Example sentences of "did [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around the huts he had avoided all contact with her and although they stood side by side listening to her husband , he did nothing to acknowledge her existence . |
| 2 | ‘ I loved the song , and I think it should have been a hit , but there again the record company did nothing to promote it . |
| 3 | That these features were often called ‘ adaptations ’ did nothing to explain them . |
| 4 | She spent the weekend reading books on caving — or more correctly , she discovered , speleology — and it did nothing to set her mind at rest . |
| 5 | His manner as he greeted her at the church door , then ushered her to her seat , did nothing to dispel her apprehension . |
| 6 | And from each fragment the light darted , white and spurting , a light that broke the dark but did nothing to dispel it . |
| 7 | Closer acquaintance did nothing to dispel his good impression of his grandsons . |
| 8 | She felt humiliated and depressed and the fact that Joanna and Ian seemed so close did nothing to lift her spirits . |
| 9 | Even the fact that I finally found a trickle of scummy water , which let me rinse some of the filth from my boots , did nothing to lift my spirits . |
| 10 | She felt him kiss her breasts : a light touch with closed lips , which did nothing to arouse her . |
| 11 | A quick survey of the distant marquees did nothing to restore her equilibrium . |
| 12 | His comment ‘ If you do n't bother him , he wo n't bother you ’ did nothing to restore our shattered nerves . |
| 13 | I seemed to spend much of my time assisting the chef and painting but this did nothing to damp my enthusiasm . |
| 14 | She began to tremble , but although he must surely have known that she was not enjoying what he was doing , he said and did nothing to reassure her , nor gave her any sign of love or affection . |
| 15 | The presence of the bodies of Rodo and Molassi did nothing to reassure her . |
| 16 | None the less , civilized people should not be called upon to suffer such cheek from the younger generation , who had little spending power and did nothing to justify their existence . |
| 17 | She did nothing to improve her appearance ; her flaxen hair was cut short so that it fitted her head like a helmet and accentuated the angularity of her features . |
| 18 | The pot-holed drive back up to Hummingbird House did nothing to improve her state of health . |
| 19 | Circumstances at Lime Street did nothing to improve his state of mind . |
| 20 | He did it well , but it did nothing to improve his image within his own party . |
| 21 | Thanks to her I still had a roof over my head , but this economic patronage subtly altered relations between us in a way that did nothing to improve my self-respect . |
| 22 | The fact that such an occupation was un-likely to provide him with a living did nothing to deter him . |
| 23 | The warm breeze did nothing to cool her flushed cheeks . |
| 24 | Since then he had tried to stay away from her , and it seemed she was doing the same , which did nothing to cool his interest . |
| 25 | Tears welled up in her eyes , and she did nothing to stop them from spilling through her fingers and on to her cheeks . |
| 26 | She said nothing , but only arched back against the soft leather , lost in the tantalising , agonising pleasure of his hands — a pleasure that lit a fire deep inside her , but did nothing to quench it . |
| 27 | The parkland and the distant country were beautifully green , but , as was usually the case , the sky was obscured by a covering of cloud which hid the sun but did nothing to lessen its heat . |
| 28 | I read carefully all of the somewhat defensive Book Tokens publicity material but , like his reactionary letter , it did nothing to lessen my conviction that a gentle broadening of advertising emphasis from the safely converted — adults buying for children — to embrace the message that tokens also give pleasure to adults could only be beneficial . |
| 29 | These tensions were held in check by Edward IV but he did nothing to resolve them , and after his death they erupted into the faction struggle which cost Edward V his throne . |
| 30 | These tensions were held in check by Edward IV but he did nothing to resolve them , and after his death they erupted into the faction struggle which cost Edward V his throne . |