Example sentences of "it did [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poor would at least have a common school with the advantaged in society , enjoy a common programme and though this in itself did not mark equality of outcomes it did secure equality of access . |
| 2 | Skyways , set in and around an international airport , may well have been ‘ pretty dreadful ’ but it did bring Kylie into contact with a promising young actor who years later was to take centre stage in her life . |
| 3 | Therefore , these two speeches sum up the difference between Brutus and Cassius : Brutus works unselfishly and nobly for the good of the people of Rome , disregarding personal cost ( for it did cost Brutus a lot to kill Caesar ) , while Cassius is jealous of Caesar 's great power and begins the conspiracy with hopes of gaining more prestige and power for himself . |
| 4 | The hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) recently said to the House , rather chillingly , that if Labour were re-elected it would treat the national health service as it did last time . |
| 5 | Although the company ended the year with net debt of £94m and gearing of 35% , it did generate £240m cash from operations . |
| 6 | Although the company ended the year with net debt of £94m and gearing of 35% , it did generate £240m cash from operations . |
| 7 | Such a project was tried in Wales and though it did identify cases , logistical difficulties in community health care made the rate of detection unacceptably low . |
| 8 | Yes I think th that , that er it did give , it did , it did give opportunities , but I mean it 's not a , it 's not an enormously major erm part of our overall Lazard business . |
| 9 | But it is pure silk encrusted with sequins and it did give Yul Brynner a regal air when he wore it in The King And I in 1956 . |
| 10 | At one time it did displace crime . |
| 11 | It took no more time to produce the gas by the new method than it did using metals and acids . |
| 12 | Hence Juice was probably not as big a box-office success as it might have been , although it did make money . |
| 13 | ‘ It did make Morrissey and Burns look like Hinge and Brackett , ’ he admitted . |
| 14 | ‘ It did make sense , but if Alan 's in the dark then it does n't . |
| 15 | It was an ever increasing thing that blew up because it got a little too big , but it did make David a star and he has dealt with it really well , and is a man who does wonderful work . |
| 16 | Although the eventual Report addressed general principles rather than specific disciplinary practices , it did reiterate Reid 's point that the " financial dependence " of the universities made the direction of their development a matter of public interest . |
| 17 | However , it did draw attention to an important point that seemed to have eluded positivist correctionalism : crime does not have a blanket , objective status that enables us automatically to be against it regardless of what ‘ it ’ is . |
| 18 | It did show Scotland first |
| 19 | It did show Goreng what all Danuese thought , deep down . |
| 20 | In some cases , it did produce dependence and servility . |
| 21 | When Aubrey had accepted one of their many invitations to come on a lengthy visit , it did cross Harry 's mind that his resemblance to his sister might bring back painful memories , but although Aubrey had now been here over a week , he , Harry , had felt no desire to wish himself free of his engagement . |
| 22 | Hardly then , though it did cross Frederica 's mind that sex inhibited talk and that to be talked to by Alexander was a pleasure not readily to be forgone . |
| 23 | One did not use the word cocky of such as Paul Lane , but it did cross Coffin 's mind , if in no unfriendly spirit . |
| 24 | The ash-fall from a typical Vesuvian eruption rarely causes casualties , but it did cause problems during the most recent eruption in 1944 , when Allied airfields in the Naples area were carpeted with ash , making the runways temporarily unusable , and gritty particles found their way into the air intakes of aircraft flying in the area . |
| 25 | So , while growth of the welfare state hardly loosened the compulsion on workers to work , it did undermine dependence on any particular employer and provided an additional source of conflict , in the course of which such greater independence could be exercised . |
| 26 | It was still fulfilling its traditional functions of looking after overseas governments and acting as a purchasing agency for them — and indeed it did administer World Bank and British Government overseas development loans . |
| 27 | While it was unable to gain the backing of L M Ericsson Telefon AB — which manufactures the Mobitex system , one of the two most-widely used wireless data networks — it did win RAM Mobile Data Inc , the New York company that operates Mobitex networks in several countries . |
| 28 | If it did seek revenge , the lady 's spirit certainly took its time . |
| 29 | I supposed that it did endorse part of Ewen Mackay 's story . |
| 30 | Which you might have already had actually , but it did say insert three . |