Example sentences of "[noun prp] did [adv] [vb infin] a " in BNC.

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1 On this last point , it is worth emphasizing , in advance of the evidence , that Nietzsche did certainly reject a quantity of material before the final draft , but that few of the " suppressed " passages are at all long and none are strikingly impressive .
2 And on the next day the Zuwaya did indeed muster a majority of 117 votes in the first count .
3 It is thus possible that Venus did once possess a large quantity of water .
4 The City Council examines travel patterns from settlements around York , and it was quite noticeable that a number of settlements to the north east of York did actually have a substantial commuting pattern to West Yorkshire .
5 Just prior to the Scottish tour , The Smiths did indeed release a single .
6 If it is the case that Hizir Bey did indeed hold a muftilik that , in effect , Fahreddin Acemi was Mufti in Edirne while Hizir Bey was mufti in Istanbul the situation might constitute a parallel to the earlier one of the possibly overlapping tenures of Molla Yegan in Bursa and Fahreddin Acemi in Edirne .
7 Mr Customer Smith did however acquire a dubious reputation for dealing in prize goods .
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