Example sentences of "did [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This mixture of sizes did nothing to detract from the overall beauty of the place ; rather they gave interest , drawing the eye to different shapes and heights . |
| 2 | The slight pallor beneath his tan and the white bandage high on his left arm did nothing to detract from the air of menace about him . |
| 3 | If I regurgitate this , it is simply to put down a vote of censure from this column on ministers , particularly Douglas Hogg of the Foreign Office , who did nothing to prepare for the eventuality of oil slicks . |
| 4 | The men fled and did nothing to help save the girls , he added . |
| 5 | ( Or were some people very quiet ? ) 4 Did people listen to what other people were saying ? 5 Did everyone understand clearly what they had to do ? 6 How did the group agree on its answer ? 7 How did everyone feel about the answer that was agreed ? 8 Was it an equal group , or did someone act as a boss ? |
| 6 | The next morning , as I heard the story from Howard Samuel 's wife , Howard had remarked to her , ‘ Did someone telephone during the night ? ’ |
| 7 | What did I do with the car keys ? |
| 8 | Go and collect my prizes What did I do with the bloody tickets now ? |
| 9 | What did I do with the scissors ? |
| 10 | What did I think of the prospect of an up-and-coming Minister of State called Norman Tebbit taking over the job ? |
| 11 | And she said to me what did I think of the idea of taking Pete back . |
| 12 | Well , she tells me that she is going to throw Shaun out because Shaun is boring , er , Don put her , Shaun she has no respect for she says because he has n't got a job , he wo n't get a job , he wo n't work , and she said to Lee what did I think of the idea of taking Pete back , once they were properly divorced take Pete back just as a lover and I said that sounds to me to be a very good idea , I said then your not at his mercy because anybody who 's at Pete 's mercy will suffer , his got a very nasty streak , his got a nasty snide way of putting things . |
| 13 | But if I did n't know where I was , what did I mean by the word ? |
| 14 | When I had a lock that was sticking what did I blow What powder I did I blow into the lock to make it work better ? |
| 15 | Did I change in the night ? |
| 16 | Never did I speak for the truth 's sake but for my own … ‘ |
| 17 | How did I recover from the debacle ? |
| 18 | to your Council did I knock on the door and say standing for the Liberal Democrats , they said well we 're not sure it 's the way we are going to vote for you , we may vote for somebody else . |
| 19 | Thus did I emerge from the night tunnel of restless body movement . |
| 20 | Ooh , did I cry at the end ! ’ |
| 21 | What did I get in the talk in eighteen minutes ? |
| 22 | For the next fourteen days I spent all the daylight hours either on the forest road , on which no-one but myself ever set foot , or in the jungle , and only twice during that period did I get near the tigress . |
| 23 | Erm , what I found actually er erm even odder , was that is , if the servants knew about her , why did nobody appear at the wedding ceremony ? |
| 24 | Did you travel to the Soviet Union to unearth these works ? |
| 25 | Did what did you glean for the erm company brochure ? |
| 26 | Okay what did you glean from the er brochure erm in the main ? |
| 27 | Did you go to the office ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Did you go to the recreation ground , or to the shops , or back to Hill View to play with Barry ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Tell me , sir , did you go to the lecture at the Civil Engineers ' Hall that Friday ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Did you go to the races ? ’ |