Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] it did " in BNC.

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1 The Dispersionists talked of it being an answer — ‘ the only guarantee of a future for our children ’ — but in practical terms it did nothing to solve the problem of over-population that was supposedly its raison d'etre .
2 The rules were intended to simulate a solo walk , and along the most arduous sections it did — I was out there without aid — but in the region of towns and villages things were lax .
3 The Halifax 's strategic approach is most clearly shown in two big steps it did not take .
4 Completely unperturbed , he explained what marvellous things it did for his skin texture .
5 How this community developed along the intensely nationalistic lines it did and the subsequent crisis resulting from the clash of ‘ German ’ chemistry with the revolutionary ‘ French ’ chemistry , forms the main thrust of this excellent book .
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