Example sentences of "did [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But fortunately there would be no embarrassment : when Megan did eventually mention Hugh Templar , it was in passing , and with respect , along with John Wyndham and Arthur C. Clarke and Ursula le Guin . |
| 2 | He did eventually change things , but by then it was too late . |
| 3 | It indicates that a real change did eventually take place after all , in so far as freedom of information and the inappropriateness of direct consultation without public mediation eventually became accepted as something which , at worst , had to be risked and something which , at best , formed an essential task of the construction of a Christian conscience in a Christian society . |
| 4 | Sighvat 's poem is known to be incomplete , but surviving verses do not mention the battle , and Ottar the Black 's Knútsdrápa says that Cnut opposed or threw back ( hnekDir ) the Swedes there , and describes him as their withstander ( prengvir ) , neither of which is resonant of overwhelming victory , Indeed , if Holy River was known only from the Chronicle entry one would think it a defeat , but Ottar is unlikely to have included a famous reverse in a list of Cnut 's achievements , and the royal title used in the 1027 Letter ( see below ) suggests that he did eventually claim suzerainty over some Swedes . |
| 5 | It hardly matters whether either of these stories is true , we know that cork was available , although not in France , and that Dom Pérignon did eventually use cork-stoppers for his wines , as corked bottles were dug up at Hautvillers when Moët & Chandon renovated the abbey in the late 1970s during its operations to turn it into a museum . |
| 6 | Although the police did successfully charge fascists for this crime after 1936 the punishment was often derisory , and police interpretation of the law was often inconsistent . |
| 7 | Cherishing port as a special occasion drink was certainly flattering , but it did rather inhibit sales . |
| 8 | But in full moonlight on a deserted promenade you did rather attract attention . |
| 9 | ‘ did especially appoint John de Metingham ( then Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas ) and the rest of his fellow justices … that they , according to their discretions , should provide and ordain , from every county , certain attorneys and lawyers , of the best and most apt for their learning and skill , who might do service to his court and people ; and that those so chosen only and no other , should follow his court and transact the affairs therein ; the said King and his council then deeming the number of seven score to be sufficient for that employment ; but it was left to the discretion of the said justices , to add to that number , or diminish , as they should see fit : ’ |
| 10 | He did apparently display signs of hypochondria , however — Herbert Read remembered how he was " addicted to pills and potions " and , according to another friend , he kept a variety of pills in his lower waistcoat pocket — but hypochondria , if such it was , was only one aspect of a larger nervous disposition . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't know how else to shake you out of your melancholy — and I did so want Hilary back . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I did so want Isabel to come , too . |
| 13 | However , RENFE , like BR , did greatly reduce staff from the 1960s , largely as a result of technological modernization ( see ch. 5 ) . |
| 14 | Halifax was a snob ; was not a true democrat ; did ludicrously misunderstand Hitler ; and dithered when decisiveness was needed most . |
| 15 | A formal acknowledgement of the independence of Korea signified the end of Chinese domination there , but did not clarify Japan 's position in the country . |
| 16 | Early in the year , SCS could report a record quarter for increases in sales , capital and membership , reflecting a picture of growth over the year that did not dispel fears of the adverse influence of political involvement on trade . |
| 17 | The dismissal of the Foreign Minister Argaña in July for publicly stating that the ruling Colorado Party would never give up power [ see p. 37651 ] did not dispel fears that the government 's undertaking to hold free elections in 1993 would be broken by his " stronista " ( Stroessnorist ) wing of the Colorado Party . |
| 18 | This did not dispel rumours , however , that the resignation was part of an effort to clean up the image of the justice system . |
| 19 | In these circumstances perhaps , they did not reinterpret history in each passing generation : experience of the relationship did not produce contestatory reformulations of knowledge . |
| 20 | But the commission accepts that since the simple offence would cover deliberate foolishness which caused cost and inconvenience but which did not damage property or seek dishonest gain , the penalty should be modest and limited to a maximum of three months ' imprisonment . |
| 21 | Frequently , the scientific understanding needed for the progress he wanted to make was not available to him and the work he began did not bear fruit until after his death . |
| 22 | His comparisons with the city technology colleges did not bear water . |
| 23 | The material did not bear scrutiny . |
| 24 | But the laboratory 's report pointed out that the sample flask did not bear Yates 's signature , casting doubt on its authenticity . |
| 25 | What was worse , within minutes people would be walking all over her back-breaking work — it did not bear thinking of . |
| 26 | Treatment of effector cells with IFN-γ did not enhance ADCC activity . |
| 27 | Dr Shankar admitted he did not give Alison a drug to counteract the possible effect on her heart . |
| 28 | The arrogant princess refused to talk in English and Corbett had to use all his skill in French to conduct a conversation whilst ensuring he did not give offence . |
| 29 | Would we say that Uruguay was not neutral unless the help that it could have and did not give Ethiopia was equal to the help that it could have and did not give Somalia ? |
| 30 | He came calling for Europe to work towards economic integration to ensure that the democratic hopes of people in the East did not give way to an opposite undertow of disillusion . |