Example sentences of "but it did [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She got a handkerchief from somewhere , and wiped herself , but it did little good . |
| 2 | He had been carrying his umbrella but it did little to protect him . |
| 3 | The singing , the pomp and the pageantry may have galvanised Welsh emotions , but it did little for their skills or tactical awareness . |
| 4 | Edward 's diplomatic achievement in Flanders was substantial , but it did little immediately to improve his position . |
| 5 | This may have prevented some children of artisans falling into poverty as a result of the decline of skilled occupations , but it did little for the lowest stratum who were always the most vulnerable to severe poverty . |
| 6 | The heating was on inside the car but it did little to drive out the chill that seemed to have settled in her bones . |
| 7 | Fran jerked her arm away but it did little to loosen the crushing grip of his powerful fingers . |
| 8 | It must be an a , because he , he , he , he said he 'd got chance of one but it did whacking great six inch er sixteen inch wheels on ! |
| 9 | Perhaps it was in deference to her sensibilities that he had slipped on a robe , but it did less to conceal the perfection of his body than to hint tantalisingly at it . |
| 10 | The action of the Parliamentary Party was very embarrassing for the Labour Ministers , who of course could not join their colleagues in the opposition lobby ; but it did more than anything else in wartime to identify the Labour Party with the widespread popular desire for social reform in the post-war world . |