Example sentences of "[coord] it did [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , its benefits were confined to those already holding land , and it did nothing to relieve the problem of landlessness . |
| 2 | I 've had , I to myself , yes and it did nothing . |
| 3 | She spent the weekend reading books on caving — or more correctly , she discovered , speleology — and it did nothing to set her mind at rest . |
| 4 | But it did nothing for the glass . |
| 5 | The 1927 Cinematograph Act imposed a distributors quota of 7.5 per cent , and an exhibitors quota of five per cent , both rising to 20 per cent , but it did nothing in itself to shift the economic balance in favour of British producers . |
| 6 | Anti-Montanist reaction reinforced the belief that the apostolic canon is closed ; but it did nothing to diminish millenarian hopes which long retained orthodox defenders , though there were also second-century interpreters of the Apocalypse who did not think intended to be literal and earthly the seer 's vision of Christ returning to a rebuilt Jerusalem . |
| 7 | But it did nothing to change the institutional stagnation which had been the result of consensus decision-making . |
| 8 | He did it well , but it did nothing to improve his image within his own party . |