Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] did [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 'm sending all this lot off that did n't get sent off , and contacting I 'm being contacted about the place . |
| 2 | More cynical observers thought the explanation for this did not lie in the naivety of Irish politicians , but in the coincidence of interest between the mining companies and certain politicians . |
| 3 | A separate $4,000 million budget for the state-owned oil company , Petróleos de Venezuela SA ( PDVSA ) , and other petrochemical companies for 1991 did not figure in central government spending . |
| 4 | The Labour government of 1945–51 did not alter the system of subsidizing local authority housing developed in the inter war period , but it did , by the Housing Act of 1949 , substantially extend the subsidies available . |
| 5 | The registrar granted the administrators leave to serve the originating application on the bank in Jersey pursuant to rule 12.12 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 Mervyn Davies J. granted the bank 's application to set aside the registrar 's order , holding that section 238 of the Act of 1986 did not have extraterritorial effect so as to include a foreigner resident abroad , and that ‘ any person ’ in the section could not apply to the bank . |
| 6 | On 19 June 1991 Mervyn Davies J. [ 1992 ] Ch. 160 set aside the registrar 's order on the ground that section 238 of the Act of 1986 did not have extraterritorial effect so as to apply to a foreign bank incorporated and resident abroad having no place of business in the United Kingdom , with the consequence that the court had no jurisdiction to make an order under the section against the bank . |
| 7 | Unemployment reached a peak of just under three million in January 1933 and the total number of unemployed did not fall below one million until the outbreak of war . |
| 8 | In those circumstances , the judge held that the provisions in the legislation of 1985 did not apply in the present case which continued to be governed by the Act of 1957 . |
| 9 | The main gathering of scholars was at Charles ' court , and it seems clear that there was a conscious attempt to restore classical glories , even though much of this did not percolate far beyond the royal circle of intimates . |
| 10 | The symbolism of this did not strike her at all , as she went back and forth , showering and dressing and rehearsing all the reasons why he was to go . |
| 11 | But the significance of this did not strike him at the moment . |
| 12 | At one of the interviews where both an arts adviser and an administrator were present , differing views were expressed , but surprisingly , the ambiguity of this did not appear to be apparent to either interviewee . |
| 13 | Altogether forty-five couples were suggested , and twenty-five were willing to be interviewed , although five of these did not meet the research criteria . |
| 14 | Nearly all the schools responded to the request ( 34 out of the 36 liaison group schools and 30 out of the 33 second phase schools ) , but some of these did not provide all the information asked for . |
| 15 | Inside , the palazzo was originally decorated with numerous fine frescoes , but many of these did not survive the war years . |
| 16 | The Crofting Reform ( Scotland ) Act of 1976 did not go quite as far as this , but it did give the crofters the incontestable right to purchase their house and garden , and the optional ( though not incontestable ) right to purchase their land for 15 times the annual rent . |
| 17 | The interpretation is a valuable reminder that the crisis of 1483 did not exist in a vacuum . |
| 18 | The interpretation is a valuable reminder that the crisis of 1483 did not exist in a vacuum . |
| 19 | In a 7-year follow-up of patients operated on by a surgeon in the USA , a review of death certificates of 264 did not suggest any HIV-related death . |
| 20 | Infusion of cholecystokinin-8 did not change the perfusion pressure . |
| 21 | However , the Road Traffic Act of 1982/3 did not allow for Zone signs to be introduced even on a temporary basis , so it was necessary for an information sign to be erected at every junction , showing not only a 30 km/h speed limit , but also drawing the driver 's attention to the changed priority ( right before left ) . |
| 22 | He knew that boys of twelve did not have French tests so important as to prevent their seeing their fathers . |
| 23 | There are also data from the Durham Palatinate records held at the University of Durham on prices and wages , material considered of particular importance by Beveridge since the published work of 1939 did not contain this material , being concentrated mainly south of a line from the Bristol Channel to the Humber . |
| 24 | The Act of 1988 did not govern access to quotas , but the registration of fishing vessels . |
| 25 | The intra-Christian fighting of the first half of 1990 did not result in any tangible changes in territorial control over the enclave ; the LF maintained control of Jounieh and Jubail areas to the north of Beirut as well as the East Beirut quarters of Ashrafieh and Karantina , while Aoun held on to the area around the Baabda Presidential palace , where he himself was based , and around Ras al Metn and the southern entrances to East Beirut . |
| 26 | That 's not literary opinion , that 's a fact , and is n't in , incredible that something like that did n't shake some foundations , not a bit of it . |
| 27 | So I read it and I gave a similar look back and I think I probably said something like that did n't happen or something along those lines , that 's hard to believe that had happened and passed it back to him and then that was it , we did not discuss it at the time … |
| 28 | It was impossible — things like that did n't happen in England . |
| 29 | A man like that did n't have to threaten to be an enemy , he was ready-made for it , especially with her . |
| 30 | If something like that did n't turn up — well , she 'd post it torn , that was all ! |