferent to what they were recording or did they sometimes become aroused too , and if so , were there rules against them joining in ?
5 Nor did they greatly care how he chose to spend his spare time in Vienna .
6 Politics apart , Mosley and Joyce had little enough in common , nor did they greatly like one another personally .
7 So I went and he er , and she goes er , and did they both pass ?
8 And did they both get married ?
9 Had Humphrey and Janet been very wicked too , Lettice wanted to know , and did they too haunt the Lodge ?
10 Welcome to Ireland , and their comfortable , confusing , delightful brand of hospitality — And did they always keep this room made up for guests ?
11 But did they not realize that the God of Israel was a jealous God ?
12 Do n't get me wrong , last year saw some important and valuable contributions in this field , but did they ever stop to consider the impact of this deluge on the buying public ?
13 True , both the English and the Latin forms indicate he lived by the ash tree , but did they merely permit the taxatores to avoid confusing him with all the other Johns who lived in the same village ?
14 But did they really believe this ?
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