Example sentences of "did [adv] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I did eventually look in the mirror my hair was in patches , like little bits of baby hair . |
| 2 | When he did eventually lose to the young South African by , the tournament appeared to suffer from a hangover . |
| 3 | The second point i is this issue about self containment , er Mr Davis accused me this morning of using some somewhat outlandish words , I think , erm , I did obviously refer to the er my vision of what a new settlement of this size proposed would be , and I I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't expect that with the right planning that it could n't have clearly local facilities , local school , library , etcetera , but it seemed to me quite clear that the scale proposed it would not have the higher order functions which as we 've heard earlier , Greater York has been defined based on York 's planning assumptions , clearly the major shopping , educational , and social facilities will continue to be provided in the city , and it will produce what is in effect dormitory settlement . |
| 4 | The huge oil spills off Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and the burning of oil wells in Kuwait during the Gulf War in early 1991 did less damage to the marine environment than had been feared , according to scientists . |
| 5 | In 1369 , for instance , John of Gaunt took an army from Calais to Harfleur , and devastated the Pays de Caux , while in the following year Sir Robert Knolles led an army from Calais which did much damage in the Ile-de-France ; but Charles V refused to give battle and neither chevauchée achieved anything . |
| 6 | During his first twenty years at Finsbury , Meldola published more than 250 papers and reports , and during his presidency of the Institute of Chemistry he did much work for the development of all aspects of its activities . |
| 7 | Not so at GWAD , the organisers , Sally B Supporters Club and the pilots , did much work behind the scenes to make sure the audience got a quality airshow . |
| 8 | It did not aim for the situation that we 've been discussing , where people are trying to get the information . |
| 9 | The fact that it was not long after that similar if lesser welfare legislation was introduced is indicative of the public demand and that clerical socio-moral theory did not tally with the people 's experience of reality . |
| 10 | As tension at the count at Hummersknott School mounted , a worried gaggle of counters informed the Returning Officer the number of ballot papers did not tally with the number who had cast votes . |
| 11 | We held an investigation and realised that some of the records held by the accounts departments did not tally with the real situation . |
| 12 | ‘ [ the appellants ' ] ordered documents may show not only what inquiries the appellants made or did not make in the performance of their duties as auditors , but what they were told and by whom , |
| 13 | The term ‘ ecology ’ could be used as an umbrella to cover a wide range of research traditions that did not interact at the detailed level , but which could be seen to deal with one aspect or another of the relationship between living things and their environment . |
| 14 | Dick Crossman , like myself , was a Wykehamist but did not benefit from the outstanding facilities for scientific education that were available at Winchester . |
| 15 | The two subjects in the eight-month restriction study who had already limited themselves to 6 hours did not benefit from the regime , and reverted to their own established norms . |
| 16 | The situation has been further complicated by the fact that she did not belong to any structures and therefore did not benefit from the discipline , counseling and collectivity of the Mass Democratic Movement . |
| 17 | He says that Speywood did not carry through the business plan presented to get the money . |
| 18 | They were not silent but only spoke after long intervals and what they said did not carry to the upstairs rooms . |
| 19 | The brown carpet was cigarette-burned and none too clean , but at least it did not clash with the shabby beige of the walls . |
| 20 | He refused an invitation from the EC 's energy authority to investigate the possibilities of translating electricity , generated within green plants , into a new source of fuel : he did not care for the clause giving the EC the right to suppress anything in the eventual reports . |
| 21 | So there were many , even among teachers , who , being university orientated , did not care for the Council . |
| 22 | Tyroglyphus , harmless to the vine but a deadly enemy of Phylloxera vastatrix , was imported in 1873 in an attempt to kill off the pest ; unfortunately , however , unlike phylloxera , Tyroglyphus did not care for the European climate and failed to settle . |
| 23 | The Judaism of the Pharisees and Scribes did not care for the lost . |
| 24 | Hazel did not care for the look of the trees . |
| 25 | She did not care for the serious young men who toured the Home Office and the Treasury with her . |
| 26 | Superintendent Robertson did not care about the mutterings from the lower ranks against her strict disciplinarian attitude . |
| 27 | They did not care about the burst tyre — all 14 inches and $400 of it — and could hardly be bothered to check the rest of the car . |
| 28 | He did not care about the money . |
| 29 | A man who did not care about the consequences of his actions . |
| 30 | She told herself she did not care about the fact that he was already married but was equally scarred by the knowledge that he did have a wife . |