Example sentences of "the [noun pl] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But we can surely reconstruct the pattern of events whereby the lectures did become the basis of the book that in fact materialized . |
| 32 | However the judges did order that margin notes made by the so-called nymphomaniac on their genital size , sexual skills and bedroom fantasies would remain secret . |
| 33 | Surely if the judges did come to their decision on the grounds of relative merit , they should be prepared to defend it ? |
| 34 | In the early 1790s , however , like canals , the trusts did feature in a general investment boom , as they did again in 1809 – 12 . |
| 35 | Where the reformers did start to understand , they perceived that those aspirations were to something much more even than that complete political democracy which required no property qualification ; and they did not like the perception . |
| 36 | ‘ The views of our community were forcibly put at this meeting and to their credit the contractors did halt the work during the community festival , ’ he said . |
| 37 | Indeed , the days did pass . |
| 38 | If any of the trialists did catch the eye of Glenn Hoddle and his staff , they 'd still need work permits . |
| 39 | Further , when the Visigoths did return to Gaul , it was to an area where Athaulf had once established his court . |
| 40 | Senator Jesse Helms , the arch-conservative North Carolinian Republican , says he was told by the CIA , as well as sources within Panama , that the rebels did offer to surrender General Noriega to the US . |
| 41 | So , for this period , the expectations did satisfy the unbiasedness property of rational expectations . |
| 42 | The universities did bid for the students , but all at the same top price , and the system was consigned to the UFC file marked ‘ fiasco . ’ |
| 43 | However , the searches did find related sequences . |
| 44 | In … the Highlands … their [ sic ] was no other drink for the soldiers than brandy and spirits ; which rendered them incapable of performing their work , for remedy of which the officers did provide utensills and stores for brewing and did supply them therewith . |
| 45 | I wanted to tell him that the proletariat of the suburbs did have strong class feeling . |
| 46 | The studies did provide evidence that the services could have useful effects on families that might be expected to reduce the risk of child abuse . |
| 47 | ‘ The investors did commission some initial market research before they invested their money , ’ says former Institute president Mike Lickiss , who is currently ATV 's independent chairman . |
| 48 | Eddie Ramsay , managing director of the Powderhall greyhound track in Edinburgh , said he did not expect to lose much business if the bookmakers did extend their hours . |
| 49 | In the event the wheels did start rolling about 4.45 pm this afternoon . |
| 50 | The executives did begin to listen to each other more effectively . |
| 51 | When , however , the hostilities did begin , for most Frenchmen they ended , ignominiously , with imprisonment by the Japanese while for those in the north who together with their Vietnamese riflemen fought the Japanese with exemplary heroism , dying in beleaguered garrisons or making a fighting retreat to the Chinese border , their fate precipitated the most unpleasant or at least the most unfortunate disagreement between the Allies . |
| 52 | However , some of the provisions did vary according to whether the individuals were moving from one or other of the areas . |
| 53 | The one thing the serfs did understand was that they were not yet free . |
| 54 | Thus Sir Archibald Geikie ( of the Geological Survey ) in an address at Birmingham in 1898 deplored the idea of splitting schools into two sides or sections ; but the trend towards specialization proved hard to control , and to some the sciences did seem to be all that needed to be known . |
| 55 | The rioters did make the occasional foray , but north of the Santa Monica Freeway the thin blue line swiftly grew thicker . |
| 56 | What the murders did reflect in an odd way was the convulsing extremism — at both ends of a polarized spectrum — that existed between right and left , counter-culture and establishment , in 1969 , when Easy Rider was released . |
| 57 | When we looked out the sea-gulls did seem to be weaving in and out and making rather strange but happy sounds — almost as if they were a bit tipsy — and as it turned out , such was the case . |
| 58 | The striking miners received no relief though , ‘ The wives did get a few shillings from the Parish Relief ( which all had to be paid back when the strike ended ) . ’ |
| 59 | ‘ Yes , ’ he nodded , ‘ the forwards did go well , but you have to wonder just how good the Welsh side were . ’ |
| 60 | ‘ The forwards did go well , but you have to wonder just how good the Welsh side were ’ Jim Telfer |