Example sentences of "did [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The capital development of the broadcasting services during this five-year period improved the ability of radio to reach remote parts of the country and beyond but did nothing to improve two-way linkages between Dar es Salaam and the regions and districts . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , he decided to side with Detroit on the day , so that he might be as comfortably partisan as usual , but he did so among a group of Pittsburgh supporters , whom he referred to throughout the same as Pitts-buggers , which did nothing to improve inter-City relations . |
| 3 | The truce of Espléchin in September did nothing to quieten importunate creditors , and on 30 November , having sent a bitter denunciation of Archbishop Stratford to the pope , Edward frustrated , desperate and furious — set out for England to wreak revenge and secure funds . |
| 4 | Anti-Montanist reaction reinforced the belief that the apostolic canon is closed ; but it did nothing to diminish millenarian hopes which long retained orthodox defenders , though there were also second-century interpreters of the Apocalypse who did not think intended to be literal and earthly the seer 's vision of Christ returning to a rebuilt Jerusalem . |
| 5 | Did I leave any splashes on the bench ? |
| 6 | Did I make any deals , brush up any publishing contacts ? |
| 7 | The Doctrine is at best a circular re-statement of the obvious : Why did I experience those vibrations in the air as sounds ? |
| 8 | Strangely enough , at no time did I have real doubts that I would be elected , and this determined my public attitude during the three successive ballots that were necessary . |
| 9 | ‘ Did I have any problems with Cantona ? |
| 10 | ‘ It never did , Fernando ; not for one second did I have any doubts of how deeply I felt for you , only doubts of how deeply you had felt for me . |
| 11 | Nor did I deplore English accents ; indeed that would be rather silly on the part of a professional linguist . |
| 12 | Did I say new vogues ? |
| 13 | If you have the temerity you can go to any club anywhere , pick up a round and spend three hours — did I say three hours ? — with people you 've never met before and who have no idea who you are . |
| 14 | " Did you bring any books ? " |
| 15 | Did you bring some waterproofs too ? |
| 16 | So why did you bring three tubes of toothpaste with you ? |
| 17 | ‘ Did you exchange any words at all , either on Thursday night or Friday ? ’ |
| 18 | Did you sponge those trousers down Matthew 's dog jumped all over you . |
| 19 | How by that stage in your career did you tolerate bad orchestras ? |
| 20 | A and again , but why did you shout armed police , was there any particular reason for using those ? |
| 21 | ‘ Did you drop ten pounds ? ’ said Kim holding the note up for the woman to see it better . |
| 22 | ‘ Did you give those keys to Madge — the keys to the kiosk ? |
| 23 | ‘ Did you acquire such skills during the war ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Did you send any messages that day ? ’ |
| 25 | Did you want any books ? |
| 26 | Did you want any peas or anything with that ? |
| 27 | Did you want some eggs or not ? |
| 28 | So how did you make any friends ? |
| 29 | Did you make any enquiries and if so what enquiries , to try to find out who the occupiers ? |
| 30 | Why , oh , why did you set such enquiries in train ? |