Example sentences of "but [det] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that did mean she was also between me and Prentice , who was hovering trying to cut off my retreat as well , so maybe it 's true what they say about every silver lining having a cloud . |
| 2 | Jesus had been , with his disciples and he had spent the whole day in teaching and preaching to the people , he 'd been explaining to them what the kingdom of God was like , he 'd been telling them some of the parables that perhaps we 're familiar with , he 'd been telling them about the parable of the sewer and the seed , the man who went out and he sewed his seed and different things went wrong birds came and picked up the stuff that fell by the wayside , some fell on stony ground and it could n't put down any roots , some fell amongst thorns and they were quickly choked , but some did fall in good prepared soil and that grew . |
| 3 | At the same time , welfare benefits were increased but this did produce complaints about ‘ idlers ’ and ‘ scroungers ’ , across-the-board welfare payments were becoming increasingly expensive and some Labour Party members began to press for more selective methods of eliminating poverty . |
| 4 | In fact , only 154 cars were treated thus , but these did include four ex-Croydon cars . |
| 5 | Linebaugh 's list is not confined to the putting-out trades , but these did allow a special facility . |