Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun] [conj] it did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ivory continued to serve many of the same purposes in Christendom as it did in Classical antiquity . |
| 2 | Briefly summing up , there seems to be little doubt that Mozart distinguished dots and strokes , and while he was nonchalant about the graphic shapes where it mattered little , he distinguished the signs with deliberation where it did matter . |
| 3 | This notion of breaking a repertoire of language behaviour into a progressive series , moving from simple to complex stages , bore little resemblance to traditional theories of learning since it did not include rote-memorisation as an essential element . |
| 4 | Due to a change in federal accounting standards , Unisys says , it would have been forced to take $700m in one-time charges against earnings if it did not cut the benefits , and that would wipe out one-third of the still debt-burdened company 's net worth . |
| 5 | The joke was hardly likely to have them holding their ribs in Helsinki but it did reflect on the inordinate importance that gambling plays in the lives of Scottish footballers . |
| 6 | Rovers enjoyed a heavy advantage in penalties before half-time but it did not do them a lot of good . |