Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] did [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Only in the figure compositions did he work largely from imagination and memory .
2 Me : ‘ What stitch size did you use ? ’
3 be on stock duty did you say ?
4 ‘ Which investment house did you work for ? ’
5 Not an ounce of vitamin C did they contain .
6 What percentage profit did he make ?
7 Debbie Djordjević Editor P.S. Did you propose to him this leap year ?
8 Just twenty five pound voucher , so which town , village city did you record
9 I thought that the R5 Fantasy league did something like a point for each goal the attackers sides scored
10 Formed nationally in 1900 it had played no role in pioneering local labour representation ; not until the early interwar years did it emerge with quite remarkable rapidity as the dominant political force in West Ham .
11 Shit Phil did I turn the fire off ?
12 This is what sort of business a w wine bar did you tell me ?
13 drop in their fortunes in the opinion polls did they decide that , with the general election coming up , and the prospect of their being routed , they should do something .
14 ‘ What colour ammo did you draw ? ’
15 I think that big whatsername riot did you call it ?
16 What colour desk did you have ?
17 It 's National Croquet Day did you remember that ?
18 Only when he went into the Victoria Nursing Home did she make the trip to Brighton — just a fortnight before he died .
19 By the way , what sort of farewell lecture did she give you , Breeze ?
20 What I want to ask you is , in your last film , Young Toscanini , you played an opera singer — which opera singer did you base your character on ?
21 Only after his ageing parents had died and he was left to manage the dining rooms did he begin to look around for a wife , and Fred smiled bitterly at the memory .
22 Nowhere in the above description of manager training did it explain how best to carry the role of mediator .
23 When they endorsed the democracy declaration did they do so in good faith or not ? ’
24 ‘ How long after pressing the door switch did you come outside ? ’
25 He swung round , still with Emma in his arms , and not until he saw Peggy dash up the room and pick the long , steel poker from its rest on the brass open-work fender did he release her .
26 Only when his knob was saturated with her gooey love juices did he present the tip of the monster to her dinky young anus .
27 And secondly , to which greenbelt objectives did you refer ?
28 Only when she checked with directory enquiries did she learn that the receiver was off the hook .
29 Respondents are always reluctant to admit such deficiencies ; questions must be phrased so that they seem quite acceptable , e.g. ‘ Which brand of washing powder did you buy last ? ’ might become ‘ Can you remember which brand … ? ’
30 Nor at any time after the Second World War did they seem likely , despite several important developments relating to areas of common interest .
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