Example sentences of "they did [vb infin] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1701 the theatre company , wanting to revive the show , offered a reward for its return , but without success ; as a result they were never able to mount a complete performance again , though they did manage to assemble the whole of one act for a revival in 1703 . |
| 2 | I ca n't imagine how , given their circumstances , but they did manage to afford a week 's honeymoon by the sea in Morecombe. a whole week to themselves . |
| 3 | The claws on the crane did n't seem to close properly so that , even if they did manage to get a grip on a tube of sweets or a pink plastic comb , the prizes always slipped out again as soon as the crane started to lift them . |
| 4 | But they did serve to give a contemporary use for the institutions of statelessness and therefore , perhaps , to reinforce the image with fibres of relevance . |
| 5 | The Model Rules did not prove influential in practice , but they did serve to establish a commitment on the part of the Committee to a comprehensive approach covering criminal as well as civil matters . |
| 6 | Colnaghi contributed little to American museums in these years ( the 1930s and 1940s ) and what they did sell betrayed an unwillingness to adapt to the times . |
| 7 | Cynthia also admitted that maybe if they really had got staffing problems they would actually have to look at whether they , they did keep maintaining the , the sub offices that they were . |
| 8 | So she sent them on immediately , longing to know what they contained and never finding out , but supposing that so long as they did keep coming the worst could not yet have happened . |
| 9 | They did try to kill the piglet , but as they were quite frightened and obviously not from the right background , they were not very practical about it . |
| 10 | Well , well they did try to get a song going once sponsored by the club , it was sung by St Matthews ' choir would you believe , but it , it did n't seem to take off , the football supporters seemed to take very much to their own sort of songs , and they , they 'd pick up songs and chants from other grounds now like the Liverpool song You 'll Never Walk Alone , and they used to sing Away the Lads they used to pick that up from the Newcastle supporters and and |
| 11 | Film critics may have disagreed on the merits of Batman Returns , but they did seem to reach a consensus on at least one thing . |