Example sentences of "did [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This era was the age of many illustrated newspapers and magazines such as the Graphic and Punch magazine — Trood and Dent sold much of their work to these publications , as did Davidson on occasion . |
| 2 | Although Nizan was entirely dismissive of the intellectual pretentiousness and inanity of Oswald Mosley , it is abundantly clear from his account of the incident that nowhere did Nizan underestimate the threat of fascism , even in the realm of kings and coronations . |
| 3 | 62 of the 266 were , it is true , listed buildings , but in only three of these cases did demolition proceed against the wish of the local planning authority ; and in none of those cases did the Advisory Board object . |
| 4 | ‘ Did Edwin continue to visit you ? ’ |
| 5 | Two Cabinet vacancies , caused by the late August resignations of the Education and Higher Education Minister Lalith Athulathmudali , a leading UNP dissident , and of Labour Minister G. N. Premachandra , remained unfilled , as did vacancies at Minister of State level . |
| 6 | Why did Philippe demand that the Pope dissolve the order ? |
| 7 | How did Zang find out ? |
| 8 | Who did Ilya Kuryakin work for ? 14 . |
| 9 | Marlborough , Massachusetts-based Viewlogic Systems Inc is to acquire privately-held Quad Design Technology Inc , developing software for analysing timing and interference problems in circuit designs in Camarillo , California for 872,700 new shares , giving the transaction an indicated value of $16.7m ; Viewlogic develops electronic design automation tools and did $65.8m last year ; Quad had $5.3m sales . |
| 10 | " did Nenna tell you that ? " |
| 11 | How did echolocation get its start ? |
| 12 | It is pretty clear that while big business is being done in local area network hubs and routers , the market is very overcrowded , and in those circumstances , the outcome is usually that the rich get richer and the poor get taken over or go bust : observers reckon that in that context , the richest of the rich is Cisco Systems Inc , Menlo Park , which did $340m in the year to last July and is estimated to have at least 45% of the market and maybe as much as 50% ; Wellfleet Communications Inc is thought to be number two , with anything from 12% to 20% , with 3Com Corp third at around 10% , but in the hub sector alone , SynOptics Communications Inc is thought to have about 33% and Cabletron Systems Inc 15% , although the latter says the two are neck and neck . |
| 13 | He found himself able to distinguish the Manchester Corporation case [ 1891 ] 1 Q.B. 94 , by which he was technically bound , on grounds which I have to say I find unconvincing , as did Morland J. Browne J. said , at p. 178 : |
| 14 | In the US steel industry not only did employers control a rapidly changing technology but the small number of very large firms which existed possessed vast financial resources . |
| 15 | Did employers shape the curriculum ? |
| 16 | How where did where did N H I er N E H I come in to that ? |
| 17 | Actually I did operations between the village hall and the Crosskeys and Mr Martin is on the pub for the last sixteen years you see . |
| 18 | Did Forrester play ? |
| 19 | In his discourse on indigestion in the horse , he posed the question , why did ploughmen seldom suffer from indigestion , while members of the higher classes were prone to this ? |
| 20 | ‘ But Jesus did acts of kindness on the Sabbath , ’ he replied , thinking to meet her objection on Biblical grounds . |
| 21 | What type of society did Homo habilis have ? |
| 22 | One was from the Arisleus Vision : ‘ With so much love did Beya embrace Gabricus that she entirely absorbed him in her own nature and dissolved him in inseparable atoms . ’ |
| 23 | How did Andres Valenzuela get sucked in , and what prompted his change of heart ? |
| 24 | How many pairs of trousers did Cords Plc sell each month ? |
| 25 | Ilya realized , as did Beatrice , that the way to wound Modigliani was to attack his family pride , to bait him about his mother . |
| 26 | Sandra Bernhard MC 'd the first part of the show alongside American Vogue 's André Leon Talley , Daniel de la Falaise escorted Kylie Minogue down the runway , BodyMap 's David Holah and film-maker John Maybury appeared in drag , as did Pierre and Gilles dressed as bride and groom . |
| 27 | Where did Islam stand on that one ? |
| 28 | Their back doors were protected by makeshift porches of ribbed plastic , and the gardens grew as many derelict motor bikes as they did dahlias and cabbages . |
| 29 | I did G C S E's in the first year . |
| 30 | I did G C E thank you very much ! |