Example sentences of "did [verb] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did rush eternal through the darkling space , |
| 2 | This definition was not carried forward into the later Acts , although both the Act of 1979 and the current Act did reproduce some of the provisions regarding depositors which were contained in the Act of 1963 . |
| 3 | For these reasons — their pattern of settlement , the ease , low cost and low risk of meeting obligations — Zuwaya were able to still think of themselves as nomads : they were wrong , but from time to time they could and did regard some of their social arrangements as unchanging , inert . |
| 4 | W that bit we gave up after the First World War but we made er we did make some of these er patented things that they had in the Second World War . |
| 5 | As these young people were already disturbed these factors can not be claimed to have predated disturbed behaviour , but they did exist prior to the appearance of psychotic-like disorders . |
| 6 | We did cover some of it . |
| 7 | However , Dr Clarke adds that the secretary of one defence body ‘ did qualify this by stating that doctors may be questioned very closely about their reasons for not taking a patient 's temperature and , taken with other factors , this may swing a decision for disciplinary proceedings against the doctor ’ . |
| 8 | Some did fall foul of the constables on a Saturday night . |
| 9 | Maybe I did fall asleep for a moment or two when I shut my eyes hoping to enter my dream again . |
| 10 | I never did know much about Shakespeare . ’ |
| 11 | Yes , McAllister did know all about pelvises , but had the sense not to spark back at him that , of course , she did know to what he was referring . |
| 12 | Dear Boy , It must be very difficult for you sometimes I expect not having anyone and having to do all the shopping and cooking for yourself I know that when I was working I certainly could not have managed on my own , coming home tired and then making dinner your own dinner and then going upstairs to do some more work , what sort of life is that , though I know all about that because of course I did do that for three years almost , and I know how much happier I was when I knew there was someone waiting for me and having the dinner ready and keeping the house clean and all those things , or perhaps you people do n't think those things are important . |
| 13 | She did not do much for the female stereotype , but she did do away with the idea that you can not have a woman as boss . |
| 14 | I did do some of that |
| 15 | I think you did send this in intending it to be a postal application Mr ? |
| 16 | I did confirm that with with Steve our Legal Officer but there is still a proposed saving on the table of two hundred and fifty thousand pounds . |
| 17 | I would n't say it was a particularly woman-centred experience but I did feel confident in the skills of the midwives and the doctors and knew that there were all the necessary facilities should anything go wrong . |
| 18 | I had to admit , I did feel good for a moment or two psychologically speaking , but when I stood up to finish tidying my room I began to feel rather ashamed , even though no one had been here to see me or hear me . |
| 19 | Breeze did n't worry about the shoes , because she knew Felicity could get plenty more ; but she did feel sorry for the feet inside them . |
| 20 | I did n't much like it , mice and such like have always given me the creeps , but I did feel sorry for it being shut up . |
| 21 | She was killing two birds with one stone , she thought cheerfully : she really did feel sorry for Veronica , and keeping in touch was the only way she 'd find out more about the woman 's relationship with her husband . |
| 22 | But I did feel sorry for the man who was trying to get out cos he must have been in there for ages . |
| 23 | Some people did feel guilty about having called the police and having stopped the upsurge . |
| 24 | It was awful , because although I 'd worn the dress all day , and stuck up for myself , I did feel bad about it ; they made me feel bad , sort of guilty , as if I was showing off my body . |
| 25 | ‘ We did feel concerned at first , but we have since been reassured that the chances of Andrew catching TB are extremely remote , ’ said Mr Morrison . |
| 26 | In fact two thousand leaflets were sent out so we actually tried quite hard but we , we did exclude some of the people who should have been leafleted . |
| 27 | But the position did become clearer in various respects ; and the problems and disputes which arose were seldom so acute or threatening as they had sometimes been in the past . |
| 28 | In the case of the sociological positivists , this reluctance applied even when they did become involved in the analysis of the operation of penal institutions — when the ‘ sociology of the prison blossomed in the 1950s and 1960s . |
| 29 | It is clear that if Hastings did become disenchanted with his erstwhile ally , the split did not develop until later and therefore , presumably , for other reasons . |
| 30 | It is clear that if Hastings did become disenchanted with his erstwhile ally , the split did not develop until later and therefore , presumably , for other reasons . |