Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " In the end , however , I have come to the conclusion that the learned county court judge adopted the right approach and did treat this question as one of degree and fact . |
| 2 | So , we can expect conflict and , and did make this point , but we need to underline it , because it 's very important . |
| 3 | There was no feeling , as there was among Catholics , that priests were indispensable : heads of families could and did conduct simplified forms of service in front of their domestic icons . |
| 4 | She thought she remembered lovebirds at the dressmaker , and did remember dark coffee and langues de chat . |
| 5 | After 1861 ( or rather , after they started making redemption payments ) , " Peasants could and did accumulate huge arrears without any definitive confrontation with the authorities " . |
| 6 | He jollied people along and did get useful information out of them , made useful contacts , brought useful business the organisation 's way . |
| 7 | Seats* Percentage Proportional Constituency Total of vote** representation seats BSP 47.15 97 114 211 UDF 37.84 75 69 144 BZNS 8.03 16 0 16 MRF 6.03 12 11 23 Fatherland Union *** 0 2 2 BSDP 0.05 0 1 1 Fatherland Party of Labour *** 0 1 1 Independents *** 0 2 2 Others 0.90 0 0 0 Total 200 200 400 *Only parties receiving at least 4 per cent of valid votes in all multi-member constituencies could win seats on a proportional basis ( although other parties could and did win direct election ) . |
| 8 | This firm did not pass all its legal work to lawyer C , but did pass two cases to the firm during the two-week sampling period . |
| 9 | Last July a court in Aix refused Vasarely 's request to nominate a temporary administration to the Foundation but did appoint two experts to evaluate the assets of the Foundation and take stock of which works have been sold . |
| 10 | Mary and I flew back to London , but did leave some photographs of John for Auque , just in case . |
| 11 | Probably the worst example was a serious traffic accident on the A34 which did n't result in any deaths but did involve serious injuries . |
| 12 | Bruno de Bayser attracted a lot of attention , albeit no buyer , for a magnificent FFr 1.2 million ( £123,700 ; $215,250 ) red chalk drawing of a young woman by Fragonard a deliberately eye catching piece to show what the gallery is capable of but did sell ten works including three female portraits by Dunker , Jeaurat and Quesnel for under FFr 100,000 ( £10,300 ; $18,000 ) . |