Example sentences of "did it [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it did not institute systematic means of monitoring school curricula to check on whether or not inspectorate advice was being followed , nor did it devise systematic means for exerting pressure on schools to follow this advice . |
| 2 | Nor did it go unchallenged . |
| 3 | ‘ So why did it go wrong ? ’ she asked a little bitterly . |
| 4 | ‘ Why did it go wrong ? ’ |
| 5 | Or did it comment that out ? |
| 6 | When did it start eighty three |
| 7 | Did it rain heavy last night ? |
| 8 | Nor did it mean such a thing to any of the other administrators prominently associated with it . |
| 9 | Did it arrive complete with stripes when its ancestors moved north ? ( right ) . |
| 10 | Did it drop any other bombs or ? |
| 11 | Did it form any part of the Council 's ? |
| 12 | Did it make inessential demands on the teacher ? 12 . |
| 13 | Did it make more ? |
| 14 | Did it make more ? |
| 15 | And did it make any difference , theologically speaking , whether he knew or not ? |
| 16 | Or did it make any difference either way ? |
| 17 | " Did it make any difference to your light ? " |
| 18 | Never again did it match that apex of prosperity that it reached during the brief nine years that Shah Jehan ruled from the Red Fort . |
| 19 | Why — why — why ? she had asked herself over and over again , why did it end that way ? |
| 20 | How much did it cost last time ? |
| 21 | What did it feel like , this popular music , as every kind of male sexuality was wheeled out of the closet and onto the marketplace with a febrile flourish ? |
| 22 | Spemann and Mangold 's discovery of the organizer did not come as a surprise to Spemann , nor did it involve any element of luck . |
| 23 | Did it involve National Velvet and my asking for an autograph ? |
| 24 | The agreement , which was of unlimited duration , made no direct reference to SDI ; nor did it involve conventional or chemical weapons , although both sides expressed a wish to reach an agreement on such matters at the earliest opportunity . |
| 25 | Not only did it contain riveting performances from David Threlfall and our own Adrian Dunbar , it also delivered a fast-moving plot involving more twists than Chubby Checker . |
| 26 | Nor did it seem apparent to all that the war fought at sea , the damage which might be inflicted upon enemy vessels and morale , and the consequences which victory at sea could have for those who lived in areas close to coasts , were all part of a wider war which could not be restricted to the fighting on land . |
| 27 | Nor , despite the fact that the speaker — presumably Pie — was extending his protection to his guest , did it seem circumspect to try and reclaim the wallet . |
| 28 | At such moments it did not seem better to be dead than Red , neither did it seem plausible that there was a godless conspiracy at work wherever one looked . |
| 29 | But nor did it seem natural . |
| 30 | The Parliament could not sack individual Commissioners , or force amendments on legislation , nor did it develop much influence over budgetary matters until the 1970s . |