Example sentences of "of [noun sg] did [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 The effect of smoking did not seem to be greater in one group than the other ; the percentage fall was the same in both .
2 The journalists of Esquire did not specify the names of this country 's worst -dressed men .
3 The severity of impairment did not differ from that seen after left-sided lesions .
4 Frank was brought up in the Hollywood studio tradition and expected producers to exert a large amount of control , but Lester 's lack of freedom did not stop him changing parts of the script — including all of Gawford 's scenes — and reducing the number of songs .
5 Other aspects of freedom did not affect them so much .
6 This was not orthodox , but then , although a Freudian , she was not an orthodox Freudian , and her vision of futurity did not exclude celibacy .
7 His parents , Malcolm and Susan Mallard , of Blacon , Chester , claim the Ministry of Defence did not look after him properly .
8 All this makes it evident and indisputable that the compiler of PS did not understand the finer points of trust wordings : for he announces that the wordings he quotes are ones in which the settlor addresses the beneficiary .
9 The better explanation remains that the policy pursued by the trade unions during the winter of discontent did indeed mark a return to normality .
10 Moreover , it is frequently pointed out that the early Christian definitions of faith did not mean by the Greek and Latin words that we commonly translate as ‘ person ’ exactly what we would mean by ‘ person ’ today .
11 The car of course did not follow .
12 Nigel of course did n't give in to blackmail .
13 but erm it had sorted itself out after , well more or less after a week or two a lot of the evacuees of course did n't stay very long , they went back home because erm I know mother had a , a little boy from erm Guildford when we lived at Debenham and er he went back after a while , the mother used to come down and visit him from time to time , they were very , came from very poor circumstances and the
14 English society , of course did n't work out that way .
15 Second , legal decisions based on ideas of contract did not fit the value system of Indian villagers .
16 This highly developed system of teaching did not seem to be working well .
17 In particular the median frequency of defecation did not differ between the groups .
18 The member of parliament did not give up his efforts to find a place for the young officer , but the close connection between parliamentary politics and placement was made abundantly clear by Scott 's insistence to his correspondent that the young man 's father , a Dundee councillor , would first have to make clear ‘ whether he is to be friendly ’ to the politician .
19 The issue of coverage did not dissipate during the year and with the exception of the Head of Maths , everyone was worried that they were not able to complete even this much-reduced syllabus , and that the knock-on effect could lead to serious repercussions in later years .
20 They used a ‘ Whose fault ? ’ technique , in which children were asked who was to blame for an unsuccessful piece of communication — e.g. , where the listener 's choice of referent did not match that of the speaker .
21 Marianne Farningham became a member of the Northampton School Board in the mid-1880s , but she declined to canvass or address meetings , preferring to send a printed letter round to electors , though this ladylike course of action did not prevent her heading the poll .
22 Life as a second lieutenant in the Guards with little prospect of action did not appeal , although by the time the Germans invaded France in May 1940 , Stirling was in Chamonix training with a force of experienced skiers who were to be sent to help the Finns .
23 This petulant and bureaucratic state of mind did not bode well for the conduct of a battle that was now plainly imminent .
24 Marc 's bark of disbelief did n't make her pause .
25 Then your client 's transaction will take priority over any other event ( such as the bankruptcy of the seller ) or transaction ( such as a mortgage of the property ) of which the official certificate of search did not give you notice .
26 The heterotrimeric Gs protein does not seem to be a substrate for protein kinase C , and treatment of cells with pertussis toxin to remove the influence of Gi did not unmask an inhibitory effect of protein kinase C on the response to gastric inhibitory polypeptide .
27 Maurice 's strange period of hopefulness did not last long .
28 ‘ The notion of tragedy did n't enter my head , ’ she protested , ‘ but it did seem odd for her to break off in the middle of a phone call like that . ’
29 That feeling of uncertainty did not last long , I found a new pathway and the bewilderment soon went .
30 But the shaft of light did n't waver .
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