Example sentences of "the [noun pl] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only briefly at the end of the 1960s and again in the mid-1970s did average earnings rise significantly above the all-industry average . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Moreover , a few years later , the Burgundians did provide troops to fight against Attila at the Catalaunian Plains . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If the courts did throw out a case that you 'd dealt with , you stood a chance of being sued over it . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 " . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | A Council of Representatives of People 's Deputies , consisting of 20 representatives from each republic , would have been the interim parliamentary body ; the proposals did envisage , however , a State Council and an Economic Committee as passed in the final resolution . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , both Weber and the interactionists did think it was possible to produce causal explanations of human behaviour so long as an understanding of meanings formed part of those explanations . |
| 14 | It seemed that both incomers and Shetlanders presumed that the researchers did have a clearcut image of conflict in the area and that they were just fiddling about trying to show it , rather than attempting to do something about it ( e.g. putting the incomers somewhere else , helping out the incomers for once , etc . ) . |
| 15 | In their conclusions the researchers did warn , however , that the samples they studied were small and that they could not say anything about the long-term effects of increased exposure to ultraviolet radiation . |
| 16 | Interestingly enough , the researchers did notice a link between the foods the mother ate and her baby 's symptoms . |
| 17 | The researchers did find that volcanic eruptions encourage the destruction of stratospheric ozone by providing a profusion of aerosol particles , which act as catalysts for the reactions that destroy ozone . |
| 18 | The authorities did seek reserve powers by making all land subject to compulsory purchase , although they intended to leave most of it in the developers ' hands . |
| 19 | Then the cops did do something but I do n't know if it was a tip-off or dumb luck : they raided some farmhouse up in Tuscany and found her still alive . |
| 20 | When the visas did come through they were dated 5 September . |
| 21 | The stains on the steps did look remarkably like blood . |
| 22 | to erm the hospitals and erm they would appar , I might be wro , I 'm sure this is the way she explained it to me cos one of the girls in the branches did explain it to me once , and they said they have a choice of joints , like the doctor would say er |
| 23 | The powerful London Society of Compositors managed to see that women were on the whole excluded from the capital , even if some employers who had moved to the provinces did employ women . |
| 24 | After the war , of course , the superpowers did move in to set Europe to rights . |
| 25 | If any of the beaters did incur his wrath , they were sent home . |
| 26 | Again , this presumption can be rebutted by evidence showing a contrary intention viz. the parties did want to make an enforceable contract , notwithstanding the domestic or social environment . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , the parties did undergo some transformation as they adapted to a changing political climate . |
| 28 | For an instance where one of the parties did object to the principle , see Chelsea Man plc v Vivat Holdings plc ( 1989 ) unreported , Court of Appeal , 24 August discussed at 13.8.2 : and for two examples of how an expert dealt with points of law , see 13.8.3 . |
| 29 | When the dark-blues did turn up the fun started but as expected the Cambridge crew were carrying far more weight . |
| 30 | But this one currently doing the rounds did make us chuckle : |