Example sentences of "[adv] the [noun pl] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hieronym Dudowski , that rare creature , a Kaszubian poet , doubtless caused much scratching of heads when he coined his slogan ‘ No Kaszubia without Poland — No Poland without Kaszubia ’ , but slowly the Kaszubians did come to see their own survival as lying in the resurrection of an independent Poland rather than in the straightjacket of Prussian-German citizenship . |
| 2 | Nevertheless the Levellers did challenge the traditional view that political rights belonged exclusively to property- or landowners , and asserted the democratic proposition that those persons whom Cromwell loftily described as having " no interest but the interest of breathing " had political rights too . |
| 3 | Nevertheless the Tories did have established methods for ensuring co-ordination between the high command and the rank and file . |
| 4 | Again , this presumption can be rebutted by evidence showing a contrary intention viz. the parties did want to make an enforceable contract , notwithstanding the domestic or social environment . |
| 5 | Then the cops did do something but I do n't know if it was a tip-off or dumb luck : they raided some farmhouse up in Tuscany and found her still alive . |