Example sentences of "did it [vb infin] [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 Did it show Scotland first ?
5 But did it hold menace or magic ?
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 Nor , critics pointed out , did it give blacks automatic access to home ownership in previously white areas .
9 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 .
10 All very well , but did it mean Ferdinando would be taken with them , together with Annunciata ?
11 Nor did it threaten London 's long-term position among the world 's main financial centres .
12 The package itself did not control the line , nor did it tell operators and management what action to take when things went wrong .
13 Did it upset people or ?
14 And did it make sense ?
15 What sort of a person did it make Alain when he would behave like that because he had suffered a frustrating evening .
16 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 ’ .
17 She did it last time , and she did it again . ’
18 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
19 I did it last time .
20 But not this last time cos Rose did it last time .
21 They watching , they watch like a hawk , cos remember I did it last , I did I did it last time , this is yonks ago .
22 They did it last spring when it was warm , when it got warm too early
23 English department did it last term .
24 How did it feel Jenny asking a load of questions ?
25 Did it pass resolutions to spend more money and get itself organised to ensure that the police could run themselves properly ?
26 Nor did it allow families to get the car very close to the house as they preferred to do .
27 Why did it allow nomads to raid land-trains , and scumniks to raid techs , and upper-hab brats to descend wreaking wanton mischief ?
28 Nor did it help Ford that many of his junior officers and a good third of his rankers had seen far more fighting then he had himself .
29 Nor did it need riots to provoke these swan-songs for the old traditions .
30 Back at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool , Nigel Lawson 's carefully worded oratory did little to satisfy those wanting Britain to become full members of the European Monetary System sooner rather than later , nor did it provide comfort for others claiming that interest rates had reached their zenith .
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