Example sentences of "but it [adv] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this not only removed local accountability ( the original motive for introducing the new system ) but it also did not affect many areas of the country which were faced with high community charges . |
| 2 | I tried to start a blues band , but it just did not work . |
| 3 | Nick Thompson , a 28-year-old mechanic of Morpeth , said : ‘ The idea was quite good but it just did n't come off . ’ |
| 4 | But it just did n't go right . |
| 5 | But it just did n't seem to be a time when you could er get an entry . |
| 6 | What else they saw in and near the city they did not record , but it evidently did not include on this occasion the famous caverns at Wookey Hole . |
| 7 | Not all the time , of course , but it honestly did n't cross my mind until the police had finished questioning me and then the moment did n't seem opportune . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm afraid so , but it probably did n't last long and he may not have cried out . |
| 9 | She herself had not yet fully recovered from the trauma of those moments in the lift , but it probably did n't matter . |
| 10 | But it probably did . |
| 11 | I tried this on from various directions , but it still did n't make sense . |
| 12 | He pushed again , but it still did n't give . |
| 13 | Tennis may have brought him fame and fortune , but it still did n't bring happiness to Boris Becker . |
| 14 | By lunchtime the department was manic and the pace relentless but it still did not stop the old man who brought back a kettle complaining it did not work . |
| 15 | But it still did n't stop me having a perfectly valid opinion on the parlous state of contemporary kits . |
| 16 | Not that the Roman aristocracy did n't look after the people who worked for them — though people nowadays do n't like it when you say so — servants did n't sleep the way they did in Tsarist Russia or at Versailles before the revolution , but it still did n't seem good enough to Anna — I told you she was American ? — so Mena always had a nice room of her own ; later on too , at Brown 's Hotel . |
| 17 | I 've tried that chewing gum you get but it still did n't stop me . |
| 18 | ‘ That pulled us out of trading losses , but it still did n't really get us into a healthy trading position , ’ Tony Harrison recalls . |
| 19 | I thought then I 'd be able to use it as an airing cupboard but it still did n't work but it 's like you said it 's because it 's got such a good |
| 20 | Oh it was in a right mess , but it still did n't come out |
| 21 | The overhead lighting did n't suit anyone but it certainly did n't flatter Mick O'Neil . |
| 22 | The Gulf War may have been responsible for the postponement of the finals of the Head/Isrotel/Tennis World tournament , which were due to be staged at the end of 1990 , for one year , but it certainly did n't dampen the enjoyment of the 12 regional winners who eventually took off for Eliat at the end of November 1991 . |
| 23 | I do n't know who or what Wide Awake heard during that week but it certainly did n't originate in the Lower Ormeau . |
| 24 | It was supposed to look like they were wearing epaulettes but it never did . |
| 25 | Many a time I had the hand-brush and so did my brothers and sisters but it never did us any harm . |
| 26 | The Corporate Finance Department of the licensed dealer pushing the stock , could arguably have alerted the dealing room earlier but it never did . |
| 27 | But it never did . |
| 28 | But it never did . |
| 29 | But it never did it any good they never got to run their own economy . |
| 30 | But it really did n't matter . |