Example sentences of "did [vb infin] [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did make we did make this point to Keith actually very very clearly , |
| 2 | In the event , he did make some contribution to Toby and Laura 's education . |
| 3 | Jackson did promise some attention to the matter but it seems that nothing was granted . |
| 4 | The CLRC did give serious consideration to dividing indecent assault into two grades , so the idea of grading is not entirely alien to England . |
| 5 | If the courts did give this construction to the term law they would be applying a very different thesis from that originally conceived by Gould . |
| 6 | But it did give considerable encouragement to the growth of services , particularly community services , and to the improvement of public understanding of the problems of mental disorder , and it was , accordingly , widely welcomed . |
| 7 | But the discussion did give added weight to the demand for reform at a time when concepts of national interest were more frequently deployed — wartime . |
| 8 | When the large whisky-blending house of W. and G. Pattison collapsed fraudulently the following year he tried and failed to arrange a rescue package , but DCL did provide financial help to firms unwittingly caught up in the crash . |
| 9 | In the final section you did pay close attention to detail , but it remained only observation of detail . |
| 10 | The Boards ' lines of defence against this — replacement costs were hypothetical and difficult to estimate , tax complications might follow — read like a weary defence of the status quo , but the Ministry did in the end accept that their creation of special ad hoc depreciation reserves did go some way to meeting the point . |
| 11 | She noticed belligerently that he did add ginger ale to the brandy . |
| 12 | He did require one condition to be satisfied , all the bottom row of steel stays , 56 in total , had to be removed for examination . |
| 13 | I 'm just wondering er the statutory instruments we 're passing tonight er and I did raise this point to the minister about the drain on the private sector every time a rule and regulation is passed . |
| 14 | The FLN deputies did cede some ground to government recommendations on independent candidates , who henceforward would need to secure 300 instead of 500 signatures in support of their candidacy . |
| 15 | The Budget did offer more hope to unemployed disabled people , who will now be given priority in the vocational education initiative and in the Community Action programme . |
| 16 | The Vikings certainly did cause extensive damage to property in the short term . |
| 17 | ‘ As the Sun now recognises , the publication did cause personal offence to the Queen but it also caused offence amongst those who prefer to hear or see Her Majesty 's Christmas Message for the first time on Christmas Day . ’ |
| 18 | In this it had little success , though it did cause some alarm to the authorities and to shipowners , some of whom recognised that accumulated benefits could be an effective way of retaining membership . |
| 19 | I did say happy birthday to her . |