Example sentences of "and they [adv] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They wanted a dramatic ending where I kill off the central character and they also did n't like me making fun of the audience . |
| 2 | And although the guys knew each other pretty well , they did n't know they were each coming to me , and they also did n't know they were asking for essentially the same mods ! |
| 3 | The band was down below and then a loft , a long wooden just like a dance hall up above and they just did that and they just they had tables set and then they removed them for the dances . |
| 4 | At least they bloody started it and they just did n't fucking jump on the bandwagon like everybody else . |
| 5 | Herbert , a 22-year-old Reading University history student , said : ‘ I wanted them to be prepared to die for it — and they nearly did . ’ |
| 6 | The two figures have been kind of squelched together just as in , in Exodus there are two , sorry in erm in er Genesis there are two er Garden of Eden stories so they claim there are two Moses figures who have been erm as it were compounded together , but both of them says Freud were powerful religious leaders and they probably did give their followers moral principles , perhaps not exactly as we have but something very like it and so Freud is not sceptical about that . |
| 7 | To replace hierarchal pictures , the Enlightenment used many such images , and they often did tend to suggest some deeper kind of standardisation as the basis of equality . |
| 8 | It does little for the already low standing of politicians in the public esteem for Major to say effectively that they did not have plans to raise taxes then and they only did it because it was necessary . |
| 9 | she could n't afford it and they still did n't sell , them people kept her waiting and waiting |
| 10 | Many society members attended the Festival to watch the team performing , and they really did us proud as they moved rhythmically and gracefully through the Medau hoop-item — aptly named ‘ Whirlpools ’ — devised and produced by Jean , whose live piano music was enhanced by percussion from Margaret Charlwood . |
| 11 | Yeah , they had them come and fit their kitchen and they really did pay thousands of pounds for it , and erm , there was a chip erm , one of the units on the top and they , they just fitted it like it , and my , their dad called them back and said , look you know , I 'm paying thousands of pounds for this . |
| 12 | But they won a fair fight and they took a tremendous lot of trouble and they really did a very good campaign , there 's no question about that at all . |
| 13 | And they always did , no matter how rich they were ; no matter , come to that , if the wives were richer or bigger than the husbands . |
| 14 | They called at the station car park and they then did a circular of Alresford , raising around £62 . |
| 15 | Rhynchosaurs did not diversify — radiate — into so many different forms and niches as many other major groups of animals , but they are known from many parts of the world and they certainly did change and evolve with time . |
| 16 | I do not think those were happy times in Emerson 's marriage and they certainly did not enhance his general image in the sport . |
| 17 | ‘ Television rarely showed human casualties , and although over 200,000 Iraqi soldiers and civilians died , these statistics gained very little mention in the press , and they certainly did not penetrate the conscience of the rest of the world . |
| 18 | And they certainly did . ’ |
| 19 | In other words , Indian parents who could afford amniocentesis , the rich ones , wanted sons and they certainly did n't want daughters , because they aborted ninety five point five percent of the daughters but none of the sons , even when the sons were genetically defective . |
| 20 | But the lords of rail , mine and steel-mill can not really have expected to look paternally over their workers ' shoulders at all times , and they certainly did not do so . |
| 21 | I was in a cinema on whichever evening , Saturday evening , and they certainly did n't have that . |
| 22 | Best reckons there wo n't be much between the sides at Murrayfield , having been impressed by the Welsh commitment against his own team — ‘ We knew they would come at us , and they certainly did , though we should still have won ’ — while he has taken a liking to the revamped Scottish pack . |
| 23 | And they all did it apart from Chris who said urgh she always works us too hard ! |