Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb past] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trem performs all the current tricks , although it did suffer a little from tuning instability at first . |
| 2 | The third , in an article on " Obsolescent languages " ( N.C. Dorian ) , did not , although it did refer the reader to the main entry on " Bilingualism " ( K. Hakuta ) . |
| 3 | Even the original Tele guitar was designed to have some bass-playing ability , and as a consequence was not wired as it is today , although it did possess the customary three-way selector switch . |
| 4 | They found that , although it did make a difference in a few cases , most babies got enough iron from solid food to make up for any loss through drinking cow 's milk . |
| 5 | My head did n't hurt at all , although it did feel a bit light . |
| 6 | EWM has no outlets overseas , although it did attempt a joint venture in the US . |
| 7 | If WEU had a role , it was to ensure the closest possible cooperation within NATO , and although it did play a limited role in the Saar settlement , it remained essentially a paper organisation . |
| 8 | By an almost unbelievable contrast , the summit was not even mentioned on the main 8 pm television news in France ( Antenne 2 ) , although it did get a ten second slot as the tenth item on the midnight news bulletin . |
| 9 | The film was a disappointment , although it did win the Golden Gate Award at the 1966 San Francisco Festival , as well as winning Ken Thorne an Oscar for Best Music Adaptation . |
| 10 | For example , " tailoring " , mostly done by men , is usually classified as a skilled trade whereas " dressmaking " , done by women , is usually not , although it did require a formal training . |
| 11 | It was still very active a fed on live foods , although it did lose a lot of weight . |
| 12 | Even professional men , it seems , would dabble in a bit of commerce if it helped pay the bills . |
| 13 | Oliver had reassured her that Sir Thomas could not possibly have committed suicide through anguish at her rejection and she was now prepared to enjoy the rest of the week immensely , even if it did involve a murder investigation . |
| 14 | The cabin was surprisingly spacious , even if it did lack the little human touches that made it a home . |
| 15 | No-one wants to have a glare lamp in their face at closing time nor to have a doorman shouting ‘ Drink up ’ in the middle of an act even if it did get a laugh . |
| 16 | ‘ It took an awful lot of my powers as Chairman of Academic Review and Resources Committee to steer that course through because it did mean a lot of resource implications that were n't obvious at the beginning . |
| 17 | While it did establish an institutional structure , its meetings were sporadic and its commitments overlapped -with those of NATO , the Council of Europe and OEEC . |
| 18 | It missed mostly ; when it did score a hit there was a screaming ping and no more . |
| 19 | " My kingdom is not of this world " was not regarded as releasing the pope from an active role in government , though it did express the great moral fervour that fuelled the late eleventh- and early twelfth-century reforms — especially in the attack on clerical marriage and in the drive to rid the Church of unchaste priests and to control the proprietary church system ( secular theocracy ) . |
| 20 | Come to think of it , I was n't that keen on it either , though it did serve a cracking pint of Young 's bitter . |
| 21 | Drink never loosened his tongue , though it did have an effect on his sizable nose which , like Bardolph 's , was a beacon in the dark . |
| 22 | The price war of autumn 1985 then was little more than an advertising exercise , though it did reduce the general price of holidays for 1986 . |
| 23 | Now to an event that could hardly be called a sport , even though it did produce a new British champion . |