Example sentences of "[noun] certainly did " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relevance of these organizations certainly did not lie in the number of their supporters and activists . |
| 2 | Freud certainly did not hold this assertion to be true . |
| 3 | Crime certainly did pay by the looks of it . |
| 4 | Levels of recorded crime certainly did shoot up in the years following the implementation of the 1933 Act , and the crime rate for boys under 14 years of age found guilty of indictable offences almost doubled in only three years . |
| 5 | This totally misguided view which , of course , Professor Hoskins certainly did not put forward , has to be corrected and , at the same time , the somewhat unbalanced concentration on late enclosure rectified . |
| 6 | The Elizabethans certainly did like it , and it has been a popular favourite ever since . |
| 7 | Since as Jack Droney put it , Brent , with its left-wing trade unionists , ‘ was a bloody good place for the Grunwick strike to happen ’ , one might expect that the union involved had given the strikers not only support but increased impetus in their struggles , but members of the strike committee certainly did not feel this to be so . |
| 8 | The cat may have been away but the mice certainly did not play in this TNT Gold Cup game at sunny Windsor . |
| 9 | And as I say , the acid certainly did n't help … |
| 10 | Frolik certainly did expose some real spies including Nicholas Praeger , who had given the Czechs details of the RAF 's electronic counter-measures equipment codenamed Blue Diver and Red Steer . |
| 11 | Behind her , Prentice certainly did . |
| 12 | But the principle to which we have adverted was not presented to his mind in its simple form ; and the point certainly did not undergo much consideration . |
| 13 | The rain certainly did come down during the night , it was so loud on the window the noise made it difficult to sleep . |
| 14 | That has yet to be tested in public , but the evening certainly did not put her off — — she has been an ardent fan of the Welsh National Opera ever since . |
| 15 | His team certainly did not help themselves by bowling erratically ( 19 wides ) against a home line-up weakened by the loss , among others , of Nadeem Shahid , Jim Cotterill and Lorrie Austin . |
| 16 | You do n't have to LIKE the things that they do or say to LOVE them ; Jesus certainly did n't like Zacchaeus ' cheating , but he loved Zacchaeus ! |
| 17 | Someone from the Banco D'Oro was supposed to be meeting her , and this remote blond god certainly did n't look like a bank official — though he might have been Signor Corosini . |
| 18 | And those few Iranians who liked Stockhausen certainly did not like the Shah . |
| 19 | But Lesley-Jane certainly did , and she started to giggle . |
| 20 | ‘ Old Fosdyke certainly did n't expect it . ’ |
| 21 | The neutrality of Cambodia and Laos certainly did not resolve the security problems of these states . |
| 22 | Boswell certainly did not consider that it merited more than a brief mention , and was in no way put out by it . |
| 23 | Even though he did not actually advocate it , Locke certainly did much to foster such rational deism . |
| 24 | Essentially viceroy of the newly conquered lands , his position suggests the confidence which Edward placed in him ; and he may have had some influence , as his Savoyard friends and kinsmen certainly did , on the design of the castles by which Wales was to be held down . |
| 25 | Television certainly did marginalize the Alliance , but there is no evidence that the bias in television coverage influenced the expectations of the electorate . |
| 26 | Though Came , with its moderate , manor house proportions , may seem on the small side to be set so grandly in a park , Sir John Damer certainly did n't skimp on employing the very best craftsmen in all London . |
| 27 | This rather uncharitable remark possibly arose out of jealousy as Miller certainly did not give all his attention to the gentry , although , as Kalm said , the aristocracy did seek his advice . |
| 28 | Jessamy certainly did n't feel very safe , though . |
| 29 | The Vikings certainly did cause extensive damage to property in the short term . |
| 30 | The most successful players certainly did well ; Stanley Matthews had a hotel in Blackpool and Jackie Milburn , the folk-hero of Tyneside , ran a coach firm . |