Example sentences of "[adv] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry was an exacting master , possessed of so much energy that it was popularly rumoured that he could fly , so swiftly did he travel from place to place . |
| 2 | The rising toll of unemployment was another alarming problem , involving as it naturally did the families and children of the unemployed man or woman as well . |
| 3 | After a time I found myself frequently addressing him as ‘ Father ’ , so naturally did he touch the gentle docile side of me . |
| 4 | Pliny 's account naturally did n't go into the details of the mechanics of the eruption , but his account is so illuminating that it is quite clear what happened , and similar eruptions , blasting large volumes of pumiceous ash into the air are still called Plinian eruptions . |
| 5 | And both , as a result of all of the above , provided unparalleled opportunities for the British to convince themselves and show the world — it was remarkable how often Indirect Rulers reported on the esteem in which their system was held by other nations — that they naturally did certain things very , very well . |
| 6 | In many parts of the Asian elephants ' range the slaughter began with the coming of colonial man , who not only shot for sport but also cleared the forest for rubber and other crops and naturally did not want elephants to undo his good work . |
| 7 | Spencer naturally did n't want a training aircraft so they came away having bought the Mk XIV , this was January 1979 . |
| 8 | They naturally did not think to apply it to their own empires . |
| 9 | Judging them by the standard which he used for men , in a society where their roles were totally different , he naturally did not think much of them . |
| 10 | But the noble impresarios naturally did not forget their great maestro at St. Mark 's . |
| 11 | The truth was that the unfortunate boy had somehow pried his way into an area that was private , an area that naturally did n't concern anyone else . |
| 12 | He had not sought another interview with her , and , as the ladies naturally did not attend at the graveside , the first she had seen of him since then was when the party returned from the funeral . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's hard to believe we cut the first sod here only 15 months ago , ’ smiles John , who naturally did n't go into a project like this blind-folded . |
| 14 | Of course the young girls , they sometimes started off very enthusiastic and perhaps did do quite a lot without realising the implications and effect of it but the older women often had trouble keeping up . |
| 15 | Apparently , not everyone agreed , or perhaps did not get what they considered to be their fair share , for eventually the Backless baron was transported to Australia , no doubt to become another ‘ Wild Colonial Boy ’ . |
| 16 | And she knew , although they would never have dreamt of telling her , perhaps did n't even admit it to themselves , that they were afraid of her . |
| 17 | In fact , we were supposed to be doing something with Eric and John , but Eric could n't make it , or perhaps did n't want to . |
| 18 | Having observed his or her own former situation by means of regression , the patent will then during the course of a counselling session have the opportunity to discuss what happened ( something that may never have been done before ) , to express anger at the perpetrator and possibly at others who may have guessed what was going on but perhaps did nothing to prevent it , and to understand that he or she was in no way to blame for what occurred . |
| 19 | After considerable discussion Mr Jones accepted the possibility that Olwyn perhaps did need love and attention but that it was just as likely she needed it because she behaved badly rather than the other way round . |
| 20 | What they perhaps did not realise at the time was that France was not prepared to compromise . |
| 21 | It was the end of the ST–18 , General Aircraft did not have the money to build another one , and perhaps did not feel inclined to , with the lukewarm interest they had experienced . |
| 22 | He was lonely and longing for someone who perhaps did not exist . |
| 23 | He made no announcement until 19 October , and perhaps did not even close his own mind until no more than a week earlier , but on 3 October , the same day that the Italian attack was eventually launched , he went to Bournemouth and for the first time in seven years addressed the Conservative Party Conference . |
| 24 | The imperial and defence campaigns perhaps did something to prepare the nation for war and they certainly prepared the parry to take the lead when war did come in 1914 . |
| 25 | I , I do n't , I 'm not an expert for poet , I , I , I feel about it , perhaps did n't |
| 26 | Some inhabitants of Attica perhaps did not bother much with either deme or polis politics : the country house below the cave of Pan at Vari ( the ancient deme of Anagyruus ) , whose remains were cleared and studied by the British School at Athens and published in 1973 , gives an impression of self-sufficiency — there is copious archaeological evidence for bee-keeping at the Vari villa — and peace , a long way from the speechmakers of the Pnyx . |
| 27 | He will venture to suggest , with the greatest possible respect to Mr. Justice Blank , that his lordship perhaps did not intend his words to be understood in their widest acceptation . |
| 28 | you think I should have learned ( and perhaps did ) |
| 29 | And they said he never said much to them , well he perhaps did n't , he would n't do because he was like that you see , but pra before interviewing him on television , er of course the War came and India was given freedom , and er there used to be you know the Sweet people who used to have a big factory on Road , was a very famous sweet in them days , I do n't think they are now , but was a very good sweet firm , and they 'd got a daughter cos she was in the , during the War the Anglo-Soviet Friendship er she was one of the course they 'd got hundreds but she was one . |
| 30 | The woman was simply his mistress , whom for some reason he did not want me to meet ; or who perhaps did not want to meet me . |