Example sentences of "[adj] did [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Run For Free did his best to eject Mark Perrett seven from home , but apart from that he put up a superb display of jumping . |
| 2 | You did n't tell her any different did you ? |
| 3 | Still the English did nothing . |
| 4 | In fact , so contemptible did I find his dismissal of my judgement as to what constitutes talent on the football field , that I flatly refused the £200,000 fee they were willing to pay for Colin Webley and let the useless git go on a free transfer ! |
| 5 | He says the British did nothing for him while he was awaiting trial . |
| 6 | So popular did they become , that their decoration , usually with scraps , became one of the amateur arts to loved by Victorian ladies . |
| 7 | The French did something not dissimilar by inventing a people , the Berbers , from the groups that inhabited the highlands of north Africa . |
| 8 | Well she did n't know you were n't French did she ? |
| 9 | So lively did it get on occasions that Bishop Story had to order the pilgrims to carry crosses and banners in 1478 instead of the coloured staves with which they were prone to hit each other at the height of their religious fervour . |
| 10 | ‘ How old did ye think he was then ? ’ |
| 11 | How old did he look now ? |
| 12 | ‘ How old did you say you were , Constance ? ’ |
| 13 | How old did you think I am ? |
| 14 | How real did she want it exactly ? |
| 15 | Absolute did you go out last night ? |
| 16 | Which of the following did you buy when you bought your bed ? ( please tick all that apply ) |
| 17 | Sabine did her best not to flinch from the contempt in madame 's voice as well as the implications of what she was saying . |
| 18 | Only when his struggling became more violent did she fall from him , and then with frantic hands he untangled himself from her and rose to crouch against the wall , his eyes closed , his breath rasping in his throat . |
| 19 | Seems to me a very reasonable conclusion , I mean you can redress it up in Freudian terms and say their conscious did it , which is really very similar thing to say , I mean the unconscious becomes a sort of god in that case . |
| 20 | It 's not a case of black and white did you say ? |
| 21 | I think , he did n't look natural did he . |
| 22 | You did n't think adding up or taking away was this hard did you ? |
| 23 | sanitary sort of , asking you what you use what size ha you know , how comfortable did you feel with them , you know , did you wear one at night ? |
| 24 | and he never got married did he ? |
| 25 | Our mum did n't sound very well did she ? |
| 26 | You thought it was rough did you ? |
| 27 | Oh that 's good did they charged to go or not ? |
| 28 | Did n't do , did n't think it would do you any good did we ? |
| 29 | Good did you know that or were you just guessing ? |
| 30 | Oh and he thought they were good did he ? |