Example sentences of "[adv] did [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously did do a thing . |
| 2 | Such fears were vastly exaggerated , for if Britain ever did reach a stage of possible revolution , then it was certainly after rather than during the war , but in isolation from working-class opinions , they seemed real enough to Unionist MPs and their supporters in 1918 . |
| 3 | They always did taste a bit funny you know , did n't they ? |
| 4 | As this was something of a lovers ' lane , he had a good chance of catching a couple knobbing on the back seat And Steve , as I 'd already found out for myself , always did like a bit of voyeurism . |
| 5 | I always did like a challenge . |
| 6 | For not only would the developers — who always did have a reputation as sharp dressers — be examples of sartorial elegance but the traditionally staid chartered surveyors would also have swapped their green-check jackets and corduroy trousers for double-breasted suits , red braces and ties that were more of a ‘ statement ’ than a fashion accessory . |
| 7 | Would it have been a good tactic to try and exploit adult hostility towards this group on account of their delinquent activities , rather than highlight their racist involvements which clearly did have a measure of adult support ? |
| 8 | Uneventful — yet , as he recalled the day 's happenings , they stung his memory with tiny , pleasant sensations , tastes , smells : there was the taste of eggs and bacon which really did break a fast , the scent of the first cigarette , and the agreeable weight of the Sunday paper in his hands . |
| 9 | ‘ I really did want a femur ’ , he said . |
| 10 | I would like to acknowledge Norman 's excellence because the Garrick was sort of stuck in the past for a long time box set imitation stuff and Norman has sort of revitalized it made it extremely professional and it really did make a difference to the performances and I 'd like |
| 11 | Thatcher really did have a sex change , and the one she changed with was Paddy Ashdown , who used to be a man . |
| 12 | Is it true that you really did have a nightmare time in your early life , with all the operations on your foot ? |
| 13 | A pity she really did have a cold on the morning she woke up and used her inhaler , the morning after I 'd taken it out of her hand-bag and added my little cocktail . |
| 14 | Eventually , I rang the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital and said I 'd got this botfly and really did need a bit of surgery , and they said ‘ Come along today . ’ |
| 15 | Going home really did seem a possibility . |
| 16 | I really did get a bit beyond myself . |
| 17 | To be quite honest man , I 've never really , never really did see a problem . |
| 18 | In its last years Aurae Phiala surely did mount a watch every night . |
| 19 | I tell the DI why ; I tell him about two more betrayals ; about the commanding officer who had let men die to cover up his own inadequacy ( or at least Andy believed he had , which was all that mattered ) , and I tell him about the locum doctor who could n't be bothered to attend a patient and then , when he eventually did pay a visit , just assumed her pain was something trivial . |
| 20 | At that point , once the letter is finalised , we then did have a meeting with two members , the Chairman of this Committee that 'll be Councillor Park , to just go through it , and that happened on Monday morning of this week . |
| 21 | Yeah , but married couple there did have a couple of people there that got married while they were in the T A but they were n't allowed , they never allowed to sort of buddy , buddy together I tell you why I got put with that woman . |
| 22 | Roman law never did have a doctrine that trusts should be set up by imperative words . |
| 23 | Oh , yes , I never did get a chance to fly that big buzzard . |
| 24 | We were soon visual and able to locate the airfield , where once again the radio was not manned , so we never did get a weather report . |
| 25 | On the other hand Edward II tried in vain to get Robert Baldock provided to Lichfield in 1321 , to Winchester in 1323 and to Norwich in 1325 ; Baldock never did become a bishop . |
| 26 | The popularity of programmes therefore did become a factor in BBC calculations in a qualitatively different way from previously . |
| 27 | But on the other hand , anti-racism definitely did have a place . |
| 28 | Did that mean she actually did have a choice , that he 'd given up the idea of evicting her ? |