Example sentences of "it did [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it did benefit certain social classes in certain areas . |
| 2 | She must of turns her , hers up full cos it did go cold did n't it I mean , outside ? |
| 3 | I know that , I mean , er , we what Paul said , is basically that , we could have problems , if it , if it did go wrong . |
| 4 | But it did give considerable encouragement to the growth of services , particularly community services , and to the improvement of public understanding of the problems of mental disorder , and it was , accordingly , widely welcomed . |
| 5 | It did feel strange , but I rather liked the idea . |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose in a way that 's what it did feel like . |
| 7 | But it did feel peaceful , as though , even shielded against him , she could feel the aura of happiness that surrounded him … . |
| 8 | It did feel wonderful . |
| 9 | What it did make possible was stalemate ; and that was what happened in the 1540s . |
| 10 | I never had a lot to do with the pig 's head , but it did make lovely potted meat . |
| 11 | It did show excellent character to bounce back from the start … one plus point from the first half . |
| 12 | It 's all a long way from those bit-parts and Lynda 's delighted to be making her mark — even if it did mean changing career . |
| 13 | Although the Chicago conference failed to resolve the basic difference in viewpoint between Britain and the USA , it did produce significant achievements . |
| 14 | In addition , whether or not one had attended a catholic school may have had little effect on sexual values or mass attendance but it did increase catholic activism and racial tolerance ( Greeley , McCready , and McCourt 1976 ) . |
| 15 | It did prove suitable for the Mitcham route and in due course three more were acquired . |
| 16 | But it did cultivate good will . " |
| 17 | Ascot 's Cesarewitch trial did n't provide many clues for Newmarket , but it did cause top jockeys Pat Eddery and Michael Roberts some anxious moments . |
| 18 | It did look nice polished . |
| 19 | It did look good from the outside , even at this time of the year , an eighteenth-century fenland cottage , half-timbered and thatch-roofed , originally built as a home for the man who worked the sluice gates . |
| 20 | It did look fabulous , Belinda decided firmly , even though she did n't quite know if that person in the mirror was herself or a professional model . |
| 21 | its all just grey , loads of grey in it and it did n't look streaked , it did look natural . |
| 22 | and it did come true , cos when I was in the room there I could hear |
| 23 | The idea of its hurting or not hurting had n't occurred to me before , but now he mentioned it , it did seem preferable that it should n't . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 25 | He replied that it did seem strange to him too , but that at every stage God — as far as they could discern — had opened the way to do this . |
| 26 | Camille had to agree that it did seem preposterous that anybody they had known should be dead . |
| 27 | It was difficult to tell at that point how many people in the department wanted to be included , but it did seem likely that some would . |
| 28 | When it did become available , it was possible to repeat some of the earlier investigations with the CED and OALD using the larger sample size that was recommended , and to include the LDOCE as a further choice of dictionary . |
| 29 | Well it did get squashed . |
| 30 | However , studies also showed that if bombing was accompanied by evacuation and the destruction of family ties it did induce emotional problems ; this dual verdict was stressed by the Board of Education after the war , having reviewed the evidence from child guidance clinics . |