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Example sentences for "did the"

  • But neither by the name he had borrowed from the Mede, nor by that which in the colleges of Egypt would have attested his origin from kings, did the cultivators of magic acknowledge the potent master.

  • And he walked in the ways of the house of Achab: and he did evil before the Lord, as did the house of Achab: for he was the son in law of the house of Achab.

  • Of them that built on the wall and that carried burdens, and that laded: with one of his hands he did the work, and with the other he held a sword.

  • As the Lord had commanded Moses so did the children of Israel, and they divided the land.

  • That its ruler wuz one who held the rights of the lowest, and poorest, and most ignerent of His children, of jest as much account as he did the rights of a king.

  • He said, and believed, though it haint so, but the Deacon believed it, "that I looked younger than I did the day I wuz married.

  • The house looked pleasant, and so did the Landlord, and Landlady, and we dismounted and walked through a long clean hall, and went out onto a back piazza and sot down.

  • The library did not satisfy me, and the librarians still less: I was received with much civility, and invited to a good supper in the Spanish style, at which the Prior and another monk did the honours.

  • Following his example, Pontchartrain, Torcy, and the most distinguished lords of the Court, did the same.

  • As long as he could sit up he did the same.

  • Therefore, too, did the elders of Israel have to put their hands upon the Levites, according to the prescription that the elders must put their hands upon the sin of the congregation.

  • As Simeon, sword in hand, battled for his sister, so, by force of arms, did the tribe of Gad set out to gain the land beyond the Jordan for their brethren.

  • I did the best I could--nothing I'm ashamed of--or proud of either.

  • Did the life of virtue offer any attractive alternative?

  • Susan laughed and so did the girl in the corner.

  • When Joshua marched around it seven times, some three thousand years ago, and blew it down with his trumpet, he did the work so well and so completely that he hardly left enough of the city to cast a shadow.

  • They selected grand spots, as did the Egyptians of old, for burial places, as if they designed that when the voice of God should reach the sleepers, they should walk forth and open their eyes on scenes of glorious beauty.

  • The bands played, and so did the fountains; the moon and the gas lamps lit up the scene, and altogether it was a brilliant and an animated picture.

  • The people of Odessa have warmly recommended us to go and call on the Emperor, as did the Sebastopolians.

  • I did the same by another, but Job missed his stroke, and I saw a brawny Amahagger grip him by the middle and whirl him off the rock.

  • Ex-King Milan resigned his post; so did the government; and King Alexander had great difficulty in forming a new cabinet.

  • From Peter's point of view the question was, did the enormity of the tsarevich's crime absolve the tsar from the oath which he had taken to spare the life of this prodigal son?

  • He turned as he spoke and so did the others, and this was what the Slaughter sought.

  • Thus, then, did the Wolf-Brethren bring death on the impi of Chaka, and this was but the first of many deaths that they wrought with the help of the wolves.

  • So I did the best I could; that is, I fired at the pistol in his hand, and the light being good, struck it near the hilt and knocked it off the barrel before the he could press the trigger, if he really meant to shoot.

  • But she only smiled and, shaking her head in a fascinating way that was peculiar to her, remarked that I could not deceive her as I did the Kaffirs.

  • He paused, then turning to Goza, asked, "Did the Opener of Roads tell you where he wished to dwell when he comes to visit me here at Ulundi?

  • The battle that ensued was quite exciting, but the end of it was that an ace in the hand of Anscombe, who really was quite a good player, did the business, and we won again.

  • The death of Giorgio caused very great excitement; many took arms at the execution in favor of the Signory and the Capitano; and many others, either for ambition or as a means for their own safety, did the same.

  • You know what a help I was when we did the programmes.

  • So did the gentlemen of the club, for at that moment half-a-dozen fire-crackers exploded under the chair Grif had left, and flew wildly about the room.

  • Not until 1779 did the House of Commons admit the public to its galleries.

  • Many of his Canadian French slipped off homeward and so did the Loyalists.

  • He remembered the recent war as vividly as did the Englishman, and, if the English paid its cost in gold, he had paid his share in blood and tears.

  • Watching the statue of the god, presently I thought that it moved, and as I could see by the stir among them, so did the others.

  • But Ki watched Merapi more than he did the hail, for I saw him searching out her very soul with those merciless eyes of his.

  • So, I think, did the Prince; at least he laughed not unhappily and turned away.

  • Why, also, did the statue of Amon melt before her glance, while all my magic fell back from her breast like arrows from a shirt of mail?

  • So did the Prince, but in that darkness he was cut off by a rush of thousands of folk and I saw him no more till all was over.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "did the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    brick wall; colossal statue; crime has been committed; did his; did not; did not know how; did not know what; did not know where; did not know whether; did not take long; did not think proper; did the; did this; didactic poetry; diddle diddle; didna think; didst thou; free and independent states; hath taken; human existence; marriage custom; medical history; permission from; rather does; second stage; thou should