Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [adv] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mum probably did your scrubbing . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But my father never did try to see me , ’ Jenna said miserably . |
| 3 | But my father never did a regular job after he come out th out of the army you know , I think it was something had happened to him in the army , he 'd got erm bomb blast or something or he was near s something when it went off and he got buried . |
| 4 | My father always did the fires , the garden , and cleaning the gas stove , as well as the usual maintenance jobs and the accounts ; and my mother always did the washing and ironing — among other things — and , of course , the shop . |
| 5 | ‘ I wondered — I wanted to know if people of my age ever did get books published . |
| 6 | My daughter also did n't know about it till she had it in school . |
| 7 | My Ma often did n't know where to look when I came out with things about Uncle Geordie and Auntie Julie . |
| 8 | My dad still did n't say anything . |
| 9 | This was no easy matter , it being a crumbly cheese — My mother however did it — I went into the garden for something or other , and in the mean time my Brother Frank minced my cheese , ‘ to disappoint the favorite ’ . |
| 10 | … She sang livelier songs , e.g. from Patience , than my mother ever did . |
| 11 | My father always did the fires , the garden , and cleaning the gas stove , as well as the usual maintenance jobs and the accounts ; and my mother always did the washing and ironing — among other things — and , of course , the shop . |
| 12 | But when her heart actually did a little flutter to see that mouth , which she had always liked — despite its owner — turning up in laughter , she half turned from him and started to walk towards the rear entrance of the building . |
| 13 | She claimed to have come from a different school but her story somehow did n't ring true . |
| 14 | During the first six months of its existence it recorded 156 combats and seventeen confirmed victories ; most of these at Verdun , where it fought intermittently from May to Though still only partially fledged , the Lafayette 's direct contribution to the Battle of Verdun had been significant ; but this was nothing to what , indirectly , its presence there did for the French cause . |
| 15 | Your mother used to take her , her dividend out did she ? |
| 16 | The date did not surprise him , but the identity of her companion certainly did . |
| 17 | If — and it was a megalithic if , but I supposed we should consider every possible option now we were at it — if , in some weird way the Ghost and her voice really did exist , then as soon as she 'd got over her disappointment , she would have to admit she 'd been defeated fair and square , and would just have to honour the deal and flit off back to heaven or wherever it was she lived now . |
| 18 | Which way up did they float ? |
| 19 | Even as the peaks lost their fire so did the dragons lose theirs . |
| 20 | But , but their productivity still did rise within the mutual aid , of the poor . |
| 21 | She did n't want to , nobody in their senses would want to : she did it because it was something her mother usually did . |
| 22 | ‘ Her mother still did n't tell her the reason for leaving home : she implored Constanza not to ask and made Mena promise not to talk . |
| 23 | Her mother still did n't answer . |
| 24 | Only when she had managed to stop crying and he had dried her face completely did he even attempt to answer . |
| 25 | doctor said he 'd got a collar on his neck again did n't he ? |
| 26 | How important could you from this work of making known this father 's name and kingdom , he said to his disciples my food is for me to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work why did Jesus consider God 's work to be as important as school ? |
| 27 | This King Herla and his retinue duly did , bearing many gifts and well-wishes . |
| 28 | Michel Foucault ( 1926–1994 ) , who studied under Althusser , took the step his teacher never did and distanced himself from Marxism while remaining politically radical . |
| 29 | Ranulf stopped his chatter and when Corbett drew his sword so did his companions as a blatant warning to the dark shapes which lurked in the half-open doorways . |
| 30 | His team certainly did not help themselves by bowling erratically ( 19 wides ) against a home line-up weakened by the loss , among others , of Nadeem Shahid , Jim Cotterill and Lorrie Austin . |