Example sentences of "[noun prp] did " in BNC.

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1 I always wanted to have gallery openings on the same day but Annely Juda did n't .
2 So Veronica did n't support herself , Loretta noted .
3 Perhaps they knew , as Thorfinn did , that the Pope was learning Greek , there in his imprisonment in Benevento , so that he could the better engage the help of the Eastern Emperor to throw the Normans out of their new lands in Italy .
4 What Thorfinn did was earn a breathing-space , and the right to lodge some sort of defence in the area .
5 I should have invited him , as Thorfinn did , but only time will tell if he was right .
6 The secret news from Dunegal of Nithsdale , using a name that only Thorfinn would recognise , that Thorfinn did not talk of at all , at least before Groa .
7 Knocks it in and er once again I have to say Whitlow did well .
8 Gloria seemed so pleased that Dot did n't like to say how constricting the coat felt round the neck .
9 Obediently , Dot did as Gloria asked , gripping her thumb between her front teeth to prevent it slipping out .
10 If the complete Porgy reveals anything , it is that Gershwin did not go straight from one hit to another ( as we did here , from ‘ Summertime ’ to ‘ A Woman is a Sometime Thing ’ ) .
11 Moreover , the decision to establish institutes of higher education in every country except Powys did not materialize wholly in the form proposed in the outline plan .
12 The letters took ages but somehow Rebecca did n't find it so difficult this time .
13 So what did John look like perhaps like a little Billy Bunter did n't he ?
14 The A four one three in Buckinghamshire at Dunton turn between Winslow and Whitchurch did see two mile tailbacks earlier on this afternoon , at that was Aylesbury-bound due to the accident involving a car on fire .
15 Dunlop won the 125 race in style , and McWilliams did the double in the two Superbike races .
16 Dunlop won the 125 race in style , and McWilliams did the double in the two Superbike races .
17 Watford did simple things well and in Bazeley had the sort of finisher Dalglish must have yearned for .
18 That of Stella Gibbons did .
19 Ari did not like Tammuz Malamute .
20 Erm David Allenby did n't talk like that .
21 Gazza did not even come out for the second half — he had proved all he needed to prove to any disbelievers still out there .
22 But Creed did n't give Jed time to think .
23 Creed did n't appear to have heard .
24 Creed did n't lift his eyes from his drink .
25 Sue Small did n't .
26 Johnny did fight back but the old 1-iron killed him off .
27 She thought sadly of all the things about his war that Johnny did not yet know .
28 And were n't there plenty of men who still thought as Johnny did , even though the year was 1992 ?
29 ‘ You can say that again , ’ she said ; and Johnny did .
30 Johnny did n't answer , but simply rolled onto his stomach and buried his head in the pillow .
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