Example sentences of "[conj] it did [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The third , in an article on " Obsolescent languages " ( N.C. Dorian ) , did not , although it did refer the reader to the main entry on " Bilingualism " ( K. Hakuta ) . |
| 2 | Even the original Tele guitar was designed to have some bass-playing ability , and as a consequence was not wired as it is today , although it did possess the customary three-way selector switch . |
| 3 | The film was a disappointment , although it did win the Golden Gate Award at the 1966 San Francisco Festival , as well as winning Ken Thorne an Oscar for Best Music Adaptation . |
| 4 | Its advantage was that it worked , in that it gave some hope of understanding why chemical compounds behave as they do ; and it did open the way to symbolizing chemical reactions . |
| 5 | The cabin was surprisingly spacious , even if it did lack the little human touches that made it a home . |
| 6 | But it did blunt the tool quite easily and sharpening was needed more often that I had thought likely , though this walnut was extremely hard . |
| 7 | Nonconformity did not will migration into the towns nor the migration out again to the suburbs but it did meet the challenges presented by these mammoth social changes . |
| 8 | But it did involve the acceptance of a spiritual authority beyond his control , to which his ancestor Arnoul I could never have bowed . |
| 9 | Milton Friedman 's widely reported remark that ‘ We are all Keynesians now ’ was an exaggeration , even for the time , but it did convey the Zeitgeist of the 1960s . |
| 10 | The Crofting Reform ( Scotland ) Act of 1976 did not go quite as far as this , but it did give the crofters the incontestable right to purchase their house and garden , and the optional ( though not incontestable ) right to purchase their land for 15 times the annual rent . |
| 11 | It did n't shed much light , but it did give the darkness a shape … |
| 12 | The Italian government did not attempt an incomes policy , but it did persuade the metal workers , whose settlement traditionally sets the pace for other sectors , to postpone the renegotiation of their three-year contract from 1965 to 1966 . |
| 13 | This did not imply an end to the CME 's fungible link with SIMEX , but it did signal the realisation that regulatory complications made it unlikely that the mutual offset system could be extended around the globe . |
| 14 | But it did enter the hearts of some . |
| 15 | Of course , this strategy had a distinct disadvantage in that each time I moved towards the light to serve the gentlemen , my advancing footsteps would echo long and loud before I reached the table , drawing attention to my impending arrival in the most ostentatious manner ; but it did have the great merit of making my person only partially visible while I remained stationary . |
| 16 | I know Fran Cotton has a business to run but it did spoil the World Cup celebrations for many . |
| 17 | The monkey was eaten up in the trees , and was half hidden by leaves , but it did provide the key shot for the closing sequence of the ‘ Hunting and Escaping ’ programme in The Trials of Life . |
| 18 | The FDA did not ban the drug , but it did find the 0.5 mg dose excessive and had safety concerns about 0.25 mg . |
| 19 | But it did highlight the trade unions barons ' basic disregard for democracy . |
| 20 | " My kingdom is not of this world " was not regarded as releasing the pope from an active role in government , though it did express the great moral fervour that fuelled the late eleventh- and early twelfth-century reforms — especially in the attack on clerical marriage and in the drive to rid the Church of unchaste priests and to control the proprietary church system ( secular theocracy ) . |
| 21 | The price war of autumn 1985 then was little more than an advertising exercise , though it did reduce the general price of holidays for 1986 . |