Example sentences of "they [adv] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | They rarely did . |
| 2 | They were meant to coincide so that travellers would have a smooth connection , but they rarely did , and the tea-houses and cheap hotels of Half a were swollen with travellers who invariably had to wait for days . |
| 3 | In one such instance , when the party prospectively disadvantaged happened to be in government , the Home Secretary took the extraordinary step of introducing the order and advising his party colleagues in the House to reject it , which they duly did , the stated reasons being the desirability of awaiting the outcome of a local government review then pending . |
| 4 | The company secretary orally requested the auditors to give a valuation , which they duly did , and the plaintiff sold his shares at that price . |
| 5 | And yet they eventually did talk about ‘ the leg ’ and then ‘ the disease ’ and Iain heard the word ‘ Spinabifida ’ ; a word previously heard only on TV when charities were appealing for money . |
| 6 | This they eventually did at Messina — another positive augury for the future , perhaps — appointing to the post René Mayer who was , in fact , an associate of Monnet . |
| 7 | They only did they were new to the quarry really . |
| 8 | It does little for the already low standing of politicians in the public esteem for Major to say effectively that they did not have plans to raise taxes then and they only did it because it was necessary . |
| 9 | They only did like erm a square foot every time . |
| 10 | Yeah , but I thought , sounded as if they only did tho , those that you blow up and this is n't , you can put it in , in the wash or anything . |
| 11 | What they perhaps did not realise at the time was that France was not prepared to compromise . |
| 12 | And both , as a result of all of the above , provided unparalleled opportunities for the British to convince themselves and show the world — it was remarkable how often Indirect Rulers reported on the esteem in which their system was held by other nations — that they naturally did certain things very , very well . |
| 13 | They naturally did not think to apply it to their own empires . |
| 14 | ‘ They obviously did n't want me , so I wo n't apply , ’ he said . |
| 15 | They obviously did n't mind the isolation . |
| 16 | I was disillusioned with all the experts who 'd been predicting one thing or another ; they obviously did n't know any more than anybody else . |
| 17 | Ever since he had been at high school he 'd found some enjoyment and relief by getting back at them in ways they obviously did n't expect . |
| 18 | but erm I , I mean I , they obviously did n't say oh no that 'll be a rotten idea , so |
| 19 | I do n't think they s th th they obviously did n't see it in , in quite the terms that |
| 20 | Meanwhile I noticed my friends paddling by smiling , laughing and waving at me as they obviously did not realise why I was screaming as loud as I possibly could . |
| 21 | They obviously did n't like it , there was nothing dif , there was n't definitely said but there was some |
| 22 | that would be the class and yet they all did cos George and I insisted ! |
| 23 | Aha , but you know they were n't begging , they all did something ? |
| 24 | But they all did n't come at one time , they were always had new ones coming again . |
| 25 | If you , if you had to make the tea as many times in the day as us women did which they all did |
| 26 | And they all did it apart from Chris who said urgh she always works us too hard ! |
| 27 | yeah what they all did |
| 28 | But they had this goalkeeper , do you remember him , his name was Thomasescu , he was about ten foot two , eyes of blue , and he stopped everything , Kevin Hector had a go , Alan Clarke , they all did , even Peter Shilton in goal . |
| 29 | No , they ran across the top of the water and hammered desperately at the air with their wings and then , just when it was obvious they were n't going to achieve anything , they suddenly did ; the water dropped away and there was just the slow creak of wings pulling the goose up into the sky . |
| 30 | However , they apparently did not rule out eventual increases , although these would have to be met exclusively from the company 's own funds . |