Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | A genre that had grown out of the need for sensationalism did seem to be striking chords at a time of economic insecurity when cities seemed places of dislocation and when , if nothing else , there was a curiosity about how law-breakers operated . |
| 2 | One problem with the evaluation of these results is the possibility that the women who described themselves as housewives did so because this was an interview about housework . |
| 3 | Despite initial SPD threats to block ratification , SPD leaders said on March 9 that their desire for improvements did not preclude approval of the treaty . |
| 4 | Although the extra representation for zemstva did not arise out of St Petersburg 's enthusiasm for local government ( but out of the determination of central agencies to prevent any one of their number dominating the rest ) , it nevertheless ensured " a large dose of decentralization " in primary education and gave primary schools a better chance than they would have had otherwise . |
| 5 | Well not only have you got a bit missing , you had n't had anything to eat for ages did you ? |
| 6 | The merchant seaman 's need for benevolence did not go entirely unnoticed in the eighteenth century . |
| 7 | Now , he does think that the one and the mind is present to every one of us , erm , but I also take it that erm he er thought that he himself , had been able to ascend to the one er four times in the course of his life and that he also thought that some of his students were of better contemplation than others and erm so he may also have thought as Plato did , that some people are more inclined towards philosophy than others . |
| 8 | Miracle cures for alcoholism did n't happen . |
| 9 | Erm he bought that car off Steven did n't he ? |
| 10 | Although he helped make development a causal science his theories were largely wrong ; even so , his preformationist ideas , in which nuclear determinants were unequally distributed during cleavage did stimulate the key experiments . |
| 11 | But his search for pleasure did not stop there . |
| 12 | I brought for Andy did n't you ? |
| 13 | This had been proposed in an earlier draft which was condemned by journalists as seeking to introduce " curbs … such as journalists did not experience even in the days when the CPSU was all-powerful " . |
| 14 | F , why did put F oh you asked me about F did n't you ? what did you put , did you put F in the end ? |
| 15 | Ironically , Gallacher 's capacity for tragedy did not leave him for long ; at the end of the game he was told his sister-in-law had died in Scotland , and as the tartan army led a ragtime jazz-band through the streets of London , Hughie Gallacher was on his way to the funeral . |
| 16 | ‘ by no means did [ the Danes ] provide him with less gifts , less national treasure ’ , says the poet with proud understatement , ‘ than those did ( þonne þá dydon ) who sent him out at his beginning , alone over the waves , being a child . ’ |
| 17 | The need for help did not , therefore , end with the war , and FSU continued the work subsequently . |
| 18 | Those who afterwards blamed Lambeth 1958 for platitudes did not know what they were talking about . |
| 19 | However , only for Dipentum did this result in significantly lower 5-ASA mucosal concentrations . |
| 20 | At the time , playing for Scotland did n't seem very realistic , but I was happy to play for the Anglos ’ . |
| 21 | Taking money for playing still disqualified a man for the highest honours in amateur eyes , but profiting from sporting fame indirectly through directorships did not . |
| 22 | If you notice a particular position that causes discomfort or pain , such as sitting or standing for long periods , then you do as Alexander did and use a mirror to help you detect the source of your problem . |
| 23 | The numbers conferred by the Office of Works for identification did not run consecutively , and one competitor complained that his work was hung in two separate parts of the hall . |
| 24 | There were comparatively few incomers and they were dispersed among the native population ( estate building for incomers did not peak until 1976 , and none existed before 1974 ) . |
| 25 | and his brother got in trouble through embezzlement did n't he ? |
| 26 | Similarly , infusion of PYX did not prevent bile inhibition of ileal motor activity . |
| 27 | But Brockweir school in the Forest of Dean did close , because of lack of support , although some parents are now petitioning the county council to sell it to them so it can re-open . |
| 28 | In the less fertile north and central regions , where peasant trade and crafts developed most rapidly , a measure of differentiation did develop as successful petty peasant entrepreneurs hired their fellows . |
| 29 | A panel of experts did a spot assessment of 10 Indian medical journals and found only one , The National Medical Journal of India ( NMJI ) , to be of international standard . |
| 30 | Rob made me a cup of coffee and erm I forgot it had been standing there and er I went to take a mouthful course I got a mouth full of skin did n't I ? |