Example sentences of "did they [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Or did they choose a kind of evening do you know ? or did it not matter ?
2 Why did they choose the ditch and not the road ?
3 How did they choose the firm ( eg the reputation of the firm , of a practice area , or of a particular lawyer ; personal association ; referrals from current or former clients , or professional agencies ) ?
4 Not only did they wreck the London skyline in general .
5 On MOTD , did they show the banner unfurled at that point which said ‘ LEEDS HAVE WON AWAY ’ ?
6 Did they check the records against the ones in Howie 's file ? ’
7 Many authors have used estimates generated by others in their own league table ; did they check the original analyses ?
8 ‘ Not once did they finish a job properly .
9 William Pitt , First Earl of Chatham , should have had pall-bearers equal in rank to himself , but this was not to be and in a letter written in 1778 following the funeral in Westminster Abbey , the nineteen-year-old Pitt the Younger said to his mother , ‘ The Court did not honour us with their countenance , nor did they suffer the procession to be as magnificent as it ought ; but it had , notwithstanding everything essential to the great object , the attendance being most remarkable .
10 SO HOW did they break the news to a joyful populace , eagerly waiting to hear the outcome of Margaret Hilda versus The Fossil ( © the Sun ) ?
11 did erm on race days , how did they organize the races ?
12 Why did they move the arms in the first place ?
13 How did they keep , how did they stop the flaming thing from snaking them all , you know ?
14 ‘ My parents , when visiting to see the newborn , were always very careful to ignore , almost , the new baby and fuss the older one just as she was used to , and only after she had gone to sleep did they make a fuss of the new baby .
15 Did they make a mistake by their decision to oppose changes ?
16 Tell me did you have a nice day at school , did they make a fuss of you ? ’
17 Now , the wee pink tablets , did , when you started them , did they make a difference ?
18 Did they make a three d one ?
19 Did they make the journey safely ? ’
20 Not only did they make the move , but they also managed to negotiate some funding and an arrangement whereby their staff could continue to be trained on E&Y courses .
21 How did they make the stuff hold all that water ?
22 Neither in Germany nor in the Habsburg empire did they make the slightest difference to the way in which foreign policy was decided and carried out .
23 Did they represent a time when women gathered apart from men , experiencing their own primal potency , and sharing their own secrets with one another and with the pubescent girls ?
24 When dressed , did they observe the normal courtesies ?
25 What did the Ministry expect , how did they think the men would react ?
26 Why did they think the Earth was flat for ?
27 And why did they leave the church house ?
28 Why did they leave the church house ?
29 Did they give a reason ? ’
30 They thought it over and only after their first choice , Eli Wallach , announced he would be doing a Broadway play instead of making the film , did they give the part to Sinatra .
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