Example sentences of "the [noun] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But on the subject of women , the Prince did take his honorary grandfather 's advice . |
| 2 | Only briefly at the end of the 1960s and again in the mid-1970s did average earnings rise significantly above the all-industry average . |
| 3 | If the EEC did wish to go beyond the 1962 agreement on agriculture , the arrangements of which were in any case due to expire in 1965 , if financing was permitted to come from the EEC 's own resources , and if the latter were to be levied on imports , then it was sensible for the EEC budget to come under the control of the European Parliament . |
| 4 | The flames did help to disperse the fog and also to make the runway more visible , but of course one air field could n't hope to cope with all the 8 Group heavies returning at the same time , and things were pretty chaotic for a few hours . |
| 5 | The DNSF did win the vote , however , on simultaneous legislative and presidential elections , whereas Petre Roman 's rival National Salvation Front had called for separate election dates . |
| 6 | Nonetheless , we take some satisfaction from the knowledge that the involvement of the Board did break the logjam at the earlier stage of this project , and we 're able to report that the Shetland Island Council Charitable Trust has recognized the work of the done by the Board in its final settlement of its account with us . |
| 7 | Exactly what powers he had in that direction was not clear , but the Board did promise that no former member of the staff of an undertaking taken over would suffer any reduction of salary or conditions of service . |
| 8 | The Court of Appeal stated that the Board did have a duty to act fairly which entailed granting B and K the opportunity to satisfy them of matters in the statute , and to let B and K know the impressions of the Board so that they might be dispelled ; but the Board did not have to quote ‘ chapter and verse , ’ nor did it have to disclose the source of its information if it would be contrary to the public interest , nor did the reasons for the refusal have to be given . |
| 9 | Moreover , a few years later , the Burgundians did provide troops to fight against Attila at the Catalaunian Plains . |
| 10 | His research suggested that while the " Explanation approach " had little impact on infants , the technique did yield measurable benefits with 7 to 9 year olds . |
| 11 | A crowd walking eight abreast can trample a good-size swathe through a hay meadow and single file just makes common sense , although I must admit the signs did seem to be something of an overkill . |
| 12 | I tried a machine to express milk in the hospital but by the time the milk did start to come through she was really used to the bottle . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , the heart did earn Mark 112 days of life . |
| 14 | And the money did grow . |
| 15 | If the case did concern a public function , the court would have to decide whether the applicant had sufficient standing , whether the case was brought in time , and whether the case was a hopeless , frivolous , or vexatious one . |
| 16 | If the courts did throw out a case that you 'd dealt with , you stood a chance of being sued over it . |
| 17 | It is argued in this study that although the courts did matter , they often failed to operate in the ways intended by British policy-makers . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | There is no doubt that in the 19th century the courts did consider the adequacy of consideration in restraint of trade cases , but more recently in M & S Drapers v Reynolds [ 1957 ] 1 WLR 9 Hodson LJ said " … although the position of the employee has to be considered , the court will not inquire into the adequacy of the consideration or weigh the advantages accruing to the covenantor under the contract against the disadvantages imposed on him by the restraint " . |
| 20 | It is also worth mentioning that even if the courts did allow an individual shareholder to bring a derivative action , that individual would still be unable to secure a direct remedy . |
| 21 | When the vet did ring it was with bad news . |
| 22 | Admittedly the computer did use them to calculate the appropriate genetic formula for every point on the picture . |
| 23 | It was a view endorsed by the RCM , who feared the replication of the European ghettos with all that implied if the Germans did succeed in breaking through . |
| 24 | Stirling reasoned that if the Germans did continue their attack and captured Cairo , the whole unit could retreat south from its desert base , thus avoiding capture . |
| 25 | The Archbishop did issue a statement condemning the film as ‘ diverging from Christian ideas of education ’ . |
| 26 | However , no doubt mollified both by the President 's dramatic decision on Tuesday to announce the release of eight long-term political prisoners and by the urbanity of his style , the archbishop did note that the talks had proceeded in ‘ a far better atmosphere ’ than previous encounters he has had with the government . |
| 27 | Assistant manager Eddie Stein , who had taken temporary control , said : ‘ The chairman did ask me how I felt about Barry possibly coming back earlier this week and I told him I 'd welcome him with open arms . |
| 28 | On leaving the squadron did take at least two of its old Hurricane Is with it . |
| 29 | Newcastle deserved something but the decision did disappoint us . |
| 30 | In Oscar Chess Ltd v Williams [ 1957 ] 1 WLR 370 , Denning LJ suggested that a binding promise might be inferred from the circumstances if the seller stated a fact which was or should be within his own knowledge , and of which the buyer was ignorant , intending that the buyer should act upon it , and with the result that the buyer did act upon it . |