Example sentences of "of [noun] [pron] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps a more sensitive test would be to examine the writings of puritans who did take an interest in science in seventeenth-century England to see what connections they did make in their schemes for reform . |
| 2 | Terry Donovan , managing director of Metrologie UK , said there would be further divestments — to be announced in the next few months — of operations which did not fit the company 's corporate focus on hardware solutions . |
| 3 | Indeed , some Tory Euro-sceptics like Teddy Taylor now see such a deal as the harbinger of a two-tier Europe in which Britain would be able to ‘ opt out ’ of policies it did not like . |
| 4 | And while these women were not displeased with the role of housewife they did not like housework , despite the fact that this was what they spent most of their time doing . |
| 5 | This left the chief judge with the kind of decision he did n't want , but he read it as he saw it and awarded Gold to Devitt . |
| 6 | Now tell me what erm what sort of preparation you did for this . |
| 7 | Of course one did n't say Empire now , but Commonwealth — common weal , weal and woe … |
| 8 | Of course they did . |
| 9 | Yes , of course they did . |
| 10 | ‘ Of course they did n't say that , ’ said Nigel as if to an elderly sloth suffering from senile decay , ‘ but it 's no good me saying , ‘ Sinister , dexter , sinister , dexter , ’ because they wo n't know what I 'm talking about , will they ? |
| 11 | Of course they did not produce an abstract treatise on Freedom , in which they laid out principles of action in deductive orderliness . |
| 12 | Bob went on from there , season in , season out , to the end of 1931–32 , by which time he had made 293 League appearances for Crystal Palace ( a club record at the time , but of course they did not make much of such things in those days ) and even today , almost 60 years later , there are fewer than only half a dozen Palace men who have played more times for us than that . |
| 13 | When Adrian writes ‘ Nobody even noticed I was in the room ! ’ with its exclamation mark of outrage at the end , part of us says ‘ Of course they did n't notice . |
| 14 | What happened when trains from the two lines converged on Pittsburgh , which of course they did , utterly confused and bewildered the poor steel-workers and their families and all the other benighted souls whose destination this was . |
| 15 | But of course they did not circulate beyond the commuter belt , so they failed to qualify as nationals on that ground . |
| 16 | of the Tsars the Tsars dominated , of course they did . |
| 17 | She said she liked to think that the younger women looked on her as a mother , but of course they did n't : they found her faintly ridiculous , old-fashioned , gullible , naive . |
| 18 | Of course they did n't used to do anything . |
| 19 | Yes , of course they did . |
| 20 | Fish Sparks , who 's been a bit down in the mouth since we rumbled his story , thought it was terrifically funny to start calling the Indians things like Sitting Bull and Tonto , but of course they did n't understand and anyway the rest of us sort of froze him out . |
| 21 | Erm but of course they did other work you know , which was of a general character . |
| 22 | Of course they did . |
| 23 | It suggested that they shared some sort of secret , but of course they did n't , and when he rose and drained the last mouthful of his second cup of coffee before placing the delicate china cup back in its saucer she could only follow his lead , feeling certain that the relaxed mood was broken . |
| 24 | They talked about you , of course they did , but not once were the words ‘ silly little girl ’ mentioned . |
| 25 | And of course they did n't hire with them . |
| 26 | Of course they did not know what to expect . |
| 27 | ‘ Of course they did ! |
| 28 | But they assured him that they could take that part of it out , which of course they did . |
| 29 | all the local children picked it up , of course they did ! |
| 30 | Of course they did n't get the portable with this , they rang them up , said where 's my colour portable said I 'll put you on to the manager anyway they had some deal that night that erm to launch this Mini Mayfair or whatever it was wine and cheese thing so he went to the wine and cheese thing and worried he was gon na kick up a fuss so they gave him a telly anyway . |