Example sentences of "did [adv] do [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I wrote it down but I c I did only do that for the Christmas Fair .
2 Israel 's great sin was n't that it did not do good things — but that it did not obey the Law , the Torah .
3 But they did not do much more than that .
4 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 .
5 In 1887 Peach and Horne did not do much field work as the former had sciatica and the latter suffered from what was described as inflammation .
6 While writers simply reflected people 's greater knowledge of the colonies and did not do much to increase it , the churches made quite substantial efforts to keep in touch across the Atlantic .
7 In these areas Gloucester 's appointment in 1480 as the king 's lieutenant in the north did not do much more than recognize existing realities .
8 The pipes had frozen and the tiny electric fire did not do much good .
9 Increasing the cost of bricks , timber and glass did not do much to lift the housing standards of the poor .
10 In these areas Gloucester 's appointment in 1480 as the king 's lieutenant in the north did not do much more than recognize existing realities .
11 Even British participation in the new South East Asian Treaty Organization ( SEATO ) , formed in September 1954 , did not do much to reassure Washington .
12 There were Christmas trees in all the windows except Doris 's and everyone was probably at home , though most people did not do much on the Eve .
13 TWO academics , who clearly did not do much of their research in the North-East , have written a book called Bad Language .
14 The resonance of this fine building did not do much for the choir 's inaccurate diction , but made amends by enriching the gracious stone quality of the singing in Haydn 's Little Organ Mass and Faure 's Requiem .
15 The pilot did not do much to soften the trip .
16 He did not do that any more .
17 The nursing staff definitely did not do that .
18 ‘ She did not do that , Headmistress ! ’
19 You simply did not do that sort of thing to men like Luke Denner !
20 Women did not do that kind of thing , even in cosmopolitan Cairo .
21 In this case Dr Lusman did not do that and he took the sample by using his finger and a spatula , in what you might call a blind manner , and doing it by feeling .
22 Zuwaya said they should not watch television together ; sons should not smoke in their father 's presence , nor try to wheedle or coax money from them ; and mostly they did not do those things .
23 In addition no child would be admitted at 11 unless his parents undertook to keep him at school until 18 ( though presumably the schools would have the right to throw out children who proved unsuitable , or who did not do enough work ) .
24 The family member will say that these things should help , that they are only part of normal family commitment and civilised behaviour and that , if he or she did not do these things , then the primary sufferer might die .
25 Charles Boag-Thomson , QC , for the father , said to the girl : ‘ Daddy tells me he is very upset because he did not do these things . ’
26 But er it did not do bad , got a fair good picture with it .
27 One after the other was called to report why he had not been to the police court for a long period , and threatened that if he did not do more work in the future he would lose pay .
28 Peter Dray , testing and commissioning engineer : ‘ Manifested all problems produced by BR reorganisation ; less than happy ’ with his job , as shown by performance in days up to and including November 27 ; despite having facilities , time and assistance for an independent wire count of Hemingway 's work , did not do this — far from being ‘ the last defence ’ , was no defence at all .
29 It is that if governments did not do this kind of thing the probability of their interfering in the workings of the market economy would a that much greater .
30 But Jim did not do this .
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