Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [conj] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , as now , we had a car fitted with the optional Laycock overdrive , operating on third and top ; then as now it emphasised the low-speed/high-gear flexibility but did show up a big gap between second and third — a gap of over 30mph in maxima . |
| 2 | I I think , I 've a funny feeling that did adopt it but quite how much that means I do n't understand . |
| 3 | However , there was one measure of early interaction that did predict social competence in three year olds . |
| 4 | The RUC said the notes were of poor quality and did have a water mark . |
| 5 | Yoshida 's initiative did not have a dramatic effect but did assist in smoothing out some of the problems in reaching a settlement . |
| 6 | Some ingenious souls have even gone so far as to suggest that the correct attitude to fat , which makes sense in nutritional , agronomic and culinary terms is to aim in general at eating a low-fat diet , and at one in which most of the fat in the diet is polyunsaturated : but to ensure that the small amount of saturated fat that did creep in is as delectable as possible , which , of course , with slight deference to beef dripping , means butter . |
| 7 | " In the end , however , I have come to the conclusion that the learned county court judge adopted the right approach and did treat this question as one of degree and fact . |
| 8 | Er , the vast majority seemed to be generally in favour of the package and it was a small number that did seem to me . |
| 9 | The only flower that did grow in abundance was fireweed ( rosebay willowherb ) , which grew rapidly in the years after the war to cover the bomb sites with its purple flowers and to fill the air with its cottony wisps of seeds . ) |
| 10 | Er it 's difficult for people to appreciate today er the amount of political activity that took place during this early thirty period , and it 's pe difficult for people to appreciate the political understanding that did exist over this period . |
| 11 | He was a very nice young man and did bear some small resemblance to me which I supposed was why his mother , perhaps not knowing who his father was , or knowing but having been abandoned by him , had woven this fantasy about a familiar figure from the television screen . |