Example sentences of "[noun sg] did [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , if Chemical did hand back the plane to Boeing , it would be at an effective cost to Virgin of a further $10m — the amount by which the plane 's value had increased in the time Virgin had owned it . |
| 2 | Election Comment : Never forget the damage Labour did Ambrose Evans-Pritchard recalls the chaos of the 1970s that led him to leave the country |
| 3 | Just what kind of opposition did Charles face in Aquitaine ? |
| 4 | While on site , The Grimley Partnership did filming for a separate ten-minute video on constant gas monitoring . |
| 5 | A ceiling fan did duty in place of modern air-conditioning . |
| 6 | What form of corroboration did Golding have in mind ? he wondered . |
| 7 | As for the free kick well I never saw MOTD so I ca n't comment , though I can well believe Speed did f- up , he definitely had an off day . |
| 8 | Which car did Nigel go down in on the Thursday ? ’ |
| 9 | But what particular sort of murder did India seem to prescribe to me ? |
| 10 | They then turned to the govt. & only when the govt. took action did situations improve at all . |
| 11 | The committee did sterling work on the hospitality front , and one more so than Gill Weymouth and the Social Committee who organised a credit trivia quiz . |
| 12 | In the Sixties , car ownership did rocket , but since then the social graph has levelled off . |
| 13 | What kind of assistance did kin give each other in the past ? |
| 14 | Which embarrassing item of clothing did Sir Geoffrey Howe once leave on a train ? |
| 15 | Argyll and Bute district council did post warning notices at Loch Awe advising people to keep children and pets off the shore , but these were recently removed after the hot weather which had made the problem worse was over . |
| 16 | Not until the second half did Saints show any of their best style and even when it came it was never sustained . |
| 17 | Which saint did Mrs Thatcher quote on first entering Downing Street as Prime Minister ? |
| 18 | Michael Stanislawski paints a grim picture of Jewish affairs under Nicholas I but admits that " at no time in this period did policy toward the Jews depart from the framework and pattern of overall government activity " . |
| 19 | Which parable did Jesus tell in answer to the question , ‘ Master , what must I do to inherit eternal life ? ’ |
| 20 | How for heaven 's sake did Fen expect her to sleep — like this — her every sense screaming his proximity and her need of him ? |
| 21 | Only at this point did Dan protest about being neglected . |
| 22 | At what point did things start to look up ? |
| 23 | In spite of his clothes — what difference did clothes ever make in a good strong man — he looked a finely made fellow , and we became secretly his admirers . |
| 24 | What difference did TV make ? |
| 25 | Which Jewish feast did Jesus celebrate with his parents in Jerusalem when he was twelve years old ? |
| 26 | Against which team did Ian Rush score his record-breaking goal ? |
| 27 | Which team did Ian Rush join in Italy ? |
| 28 | What sort of weapon did P C have ? |
| 29 | ‘ Only with his tongue firmly in his cheek did Stephen Dorrell , Financial Secretary to the Treasury , say recently that one of the things PR people and politicians had in common is ‘ having to explain the good news — and the news you would n't choose to explain ’ . ’ |
| 30 | Only then to my embarrassment did Alf tell him of our predicament . |