Example sentences of "did [pron] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did you mean to be wicked and spiteful ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ How did you come to be involved with ffeatherstonehaugh 's , sir ? |
| 3 | How come , how did you get to be involved in the union after the War ? |
| 4 | Cleo Sinister possessed neither of these qualities , nor did she appear to be familiar with other desirable attributes such as obedience , silence and the possession of gentle manners . |
| 5 | Neither did she want to be alone with him in the dark . |
| 6 | Did we want to be able to identify a ‘ schizophrenic ’ at ten paces ? |
| 7 | However , in none of the natural sciences did there seem to be serious uncertainty about the general direction in which knowledge was advancing , or the basic conceptual or methodological framework of its advance . |
| 8 | Did he appear to be worried or apprehensive ? |
| 9 | So how did he come to be involved in the Vauxhall Layla advert ? |