Example sentences of "did [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He liked Donald a great deal ; and the prospect of the man 's imminent death did nothing to dispel this feeling , since he was the person directly responsible for this state of affairs . |
| 2 | The ensuing struggle to detach the Ukraine from Poland and bring it under Russian rule did nothing to weaken Western influence . |
| 3 | At first neither Ceauşescu 's guards and officials nor the older professional participants in the display wanted to let the young woman take part , but she did nothing to banish any assumption that her surname indicated a relationship with the First Lady . |
| 4 | Studies carried out in Hull , did nothing to confirm this prediction . |
| 5 | It did nothing to provide better child care for women wishing to return to work . |
| 6 | Soviet behaviour after Hitler 's defeat ( 1945 ) did nothing to change liberal opinion . |
| 7 | Early educational reforms , designed to promote Gaelic language and culture , did nothing to expand scientific training while the notion of ‘ scientific progress ’ had little appeal to the leaders of a self-consciously Catholic culture . |
| 8 | The Pope 's visit to Central America in March 1983 did nothing to alter this situation . |
| 9 | What I felt consciously was anxiety , accompanied by shame , and at school the procedure for dealing with menstruation did nothing to diffuse either emotion . |
| 10 | What did a boy still at university , with no prospects yet of any sort of career , what did someone like that want with a massive country house ? |
| 11 | ‘ What did I tell that Cotton bloke ? ’ |
| 12 | But when and how did I make this escape ? |
| 13 | Here I must admit to a certain prejudice , in that much as I admired Chapman 's engineering brilliance — it was intuitive , radical , lateral-thinking and extremely sharp — I did not share , then or now , the belief that Colin was a constructor in the class of Enzo Ferrari , nor did I feel any faith in him as a man or a leader of men . |
| 14 | Nor did I bear any ill-will against my poor mother , though she had brought me up in error , innocently ignorant of what she was doing to my psyche . |
| 15 | What did I call that person who comes |
| 16 | Did I take that picture ? |
| 17 | did I have another conversation , Jess and Lucy so I must have had another conversation with you last night then Jess |
| 18 | When I wrote out the application form and it said did I have any experience , I just adapted it . |
| 19 | Why did I have this feeling ? |
| 20 | Only in the evenings did I spend some time with Mr Rochester , and I was careful not to allow him to hold me in his arms or kiss me . |
| 21 | Did I hear that detective say you were a reporter ? ’ |
| 22 | The mind can go horribly blank , especially when you 're thinking , ‘ Did I hear that right ? |
| 23 | The first question really should be ‘ why did I buy this machine ? ’ |
| 24 | We are not Jewish , so where did I learn this word ? |
| 25 | Oh where did I see hot cross buns ? |
| 26 | And it 's nine pound , did I say nine pound fifty a tank ? |
| 27 | Did I say two point eight . |
| 28 | Oh sorry , did I say two point eight ? |
| 29 | Nor did I notice this fact until we were well on our way home . ’ |
| 30 | Only once did I get some money after a gig . |