Example sentences of "did [pron] [adv] come " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did you not come away thinking that the urban development challenge of the century adds to little more than opportunistic chaos — an architectural circus — with a sprinkling of postmodern gimmicks , the ghastly mega-lumps of Canary Wharf and a fairground train to get you there ? ’ |
| 2 | Instead , he had hardly begun before he was embraced by a Brahmin woman and was asked , ‘ Why did you not come sooner ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ My child , why did you not come back to your home ? ’ |
| 4 | He strode to her , eyes blazing , and shouted , ‘ Why did you specifically come to see me the minute you found out I had my own investment bank ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Did you really come just to see me ? ’ |
| 6 | Did you ever come across him ? ’ |
| 7 | How many of , erm , did you ever come across a house with only one socket in a living room ? |
| 8 | ‘ Did she ever come here ? ’ |
| 9 | And and was i how did you work it , was it like a certain amount of men per lorry or did they just come in convoy ? |
| 10 | After the end of the First World War and when the motor car came in did they still come along on horses ? |
| 11 | Did they ever come close ? |
| 12 | Not Bernard , oh no , did they ever come back to you ? |
| 13 | Did it just come on all of a sudden ? |
| 14 | Erm I know he 's not seen anyone for thirteen years but did , did it just come through the post , sign here , send it back |
| 15 | God , she thought , how did it ever come to this ? |
| 16 | it came , it did it almost came to a halt again and it could 've been dangerous as well you , children in the back , two children in the back ! |
| 17 | ‘ If he reached the manor , why did he not come back to look for his master ? |
| 18 | If he is so concerned , why did he not come and talk to us ? ’ |
| 19 | Did he ever come not merely to see as a possibility but actually to possess a conviction of what can be called the benign indifference of the universe ? |
| 20 | ‘ Did he never come to the Tabard again ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ When her husband left , did anyone else come to live with her ? ’ |
| 22 | Did anyone else come round the streets selling things ? |