Example sentences of "[subord] did [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her new role may , in fact , call for a much wider range of skills , both mental and physical , than did her previous one ; but however well she develops them , they will go largely unnoticed by society . |
| 2 | After thirty years of marriage to Tom McBride , Beryl McBride sounded more Irish than did her husband . |
| 3 | Hopefully , the year ended in better spirits than did its finances , for bond and loan interests and fees were waived yet again . |
| 4 | The 19th century English ocean bill of lading was considerably less abstract and incorporated or merged fewer possessory rights than did its 20th century American counterpart . |
| 5 | Certainly , the majority of today 's cars need far less skill to drive quickly than did their predecessors of the sixties and early seventies . |
| 6 | In France many noblemen , especially those of middling to lower rank , were so impoverished that they needed the king 's wages , which provided them with a better and surer income than did their lands . |
| 7 | Asian and Middle Eastern areas generally gave more trouble to the colonial powers , than did their possessions in Black Africa at this time . |
| 8 | ‘ The newer cohorts entered a politics that was dominated by the class alignment and divided their loyalties along class lines more completely than did their elders , those who had entered politics half a century before . |
| 9 | He has also convinced the Scots he cares far more about their future than did his predecessor , Mrs Thatcher . |
| 10 | But the relationships within which women laboured in the coal communities would have told him even more about class struggle than did his breathtaking chronicle of labour down there in the dark . |
| 11 | But she would never forget the very different lifestyle of her early years — she was 20 when they emigrated ; the veneration of her father and her father 's father , the gross insecurity under which they lived ; the ever-present threat of injury and loss , and the belittling malice ; experiences which moulded and coloured her whole existence , as did her knowledge of Polish , Russian and Yiddish . |
| 12 | She never went dancing , or ice-skating , as did her pals . |
| 13 | Teenagers , even imaginative ones , are n't good at making connections and the occasional smoker of hash felt as remote from those images of heroin addiction as did her sherry-sipping uncle . |
| 14 | Her father died when she was a kid , as did her uncle , which meant that her grandfather who was as rich as Croesus had no one else to leave his ill-gotten gains to . |
| 15 | The main sequence of recordings began in 1916 as did her spectacular career in Vienna . |
| 16 | Her visit became a ritual , as did her daily walk to town . |
| 17 | The double bed where she had lain with Johnny occupied much the same position as did her own . |
| 18 | There were women present who were more beautiful than she was , notably the blonde beside Luke Scott and Nicky Kai , the world-famous Taiwanese ex-model , but the languid sway of Maria 's hips above long slim legs drew attention , as did her unusual colouring , an exotic combination of olive-toned skin , streaky brown and blonde hair and eyes that could be anything from copper to amber , depending on her mood . |
| 19 | Apricot sometimes wished she lived in as ordinary a household as did her neighbours ; though the more she considered the neighbours the less ordinary they seemed . |
| 20 | But the woman 's insults rankled , as did her earlier insolence — for her contemptuous glance had raked Theda 's person when she had dared to ask at the Feathers for a room for the night . |
| 21 | Commenting on the severity of the sentences , Mr Justice Stegmann said that Winnie Mandela 's leadership position compounded her culpability , as did her lack of remorse . |
| 22 | Joanna Mahony impressed with a class under-17 400m hurdles win in 44.2 seconds , as did her Wirral colleague Sophie Cocker and Sefton 's Helen McNamara in a fine senior 400 metres race won by Sophie by one-fifth of a second in 57.4 seconds . |
| 23 | One possible outcome of the current stalemate is that Colombia 's next government will quietly accommodate with the traffickers , as did its predecessors , after the fuss has died down . |
| 24 | If society had been worried about the juvenile delinquency problem of the Fifties , as portrayed in The Wild One , Blackboard Jungle and Rebel Without a Cause , it was now on the precipice of sheer panic about drug-crazed beatniks and hippies whom the establishment and Time regarded with derision , as did its stablemate Life . |
| 25 | The degree of Croatian autonomy fluctuated from time to time , as did its borders . |
| 26 | Zurich 's importance as a business centre grew , as did its reputation as a place of refuge , so that it rivalled even that of Geneva . |
| 27 | Government attempts to form a social pact with the trade unions and business sector also failed as did its attempt to gain public acceptance for its plan against poverty . |
| 28 | Computer hardware companies , such as Apple and Compaq , found themselves in this position , as did their software counterparts Microsoft , Lotus and Ashton-Tate . |
| 29 | Since so much capital has external sources , the bourgeoisie have not come through the same phase of saving and investment , as did their European counterparts , but have moved straight to a consumption stage . |
| 30 | Newcastle 's major share of possession before half-time produced a crop of openings , as did their late pressure . |