Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the potential for profitable production did improve , as the post-May 1968 expansion demonstrated . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , the company 's financial controller said that , if one looked at the methods used by the cost accountant at the pre-investment ( i.e. product-design ) stage , it was clear that the notions of activity-based costing did receive careful consideration , before approval of the product design and projected product prices used in the investment appraisal . |
| 3 | Because er as far as I 'd concerned I 'd never heard of air raids before hand you know , know I had n't and I was , as I say , I was only nine and a half I know but er , I did use to speak to a lot more people than most , er lads of that age did like , you know . |
| 4 | A small number of late-nineteenth-century thinkers did begin to warn against the dangers of pollution and environmental exhaustion , but they were as yet in a minority . |
| 5 | Dr Sharp , part of the ear nose and throat team writing in the British Medical Journal , reported that the hearing of some patients did improve a little after wax removal , but there was n't a dramatic change . |
| 6 | But this is misleading in the sense that much of this expenditure did generate purchasing power in recipient countries , which led to demand for dollar goods , demand which was not effectively curtailed by the exchange controls . |
| 7 | Kenotic christology of this sort did have its own internal problems : on closer examination it is not easy to understand what exactly it can mean to speak of this ‘ self-emptying ’ , and attempts to make the matter more precise tend to fade into a tangle of artificialities and contradictions . |
| 8 | Although definitions of ‘ poverty ’ and adequate nutrition were ( and are ) debatable , the accumulation of these findings did make an impression and convinced more people of the need for family allowances , particularly when viewed against the background of a declining population at home and the pro-natalist policies of our competitors abroad . |
| 9 | Clearly the phasing out of the serf-owners ' authority and of traditional dues did provide an immediate improvement in peasant conditions , and the opportunity to buy land increased peasant security . |
| 10 | But a number of older women did find ways of earning , especially after they were widowed : as a midwife , nursing , or doing ‘ a little bit of needlework to keep herself going ’ , or baking cakes for sale . |
| 11 | Moreover , despite the conservatism in design , the capital cost per MW of generating stations did decline in real terms , by more than a quarter in the period affected by the BEA 's decisions in its first five years , a decline almost as rapid as that achieved later . |
| 12 | But assume for a moment that an influx of American CDs did push down prices . |
| 13 | Coincidentally the Saxon word ‘ Falewesle ’ means the colour of fallow deer and earlier this century a large herd of fallow deer did roam the peaceful parkland . |
| 14 | Although the Duke of Monmouth and a number of other exiles did lead a rebellion in the west country in 1685 , the rebels were unable to gain the support of any men of substance , and the ease with which the rebellion was crushed provides further testimony to the strength of the government 's position at this time . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , the dynamic of four sessions did have a remarkable effect not unassisted by the fact that when Cardinal Montini became Paul VI , this meant that one of the most thoughtful and determined of the moderately progressive conservatives was now pope . |
| 16 | Men they for sudden joy did weep |
| 17 | A policewoman with long experience in dealing with sexual abuse did express the opinion that policemen can sometimes be more effective than women in encouraging very young male victims to talk about their experiences : and this policewoman was in favour of male colleagues joining her at the RUC 's specialist sexual abuse unit . |
| 18 | Initiates into these clubs did undertake to join in deeds most foule to Christian Man . |
| 19 | ‘ Though maggoty meat and people with one eye did come into it at one point . |
| 20 | At the ensuing parliament in April 1254 clerical proctors armed with plenary powers did attend and offered a grant but on a condition which the king found unacceptable : that he should remedy their grievances . |
| 21 | And those families which were the worst , being inns and alehouses , usually some persons in each house did seem to be religious . ’ |
| 22 | Moreover , the economic cleavage that was perceived to be developing in this society did appear to correspond to the religious tensions that were generating party strife , and to anxious High Church Tories seemed to be yet another part of the process whereby Dissenters were thriving in the changed political climate after the Revolution at the expense of the Anglican interest . |
| 23 | If Pound in this way did bypass Aubeterre , he missed something after his own heart . |
| 24 | 258 it had been held that a request for money in such circumstances did constitute an offence under the Larceny Act 1916 , s.29(1) ( i ) . |
| 25 | This blunted the edge of their potential impact , though the steady rise in factor prices to nearer market levels in later years did help propel the BEA into more adventurous policies to achieve capital economies and improved fuel efficiencies . |
| 26 | Three goals from Rangers in 5 minutes did change everything though . |
| 27 | Over the next few days considerable numbers of Croats in smaller groups did manage to cross over into Austria at various points along the frontier . |
| 28 | However , in general teachers did seem to be pleased with the outcome and many expressed approval at the improved pupil-teacher ratio for the coming year . |
| 29 | Certain developments in seventeenth-century science did prove more difficult for Catholic authorities to assimilate . |
| 30 | What , of course , the failure to achieve the desired curbs in local spending did produce was an inevitable increase in the burden upon the ratepayer . |