Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or Ben did n't do it . |
| 2 | The boot-and-brushing room , where Twomey did the hunting clothes and Dada 's clothes and boots and shoes ; a lesser room for lamps and other people 's boots and shoes . |
| 3 | And , even after the invention of coinage , many areas or cities did not use it . |
| 4 | Not every Merovingian queen was as forceful as Fredegund , and the sons of various queens or concubines did inherit at the same time . |
| 5 | Clearly , fact and fiction become intermingled in such a process , but , as Chapter 4 points out , the idea that ‘ treatment equals methadone ’ developed at this time in Wirral , as did native knowledge concerning which agency or GP did or did not prescribe methadone . |
| 6 | Where employers did see value in work experience schemes , it had to do with information about career choices . |
| 7 | ‘ Please describe in your own words , how you reached your decisions ( i.e. what strategy or strategies did you use ? ) |
| 8 | Not by the slightest word or look did she betray to Miss Miggs that she knew she could n't read . |
| 9 | Search consultants are often called in when an organisation is considering going into a new business sector , as Marks & Spencer did when they went into financial services with their credit card ; as when BP were trying to diversify their business and spot winners by developing new technology ; as financial services institutions do when they wish to launch a new product or enter new markets . |
| 10 | Sometimes parents had stopped the laxative because the stool withholding manoeuvres or screaming did not stop as soon as loose stools were induced . |
| 11 | The employer may find it difficult when he becomes aware of the fact that his former customers are now dealing with his former employee to prove that preparation to entice them away or enticement did in fact take place during employment . |
| 12 | Where action did occur , in the USA and Italy , in each case a central government initiative drove the process of local reform . |
| 13 | Briefly ( for MM will reappear later ) , their point was that whether a firm raised its money through debt or equity did not , itself , affect the firm 's value . |
| 14 | Whether it was talking to travellers or just listening to the lads , whether I felt warmth or animosity did not matter . |
| 15 | The islanders in their shorts or sarongs did n't look ‘ professional ’ . |
| 16 | There is another reason for retaining a younger image at forty and fifty than our mothers or grandmothers did . |
| 17 | Where redemption did go into effect immediately , the peasantry soon found their allotments inadequate , and their land hunger was exacerbated by a massive population increase which averaged about 1.5 per cent per year in the second half of the nineteenth century . |
| 18 | Today , it 's difficult to imagine how electric guitars were received in an environment where rock'n'roll did not exist . |
| 19 | Because the death-rate was high , marriages were usually short-term ; and divorce could be obtained where nature did not intervene . |
| 20 | He showed no desire to rediscover the metropolis ; and when not out visiting or walking did , as far as Ludens could see , nothing ; nothing , that is , except , presumably , think . |
| 21 | The government should bear in mind that Virgin did not have permission to fly 95 per cent of the routes around the world ; it was unfair for British Airways to fly a ‘ loss leader ’ on the one route where Virgin did have permission . |
| 22 | Of these , 102 episodes fitted the criteria described in the methods section , which were designed to ensure that the effects of swallowing or straining did not influence assessment of the effect of reflux on UOS pressures . |
| 23 | Er and when you saw the figure or figures did you say anything then ? |
| 24 | This could be because exposure to the hazardous substance or substances did not occur in those populations or that being monitored for exposure to external radiation was not a marker of the relevant exposure . |
| 25 | But Carolyn , backed up by Phil Morris , hammered away at the point that furnishing fabrics were not like clothes , where customers did not expect to come back for more of the same . |
| 26 | He was no more blind than you or I. Did n't you recognize him for that man we gave a ride to on the road ? |
| 27 | On appeal , not merely was no criticism levelled at this direction , but Humphreys J. himself stated that ‘ where … the charge is one of rape it is necessary that the prosecution should prove that the girl or woman did not consent and that the crime was committed against her will . ’ |
| 28 | A mechanic when he hits on an idea that makes him some money in a suggestion scheme though the joy is of the same substance but he will not feel the same depth of emotion as Einstein or Dante did . |
| 29 | Business deals would not be made where people did not know the other partner to the contract . |
| 30 | Unlike Britain and France , where profits were leaked abroad to colonial landholdings and estates , and where profits did not automatically become industrial investments , Germany had been forced to embark on a series of massive and successive re-investment programmes and re-equipment drives . |