Example sentences of "did [indef pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In despair , I did nothing for another week . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Did someone in this room believe he was God 's executioner to avenge a good man 's death ? |
| 4 | He was a different type of skater but he did plenty of modern lip stuff including backside smith stop to fakie , and much other to-fakie weirdness . |
| 5 | I did none of these things . |
| 6 | Is n't it about time somebody did something about this type of rip-off ? |
| 7 | I was there forty years , right , I 've seen every accident on that bend , I 've had my house as a first aid post a dozen times , until we did something in this committee to sort that corner out |
| 8 | Did one in such circumstances ? |
| 9 | ‘ He did everything for that dog and thought the world of him . |
| 10 | He did everything at breakneck speed and was insatiably sociable , always turning up when Jane was particularly busy , crashing into the room and asking jauntily : ‘ What 's everyone doing ? ’ |
| 11 | Certain institutions carried the same message : lineage welfare payments , for instance , and the solemnities of threatening vengeance and exacting a settlement , were adat ( customary ) , the way we have always done things , living reminders of a time when ‘ we did everything in this way ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |