Example sentences of "[vb past] cause [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Vikings certainly did cause extensive damage to property in the short term . |
| 2 | ‘ As the Sun now recognises , the publication did cause personal offence to the Queen but it also caused offence amongst those who prefer to hear or see Her Majesty 's Christmas Message for the first time on Christmas Day . ’ |
| 3 | The age of the BGBW tyros , who included Chris Hutt , Iain Dobson and R. ‘ Stumper ’ Protz , did cause some concern . |
| 4 | In this it had little success , though it did cause some alarm to the authorities and to shipowners , some of whom recognised that accumulated benefits could be an effective way of retaining membership . |
| 5 | Ascot 's Cesarewitch trial did n't provide many clues for Newmarket , but it did cause top jockeys Pat Eddery and Michael Roberts some anxious moments . |
| 6 | did cause wasteful employment of the police |
| 7 | ‘ did cause wasteful employment of the police ’ This point means that the offender actually caused police time to be wasted in one of the three ways listed at point 4 , i.e. falsely reporting a possible offence , danger to a person(s) or property or that the reporter had material information . |
| 8 | ‘ did cause wasteful employment of the police ’ . |