Example sentences of "[conj] he did [adv] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was not a lot of point in bringing these gifts , since her father 's allotment kept them well supplied with fresh vegetables ( although he did not grow sweet peas , considering them more trouble than they were worth ) . |
| 2 | In a letter to Herbert Read , dated " 16 February " ( probably written in 1925 ) he described a racial prejudice from which he was not immune — although he did not specify that prejudice , its nature is clear from the context , in which he offered Disraeli as an example of what he meant . |
| 3 | On the domestic front , the General turned over more power to Pompidou than he had done before 1965 , although he did not abandon domestic politics entirely . |
| 4 | Although he did not assume priestly powers , he did act as a ‘ lay bishop ’ with the right to define articles of faith . |
| 5 | Although he did not achieve any recognition from the United States that the USSR was an ‘ equal ’ power , he did secure an American guarantee not to invade Cuba , which has diminished the spectre of how the Soviet Union would respond to such an event . |
| 6 | There was the German from Maple Drive known as ‘ The Nazi who Escaped justice from Nuremberg ’ , who , although he did not own any kind of pet , bared his teeth like an Alsatian … |
| 7 | Howard 's second concern with the quality of staff was with training , although he did not use that word . |
| 8 | You see , the last order he 'd had from her was made from London after she 'd disappeared — although he did n't know that . |
| 9 | He likes it no matter what you pu although he did n't like that other stuff we bought did he ? |
| 10 | The father of one family had no contact with their Irish Catholic grandparents because he had married a Protestant — although he did later inherit one of the grandfather 's pawnshops . |
| 11 | It goes without saying that he did not serve scrambled eggs with smoked haddock , he cooked the haddock first , flaked it , and mixed it with the beaten eggs before cooking them . |
| 12 | His tone suggested that he did not pin much faith in this being the case . |
| 13 | He said , on repeated occasions , that he did not want any more families . |
| 14 | He promised in the Chamber that he did not want any volunteers to be turned away from offering their service , and I am sure that he will do his best to keep that promise . |
| 15 | President Jaime Paz Zamora , claiming that he did not want any confusion between " electoral campaigning and government work " , accepted the resignations of three other ADN ministers and one from the Left Revolutionary Front ( FRI ) . |
| 16 | If Lord Eldon used any language which could be so interpreted , we must conclude that he either did not guard himself so cautiously as he intended , or that he did not lend that degree of attention to the legal doctrine connected with the case before him , which he was accustomed to afford . |
| 17 | Johnson 's famous comment about Kit Smart suggests that some people were actually content with their dirt : ‘ Another charge was , that he did not love clean linen ; and I have no passion for it ’ . |
| 18 | Sartre is reported to have said that he did not feel free without a thousand francs in his pocket ; this is clearly a freedom which can only be enjoyed by a few . |
| 19 | His wife was lurking in the basement all the time Eleanor was there , so that he did not feel safe getting close . |
| 20 | A Commons committee decided yesterday not to accept Mr Lamont 's claim that he did not break any rules by using the cash to evict sex therapist Sara Dale from his London home . |
| 21 | He added that he did not expect such an acceptable method of slaughter to evolve in the near future . |
| 22 | He stated that he did not expect any hostility when he returned to London . |
| 23 | MacDonald 's reply , that he did not share that belief , is , again , an indication that he did not wish to remain as Prime Minister if his government collapsed . |
| 24 | The mere fact that he did not have all the information could not be an excuse for not complying with the notice under s 8 , TMA 1970 . |
| 25 | I can only recall one occasion when he expressed a quiet boast ; he took delight in telling me that he did not have one paper qualification to his name . |
| 26 | I would have done it for a young white guy if he was from my club and I realised that he did not have enough money to play the Tour . " |
| 27 | Count 1 alleged the obtaining of property by deception contrary to section 15(1) of the Theft Act 1968 , the particulars being that on or about 16 March 1988 the appellant dishonestly obtained from the Halifax Building Society a cheque for £150,000 by falsely representing ( a ) that his basic annual income was £90,000 , ( b ) that he had never been bankrupt and did not have any judgment or proceedings for debt outstanding and ( c ) that he did not have any bank or other loans or charge/credit card debts . |
| 28 | The taxpayer contended that he did not have full information available to enable him to complete the returns . |
| 29 | After leaving Cambridge he went off to Paris to study drawing , but soon realized that he did not have sufficient talent . |
| 30 | From across the kitchen Lavinia smiled at him as though to reassure him , as though stating again that he did not seem laughable . |