Example sentences of "did [pron] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I loved the song , and I think it should have been a hit , but there again the record company did nothing to promote it . |
| 2 | And from each fragment the light darted , white and spurting , a light that broke the dark but did nothing to dispel it . |
| 3 | She said nothing , but only arched back against the soft leather , lost in the tantalising , agonising pleasure of his hands — a pleasure that lit a fire deep inside her , but did nothing to quench it . |
| 4 | ’ He left the thought hanging and I did nothing to bring it to earth . |
| 5 | He recognised how she felt and did nothing to encourage it . |
| 6 | Having observed his or her own former situation by means of regression , the patent will then during the course of a counselling session have the opportunity to discuss what happened ( something that may never have been done before ) , to express anger at the perpetrator and possibly at others who may have guessed what was going on but perhaps did nothing to prevent it , and to understand that he or she was in no way to blame for what occurred . |
| 7 | She rages again , always aware that in fact she did nothing to prevent it . |
| 8 | But these firms , as I said , they wanted this or that or the other and with er because of this fellow Mr he did nothing to get it out of his so it just happened , you know what I mean . |
| 9 | She put it in her lap , and , her voice a thread , said , ‘ Yes , oh , yes , ’ and then , ‘ I did nothing to provoke it , nothing … |
| 10 | Oh dear , did someone pull it out then ? |
| 11 | ‘ Did someone nuke it , or what ? ’ |
| 12 | Now you 'd better ask the question — did I do it ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Why did I do it ? ’ |
| 14 | Why did I do it ? |
| 15 | Why did I do it ? |
| 16 | Did I do it for her or to release the frustration that 's been eating me since I left Deptford ? |
| 17 | ‘ Why , why , why did I do it ? ’ |
| 18 | Why did I do it ? she thought frantically , oh God I 'm not fit to live . |
| 19 | Did I do it wrong ? |
| 20 | now how did I do it ? not like that obviously oh that 's it , I 'm getting a fifty percent success rate of whole ones to small ones here |
| 21 | Why did I do it ? |
| 22 | Well why did I do it then ? |
| 23 | Why did I think it necessary to take such drastic measures ? |
| 24 | Did I think it would be a wise move or should she try to persuade Meredith to keep her on for Christmas ? |
| 25 | so she did I think it was four se special meals then when we were there there was salmon , duckling |
| 26 | Why did I think it was |
| 27 | I 'll tell you the reason why I like to record what we say , somebody came to our house Thursday , did I mention it to you on the phone ? |
| 28 | Ah equally um , just to go off at a tangent a bit , um there 're a number of more radical theorists , in particular the um in the Bonnie Burstow book Radical Feminist Therapy , would say that um rather like with other forms of sexual crime , the people who 've been victimised , people who 've survived , are often inclined to say something along the lines of mm y'know did i did I bring it on myself kind of kind of feeling . |
| 29 | Did I wear it over Chris , I did n't wear it at Christmas time did I ? |
| 30 | When did I make it ? |