Example sentences of "that it did [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a year in which the Treasury 's forecasting failures ( notably that very large trade deficit ) have been rather obvious , it is only fair to recall that it did presciently point out just about every awkward little detail of the poll tax , from its automatic upward impact on inflation to the folly of providing local authorities with a golden opportunity to raise more tax while blaming the Government . |
| 2 | And if that is so , then I revert to the considerations already stated which as a matter of construction make me think that it did so legislate . |
| 3 | Erm it would be for the the policy itself to define the criteria such that it did only refer to exceptional circumstances and the occasional one or two cases . |
| 4 | In fact the report was so useless that it did more damage than had Mitterand kept silent . |
| 5 | I was later puzzled that it did indeed happen as we had prayed it would . |