Example sentences of "did [pron] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The fact that the Commission sat on its hands and did nothing during these events must be taken as some indication of the prevailing mood in Brussels .
2 I did none of these things .
3 Did one in such circumstances ?
4 Now how did they in those days make the the track ?
5 He probably did it to countless women all the time .
6 W we tried internment before , it caused a massive escalation of violence cos you never , you get families are angry , it escalates the numbers who are committed to terrorism , last time it was just the Republicans , if we did it on both sides it would just escalate terrorism .
7 I did it for six months and reckon that at only 24 I did it pretty well .
8 ‘ I did it for eight years .
9 We did ask Dorothy to do it after I did it for four years , but she was n't keen and I had to go on .
10 I mean , I did it for four months and then I could n't do any more , I just think I mean , I know Amanda and Claire were a lot younger then and I think it 's difficult when they are they 're younger .
11 I decided that what I did it for small reasons
12 Like , I did it for three nights and I was wrecked ! ’
13 I think that to be a loner and a writer is hell enough , but many would instantly tell me how horrendous it is to work in a factory — 1 did it for three months and loathed it — or to go to their office and stop from biting their nails when their boss has to score petty points off them .
14 The distance was eleven miles and we did it in two hours .
15 We did it in two plaits with huge white bandage bows .
16 Three legends share the quickest century but Bernard Ganley , David Watkins and Steve Quinn did it in 18 games .
17 I did it in ten days , but in 1867 Loving took three months to do it .
18 We did it in twenty minutes flat .
19 It 's , it 's a very simple organism , but basically what it 's there for is to ensure the future of T four genes , and this is what i it 's doing , and presumably natural selection has er selected it in such a way that it is an optimum design as far as , as far as doing this er is concerned , because it would be in competition with mutant T fours who did it in different ways , and presumably this is the kind of T four that seems to succeed .
20 Uncle Hilbert , however , was only just sixty , very hale and hearty , still very much in practice as a solicitor , and Lewis could not imagine stepping into his shoes , nor did he in those days think it very nice to anticipate such things .
21 ‘ The group did lots of creative activities and as well as fun and happiness at the meetings , there was always a quiet time for the word of God to be shared in the group .
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