Example sentences of "[noun sg] certainly did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crime certainly did pay by the looks of it . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And as I say , the acid certainly did n't help … |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The rain certainly did come down during the night , it was so loud on the window the noise made it difficult to sleep . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Television certainly did marginalize the Alliance , but there is no evidence that the bias in television coverage influenced the expectations of the electorate . |
| 12 | Jessamy certainly did n't feel very safe , though . |
| 13 | Amaranth certainly did remember him . |
| 14 | And Grandmother certainly did n't indulge in that ! |
| 15 | The performances are recordings and uniformly excellent , and the music certainly did n't deserve its half century of neglect , So one hopes that Harmonia Mundi will give us more Zeisl : there are Sonatas for violin , viola and cello , a goodly quantity of songs , and a fair amount of orchestral music , as well as two operas and three ballets . |
| 16 | The date did not surprise him , but the identity of her companion certainly did . |
| 17 | Last night 's audience certainly did . |
| 18 | ‘ The early try did not cost us the game , but the late penalty certainly did lose it for us . ’ |
| 19 | Although these proportions are not as high as many would like to see , the survey certainly did not reveal marked antagonism within society to the current developments on behalf of our mentally handicapped community . |
| 20 | A Squadron certainly did keep up the pressure and achieved the desired result , mining and ambushing merrily . |
| 21 | However , while ‘ The Robots ’ did little to galvanise Whitaker 's enthusiasm , Terry Nation 's story certainly did . |
| 22 | Dyson certainly did . |
| 23 | A weaker man might have become debauched ( as many kings of that time certainly did ) yet Charles clearly never allowed his vital energies to weaken his will . |
| 24 | Most writers of the blueprint books of that time certainly did present the would-be solvers of their puzzles with little more than cut-out figures labelled " Millionaire " , " Unfaithful Wife , " " Devoted Secretary " , although of course the better writers of the time were far from such crudities . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , the move to Easingwold , a small market town that was similar in many ways to Pocklington but with fewer saddlers , was a beneficial one , for the family certainly did better once they were there . |
| 26 | And Madam certainly did n't think much of the photographers snapping away at her . |
| 27 | But the need for a military commander certainly did not diminish during Edward 's reign — it became increasingly common for a king-duke 's lieutenant to be appointed to lead the military forces of the duchy , as well as a seneschal with largely judicial functions . |