Example sentences of "[adv] he did [adv] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ However , although like any attractive red-blooded man he 's had his share of romances , apparently he did n't regard any of them as long-term for he never sealed them with the ring . ’ |
| 2 | Well that 's a good idea , the thing , you see the thing is she says oh , we , I read anything , you know , buy anything , well I said well suppose you 've already got it , you know , it 's erm , and also we offered him some , some author 's names so he did n't like this , and he did n't want that , you see , so , erm , but , in one hand he 's saying buy me anything and the other hand he 's saying I do n't like this and I do n't like that |
| 3 | The other boy , David , was also puzzling about his experience in the cutting and had resolved to go back and try to find out if he had been dreaming ; somehow he did not feel frightened but more determined to see the tramp and make friends with him . |
| 4 | Probably he did not think this likely to happen . |
| 5 | Now he did n't believe any system was perfect . |
| 6 | As it turned out he did n't make that phone call until the evening and they found a call-box outside a pub in one of the villages , for Great-Uncle Hilbert 's phone had been disconnected . |
| 7 | though he did not want Lindy to know that they listened until they heard a noise again Then Bill laughed . |
| 8 | And you 're always on the wrong side of the road which does n't help Well he did n't expect that . |
| 9 | Well he did n't get much satisfaction with that for some people would n't do it . |
| 10 | Well he did n't reveal any of this new material and none of it was revealed in open court . |
| 11 | Even he did n't consider such deeds heroic ( heroes are usually frightened men who rise to the occasion ) , but saw himself as just a reckless fool whose luck would one day run out . |
| 12 | James right like Mr right he did n't know right and we have this sort of erm water fountain and he was running towards it and he , and he filled up his mouth with it and he was spitting it everywhere and we were all sort of getting out the way and Mr told him if you do n't want to drink it then leave it alone and he sort of turned and walked away . |
| 13 | At least he did n't have any reverse thrust left , just a bucketful of drag . |
| 14 | They told Jesus how he was getting richer and richer as they got poorer and poorer , and how he did n't have any pity even on people who really could n't afford to pay . |
| 15 | I think maybe he did n't share some of their more extreme views . |
| 16 | ‘ Maybe he did n't have good bulbs , ’ said William . |
| 17 | Yet he did not oppose all toxic waste movement ( after all , the same union represents workers at Rechem itself ) ; he simply did n't like the idea that big industrial nations like Canada could dump their dirty problems on this country and his members . |
| 18 | Why he did not feel angrier than he did he could not understand . |
| 19 | Still , she would gaze in wonder at Fleury 's clear , though dirty , countenance and wonder why he did not get any . |
| 20 | That was why , why he did n't wear that . |
| 21 | ‘ I suppose Jonas was expecting me when I arrived — that 's why he did n't seem surprised . ’ |
| 22 | I wonder if that 's why he did n't have much to say ? " |
| 23 | According to him , when Scott interviewed the rock star Bryan Adams she ‘ merely asked him why he wore scruffy jeans , why he drove an old jeep , and why he did n't spend more of his money ’ . |
| 24 | Erm , but on the other hand we had early season , you know , from Stuart and he seemed to interest in away but I do n't know why he did n't play much at the end of the season . |
| 25 | Perhaps Rourke was there as an ideas man — certainly he did n't show much enthusiasm for getting into the nitty-gritty of the day-to-day workload . |
| 26 | Certainly he did not regard large-scale state intervention as having any effect except in the very long term , since the causal conditions are located ultimately in cultural attitudes , not in the factors on which state intervention operates . |