Example sentences of "did it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Realpolitik of Berlin detached the definition of the new Germany from Germanism — it did not include all Germans nor did it exclude non-Germans .
2 Ooh did it go bang on your foot ?
3 Did it go bonk ?
4 We simply did it to amuse people .
5 Did it show Scotland first ?
6 But did it hold menace or magic ?
7 In contrast to these reductions in the rate of stroke , the effect on heart attacks was much less : only in the systolic hypertension in the elderly programme did it achieve significance .
8 Not only did it give prestige and add a sense of urgency to an undertaking , it also exerted the pressure of old feudal practice upon vassals to join their lord in person .
9 Nor , critics pointed out , did it give blacks automatic access to home ownership in previously white areas .
10 As inspirational pronouncement rather than an operational blueprint , not only did it give expression to and authority for the idea that a fairer , juster society should be created , as the inalienable rights of man required ; but more , it asserted that thanks to machinery powered by steam it could be .
11 All very well , but did it mean Ferdinando would be taken with them , together with Annunciata ?
12 Nor did it threaten London 's long-term position among the world 's main financial centres .
13 Quite how they ( and others ) did it defeats Mr Foster .
14 The package itself did not control the line , nor did it tell operators and management what action to take when things went wrong .
15 Did it upset people or ?
16 And did it make sense ?
17 What sort of a person did it make Alain when he would behave like that because he had suffered a frustrating evening .
18 He argued that the public did not stand at the box-office window and demand dramas with happy endings or which mixed pathos and humour , nor did it demand comedy made up of ‘ slapstick ’ , ‘ gags ’ with ‘ three or so dashes of serious situation and a bit of irony to top off ’ .
19 So er and ripped off some letters blah blah blah , so that 's ongoing , you know it 's going to be replaced and the er people who did it admitted liability and so forth .
20 She did it last time , and she did it again . ’
21 My input over there together with erm who did it last time ? erm Norfolk and Stafford the A L O from Norfolk and Stafford erm whatsisname from Stafford so I mean I ca n't see why we ca n't
22 I did it last time .
23 But not this last time cos Rose did it last time .
24 They watching , they watch like a hawk , cos remember I did it last , I did I did it last time , this is yonks ago .
25 They did it last spring when it was warm , when it got warm too early
26 English department did it last term .
27 How did it feel Jenny asking a load of questions ?
28 Did it pass resolutions to spend more money and get itself organised to ensure that the police could run themselves properly ?
29 Nor did it allow families to get the car very close to the house as they preferred to do .
30 Why did it allow nomads to raid land-trains , and scumniks to raid techs , and upper-hab brats to descend wreaking wanton mischief ?
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