Example sentences of "did [indef pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , the Red Army units did nothing to conciliate the Ukrainian Left or the peasants . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , the films , which included Hepworth 's Comin ’ Thro ’ the Rye , did nothing to support the claims made for them . |
| 3 | Meeting the demand for veterinary surgeons for the army , while raising the social status of the young profession , did nothing to support the needs of agriculture . |
| 4 | Around the huts he had avoided all contact with her and although they stood side by side listening to her husband , he did nothing to acknowledge her existence . |
| 5 | ‘ I loved the song , and I think it should have been a hit , but there again the record company did nothing to promote it . |
| 6 | As it was then understood : here again , Cole 's problem is to reconcile a course seen by the Pioneers themselves as treasonable , with the fact that it foreshadowed the policy to be followed by successful Consumers ' Co-operation , that policy which for its purposes made co-operative production incidental and subordinate to it and which most certainly did nothing to promote the development of an industrial co-operative sector properly so-called . |
| 7 | That these features were often called ‘ adaptations ’ did nothing to explain them . |
| 8 | The safest course of action seemed to be to shore up the bunker and make sure I did nothing to upset the fragile eco-system that was supporting me , for however much we wanted to disguise it , I had nothing to fall back on . |
| 9 | Mary Ann 's kind offer did nothing to ease Mr Cottle 's confusion . |
| 10 | Surely the great blaze of reds and golden yellows was a marvellous sight , but they did nothing to ease the apprehension in her heart . |
| 11 | Seb 's apparent resignation to the fact that Anna was to marry Nahum did nothing to ease the pain he felt whenever he thought about it during the next few days . |
| 12 | For once his joking did nothing to ease the tension and no one laughed . |
| 13 | The result was a period of internal instability which did nothing to facilitate the attempts which were being made to strengthen France 's external position by a policy of military reform and rearmament . |
| 14 | But when the Conservatives gained power they did nothing to implement the scheme . |
| 15 | She spent the weekend reading books on caving — or more correctly , she discovered , speleology — and it did nothing to set her mind at rest . |
| 16 | He liked Donald a great deal ; and the prospect of the man 's imminent death did nothing to dispel this feeling , since he was the person directly responsible for this state of affairs . |
| 17 | The warning may have had an effect , but did nothing to dispel feelings among various groups of workers that the Party was not dealing with reform correctly . |
| 18 | And from each fragment the light darted , white and spurting , a light that broke the dark but did nothing to dispel it . |
| 19 | Closer acquaintance did nothing to dispel his good impression of his grandsons . |
| 20 | His manner as he greeted her at the church door , then ushered her to her seat , did nothing to dispel her apprehension . |
| 21 | I remember Mr Alan Clarke who was then minister of responsibility saying rather elliptically in the house of commons that the removal of blood hound did nothing to degrade Britain 's air defence . |
| 22 | Even the fact that I finally found a trickle of scummy water , which let me rinse some of the filth from my boots , did nothing to lift my spirits . |
| 23 | She felt humiliated and depressed and the fact that Joanna and Ian seemed so close did nothing to lift her spirits . |
| 24 | She kept repeating to herself that it was an irrational fear , but logic did nothing to quell the lurking terror . |
| 25 | She felt him kiss her breasts : a light touch with closed lips , which did nothing to arouse her . |
| 26 | A 5–2 lead did nothing to relax Jansher and Martin drew to 4–5 , at which point Jansher was warned to avoid physical contact with his opponent . |
| 27 | The prosecution alleges one of the 3 defendants started the fire and all 3 did nothing to save the twins or raise the alarm . |
| 28 | As Fig. 3.6 shows , the change of context for the latter group did nothing to restore the ability of the stimuli to evoke the UR . |
| 29 | His comment ‘ If you do n't bother him , he wo n't bother you ’ did nothing to restore our shattered nerves . |
| 30 | A quick survey of the distant marquees did nothing to restore her equilibrium . |