Example sentences of "did the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We believe , as did the Ancient Greeks who originated the word ‘ aristocracy ’ , that every man with the right attitude and talents , regardless of birth or riches , has a capacity of reaching … that status in its true sense . ’
2 Why did the ancient replicators club together to make , and reside in , lumbering robots , and why are those robots — individual bodies , you and me — so large and so complicated ?
3 So I did the logical thing — for a gambler , that is .
4 Ian Somerville did the electrical system .
5 Geisler advised Mitchum against accepting the invitation , as did the other defendants ' lawyers .
6 I deserted the play , as did the other actors on stage , and leapt into the audience .
7 ‘ You did the other things for me . ’
8 If only you were aware of we did the other things
9 How did the other women feel about women who had abortions at the , at ?
10 Nor did the other women seem to be responding quite as she expected .
11 The settlement connects with other forms of extension in that it did have an educational aim , but , like Oxford House ( another settlement or " mission " set up in the East End in 1884 ) , it usefully illustrates new initiatives for the renewal of forms of leadership and patterns for social administration upon which the elevation of English largely depended , Barnett saw Toynbee Hall as the potential centre for an east London university ; in fact it became , as did the other settlements and extension classes , a centre for members of the middle class .
12 They also liked it — as did the other villages — for the spiteful inter-village competitiveness that lay under the seemingly innocent accounts of the Snead Women 's Institute going on an Easter outing to Weston-super-Mare , while the Quindale branch could only muster a local dried-flower expert whose crisp and solid arrangements , adorned with bows of florist 's ribbon , they could all have recognized in their sleep .
13 More than she did the other army wives .
14 He decided to consult Mr Dixon , his English teacher , who was also his counsellor and , therefore , knew more about him than did the other teachers .
15 Not once did the other man interrupt the litany , and it was only when a rapping on the door , announcing Chant 's return , interrupted the flow that Estabrook remembered there was anyone else alive in the world tonight beside himself and his confessor .
16 Selden could not choose to live anywhere else , but why did the other man live in such conditions ?
17 Did I tell you what he did the other day , by the way ?
18 If I keep , keep hitting it like I did the other day when my brother was there me thumb and that , oh boy !
19 Now one of the major issues that we 're concerned about of course is the overtime erm which is , if you review the last three months of the overtime which we did the other day , erm we obviously , we spent the annual budget erm allowance .
20 Please do not do er what a young man did the other day went to his house , he was the victim of a burglary , he very proudly announced that he 'd fitted one of these locks to his front door when we saw how he 'd fitted it , he 'd actually chiselled out the majority of the side of his door in and filled it up with Polyfilla !
21 Well I did the other day did n't I ?
22 Hey that thing you did the other day , did you did you put it
23 Did the other eunuchs accept you ? ’
24 And so it did the other night , when I heard two undergrads , giving a list of pleasures which were ( a ) Nazi , ( b ) leading to homosexuality .
25 ‘ Dermot did the other night , ’ said Celia righteously .
26 It is all about those poor girls who behave as Rose did the other night , and suggests that a decent wage might prevent them from indulging in such conduct . ’
27 ‘ Well , he did the other night , ’ Candy pointed out with ruthless candour .
28 Well he did the other night did n't he ?
29 ‘ The fellow who stayed with me went back and so did the other squire .
30 January 1917 — Sergeant Denis O'Neil was promoted to Captain , Buffalo Bill died but the USA knew a boom year — so did the other O'Neil brothers even if Rico d'Agostino was proving a bit of a nuisance in trying to buy them out .
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