Example sentences of "did [adv] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of those who did eventually end up in court , the acquittal rate by March 1985 was 24 per cent ( Wallington , 1985 : 150 ) . |
| 2 | The CEGB did eventually carry out its test drilling on the farm at Luxulyan . |
| 3 | They did eventually go out of the house but he was about done and then he comes in five to seven . |
| 4 | Which er I did eventually get on to and was a convenor for quite a number of years . |
| 5 | Filmer did eventually come down , but with Daffodil . |
| 6 | Mr Templeton of the STA bluntly stated that " either the men or the women must cease to exist as comps " , 76 while Mrs Pankhurst , speaking in North Berwick , remarked that " the women were between the devil and the deep sea " .77 But that unity did eventually come about . |
| 7 | However , it did eventually become well known , and for 20 years organic mercurials were the most potent diuretics in clinical use . |
| 8 | ‘ When Warren did eventually turn up he was marvellously witty and entertaining — but unfortunately that was only when the cameras WERE N'T rolling . |
| 9 | After a year in which the Treasury 's forecasting failures ( notably that very large trade deficit ) have been rather obvious , it is only fair to recall that it did presciently point out just about every awkward little detail of the poll tax , from its automatic upward impact on inflation to the folly of providing local authorities with a golden opportunity to raise more tax while blaming the Government . |
| 10 | Even if he did politely turn down Branson 's parting offer of a seat on Virgin 's inaugural flight — for obvious reasons . |
| 11 | And Mr Griffiths said there was now evidence that the banks DID secretly work together . |
| 12 | If he did so intend then , in the case of a child over the age of 16 , his interpretation of the law was inconsistent with the express words of section 8(3) of the Act of 1969 . |
| 13 | The circumstances under which they did so do not appear from the report of the case . |
| 14 | More hours did generally mean more advertising revenue for ITV , and the companies frequently pressed the government for expansion . |
| 15 | What would our trade be , if we did not combine together ? |
| 16 | Such an objective would be ill-founded if the process of integration did not aim also at the Community 's complete monetary integration which can only be achieved through the establishment of a European currency union . |
| 17 | The college authorities did not aim solely or mainly for brilliant scholars or outstanding athletes , but to develop and train those who were capable of a good pass or honours degree . |
| 18 | If the second measurement did not tally exactly with the first , it meant that there was something wrong with the patient 's stomach . |
| 19 | Irina , who did not dress up for Ludens , was wearing a simple faded old dress , frail with much washing , the sleeves rolled up well above her elbows . |
| 20 | Numerically , it was an impressive record but it did not bear too much scrutiny . |
| 21 | Blatchford did not reckon much to the artistic qualities of the old-fashioned melodrama presented on the stage , but he thought the audience ‘ were human enough for anything ’ . |
| 22 | They did not give up their privileges easily . |
| 23 | The petition did not succeed , but the governors did not give up . |
| 24 | But Booth did not give up . |
| 25 | Orkney Islands Council did not give up without a fight . |
| 26 | Yet still Lesley still did not give up , keeping after her attacker and sending a radio SOS to police control with her call sign , Delta Romeo Three Two . |
| 27 | Fergie did not give up easily . |
| 28 | The member of parliament did not give up his efforts to find a place for the young officer , but the close connection between parliamentary politics and placement was made abundantly clear by Scott 's insistence to his correspondent that the young man 's father , a Dundee councillor , would first have to make clear ‘ whether he is to be friendly ’ to the politician . |
| 29 | But the Padre did not give up easily . |
| 30 | Storms blew down the trees , fires ravaged the plantation , dry years killed our saplings — but we did not give up , we laboured on ! " |