Example sentences of "[conj] did [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or did something your parents say upset you ? ’ |
| 2 | So did did they think they were doing themselves a disservice then when they , maybe when they amalgamated , or when they became part of the boilermakers , or when the boilermakers started taking in various trades to approach the employers as a as a a black squad unit for wage rises and conditions and so on , or did they they Would they have preferred to have done it themselves do you think ? |
| 3 | And they sorted , they forward it I suppose or did whatever they had to do with it . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I did not close her eyes , nor did anyone who came on the scene before you . ’ |
| 5 | The porter who had accompanied the procession was called before the Board , and in explanation said that the driver of the cart did n't know the way , nor did he himself . |
| 6 | If the waiters were curious about the room being in darkness they neither said nor did anything which indicated it ; they had been in the hotel business for far too many years now to be surprised by the antics or activities of the guests . |
| 7 | How the poor fellow finally got his report together I do not know but I doubt that even he did n't realise that he was dealing with a supernatural force that did what it liked when it liked . |
| 8 | Abbey National considered using IV , but decided to move to compact discs : ‘ The problem was that we could n't find an IV system that did everything we wanted , ’ explains Julian Wakeley , manager for distance learning at Abbey National , ‘ also , we did n't need full motion video . ’ |
| 9 | So was he the guy that did everything himself then ? |
| 10 | I think can I just say one thing we did actually h it was n't community industry erm the people that did it I do n't know |
| 11 | And we 're going to find the person that did it you know cos last it was no , no smoking in the toilets and then there 's no smoking dope in the toilets |
| 12 | He enthused : ‘ We gave a very disciplined display and did what we set out to do — win convincingly . ’ |
| 13 | He enthused : ‘ We gave a very disciplined display and did what we set out to do , win convincingly . |
| 14 | People could see why I wanted to work in that way and did what they could to make it possible . |
| 15 | The students were being fed contradictory messages and did what they could to lead their lives in the best way possible , given deteriorating conditions and mounting ideological and political debates . |
| 16 | The loyal archers climbed into the wet furze-tangles of the hillside , and did what they could to pick off the outliers among the attackers , and those in the rear , where they were less inextricably tangled with the English . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's only because you stayed — and did what you did — that I can make light of it . ’ |
| 18 | He was also a member of the advisory committee on aliens in Britain , and did what he could to ease the lot of refugees who managed to escape Nazi tyranny . |
| 19 | He heard the word of God , and did what he was told . |
| 20 | It gave the character limited autonomy , and did what it could to prod Tunney into taking care of the Daine problem . |
| 21 | ‘ I planned and did what I have already told you , ’ said Tutilo , suddenly brief and dry . |
| 22 | She was a law unto herself and did what she wanted to do . |
| 23 | She untied the shoelace and did what she could to tame the unruly curls , then took off her red scarf and used it to tie her hair back firmly at the nape of her neck . |
| 24 | They were happy , I think , that I had found such a good friend , and did everything they could to make him feel at home . |
| 25 | They felt it was the duty of America to stop the world toppling to Communism and did everything they could to stop Ho Chi Minh . |
| 26 | I read to him , and talked to him , and did everything I could to make him comfortable . |
| 27 | ‘ Vinnie is only a football player , and he just went and did something which , ideally , he should not have done . |
| 28 | They went in and out of Billykins 's house , and did something everyone described as ‘ sitting with her ’ . |
| 29 | That you had actually shifted from this to that , and you went off and did whatever it was . |
| 30 | It is a constant of any Minister 's experience — my hon. Friend referred to his experience as a Minister — that when a new scheme is introduced , there will always be somebody who did the same thing on his own initiative in the previous year and who feels that those who benefit from the newly introduced scheme are receiving an unfair advantage over the individual who took the real risk and did it himself . |