Example sentences of "did [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it did explain a lot , especially how Stubbly had managed to keep the Mimosa trouble-free over the years . |
| 2 | But the Irish Under-25 and Open singles champion did earn a place in the record books . |
| 3 | where they did build a school for them you see . |
| 4 | Neither programme really effected any change in the course of events , but they did build a sense of trust in those who might one day use us to bear public witness against the Godfathers of terrorism . |
| 5 | cook my dinner , ooh he did deliver a bacon casserole , mm , it 's hot is n't it ? |
| 6 | If the lecturer to be deleted is the only one that reports to a particular senior lecturer , then the information that the senior lecturer did supervise a lecturer is lost if the lecturer record is deleted . |
| 7 | He did paint a kind of rosy picture , did n't he ? |
| 8 | He did paint a number of portraits , but a painting of a piebald pony in the window of his studio was so lifelike that people started to ask him to paint animals . |
| 9 | However , I did make a slip , which Mr Summers points out : total government revenue is about £40m , of which fisheries licence revenue is £25m . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think you did make a mistake , ’ Ruth told him with resignation . |
| 11 | I did make a bit of fuss about it and the nurse told me to stop moaning . |
| 12 | Her Majesty 's dogs did make a bit of a dent in the corgi image when one of them bit the Queen 's hand during a fight last year , but like King Charles the second and his spaniels , the Queen is inseparable from her corgis . |
| 13 | He took part in the Fifth Comintern ( June — July 1924 ) where he did make a mark . |
| 14 | ‘ We did make a £3 million offer to Sheffield United for Brian Deane , but they were n't interested . |
| 15 | I did make a note by the way for that . |
| 16 | He did make a visit to Rangoon , either in December 1945 or January 1946 , when he called on the Governor who noted on a draft ‘ Nu snubbed ’ . |
| 17 | It is probable that Sheffield did make a start , for a fresh lease was issued to him on 5 December 1806 for the remaining 18 years of his term by Lady Anne Frederica Elizabeth le Fleming — Sir Michael had died . |
| 18 | The revenue figure is 20% down on 1991 and the company revealed it did make a loss last year , though the size was not disclosed . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , the Spanish Civil War did make a difference for the conference condemned the non-intervention policy adopted by the major powers , for it was being flouted by Italians , Germans and Russians , and recommended that the Spanish republican government should be allowed to buy arms . |
| 20 | But I did make it and the colour did make a difference in a way I did n't expect . |
| 21 | But it did make a difference — she realized that in the long hours she lay awake thinking about it . |
| 22 | They found that , although it did make a difference in a few cases , most babies got enough iron from solid food to make up for any loss through drinking cow 's milk . |
| 23 | I would like to acknowledge Norman 's excellence because the Garrick was sort of stuck in the past for a long time box set imitation stuff and Norman has sort of revitalized it made it extremely professional and it really did make a difference to the performances and I 'd like |
| 24 | None the less , the South Western Board was clearly in financial difficulties , and in 1954 the Central Authority did make a subvention of £250000 from central reserves , with the possibility of further help five years later , hoping that the Board would now make reasonable charges to its consumers to cover expenditure . |
| 25 | It is true to say Dad did make a lot of money when , for a year or two during World War I , he had his own little factory and a War Department contract for uniforms . |
| 26 | Dave did make a cameo appearance in his kayak to run it but quickly reverted back to the raft . |
| 27 | ‘ I really did want a femur ’ , he said . |
| 28 | If most members did want a director general for the Institute , then their wishes should obviously prevail . |
| 29 | Yeah he was taken to the army from the Grammar School in Holyhead and I did want a car when he came home . |
| 30 | It will be recalled from Chapter 6 that Friedman , while denying any lasting relationship between inflation and unemployment , nevertheless insisted that there did exist a relationship between unanticipated inflation and unemployment . |