Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] he [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was soft and more used than he dared admit to indolence and good food . |
| 2 | ‘ Now , it 's perfectly possible that he did discover Nicola was having an affair a couple of weeks ago but only threw out the photos last night . |
| 3 | The counsellor feared that would be the last she heard from him so she was pleasantly surprised when he did come the following week , bearing a letter from Susie in Denmark . |
| 4 | For a man who started life as a ‘ Scythian shepherd ’ , he is incredibly intelligent and he does speak as if he were a prince . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's being very brave but he did adore her , you know . ’ |
| 6 | To risk his job — and Sir Daniel had made it very clear that he did risk it — was a courageous thing to do when you considered how few editors ' chairs there were on the Street . |
| 7 | Perhaps a little too active but he did achieve his goal ! |