Example sentences of "they did [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For most of the men , it was the only day of the year when they were able to visit a town , spending their days as they did working on the isolated farms of the moors and dales . |
| 2 | People who drank six cups of coffee a day had reaction times 6 per cent faster than non-coffee drinkers and they did 4-5 per cent better on memory and reasoning tests . |
| 3 | but they did very , they did marvellous things for me down in in Dundee |
| 4 | They did substantial planning and then they took the idea to the Shah . |
| 5 | This week , they play three nights at London 's Town & Country Club , which is n't bad , but it 's a high step down from the dizzy heights of packing out Wembley for several shows on the trot as they did five years ago when they were one of the biggest bands in Europe . |
| 6 | Moustaches were allowed , not that they did much for a few who grew them . |
| 7 | They did one puzzling thing before they left . |
| 8 | Right that 's it for you , they did one six stroke P F three nine five five eight stroke nine one . |
| 9 | Like th what they did one time they all had erm |
| 10 | Actually , they they they did one car |
| 11 | They did all that so that we would have better opportunities , and they expected us to grab them when they came along . |
| 12 | Accordingly , they did all they could to protect the nobility 's privileged position . |
| 13 | They did all they could to encourage peasant resistance , to enlighten the masses and to expose the myth of the Tsar as a caring ‘ little father ’ . |
| 14 | If she does not , they will have the consolation of knowing that they did all and more than could have been expected of those unfamiliar with the assistance which the court can give in such situations . |
| 15 | They did all the hard work , and lived in dirty little rooms in another building , where they were tied to the walls . |
| 16 | Do you honestly think that they did all ? |
| 17 | Both Lady Amory and Sir John liked to get their hands in the soil — they did all the planting and arranging of the beds themselves — but they also had two willing helpers , gardeners who 'd been at Knightshayes for years , and some foresters . |
| 18 | and they 've done ever so well cos they did all Cos of course we had fine whether last week , they got everything done , and then it poured at the weekend but they were n't there , and now they 're back on site the weather 's cheered up again . |
| 19 | They were n't sinners in their own eyes because they did all these little things . |
| 20 | They did all the shooting in two days actually and er they made a blooming good job of it . |
| 21 | we used to have , I used to make big pan of broth you could get gorgeous bacon bones with plenty bacon on in the Co-op in those days , it were wi it was when they , they did all the boning in the shops and you could go , get good meaty bones and I used |
| 22 | they put the new bo o the only thing , we had everything new three years ago except for the they did all the work in the attic |
| 23 | Well they seem to be there for er you know when they did all that erm levelling at erm Southam Southam cemetery ? |
| 24 | and they did all sing along stuff and Chas and Dave stuff |
| 25 | Oh it 's it 's quite common , everybody does it if you have a vic if you study Victorians anyone who a Victorian and they all they did all done out , chairs er table space at the front , they did drill in the playground they played with tops and hoops in the playground , all the children the m parents hired costumes from Fairy Godmothers Fairy Godmother 's done a roaring trade especially |
| 26 | but then if you read the report of the match it said they could have won by more than that , they did all playing they were just unlucky , but he 's pleased with the result |
| 27 | They did all , they did |
| 28 | erm Many primary school children have no timetable and they do n't bring homework home , and when the parents ask them what they did all day at school they say ‘ Nothing ’ , and some parents , that 's all they 've got to go on , and they , they get quite worried about it . |
| 29 | They did that at school . |
| 30 | They did that , they could insure anybody . |