Example sentences of "he did that " in BNC.

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1 I du n no why he did that , but when I heard Marie tell that , I felt really horrible .
2 If the Prince of Wales had not stood up and spoken as he did that day , the government might have remained entrenched on the subject for considerably longer than it was .
3 The levy probably survived because Margaret Thatcher — unlike the 19th-century Earl of Rosebery , who said he would rather win the Derby ( he did that twice ) than be prime minister ( once , briefly ) — was uninterested in racing .
4 Besides he did that himself sometimes when they new over , if they were enemy planes .
5 He did that sometimes on his own up in Jubilee Wood but never so anyone could see him .
6 He did that for me ? ’
7 He did that again three times on the way , and after the third time he was barely stumbling along , dragging the rifle .
8 I loved it when he did that .
9 He did that yesterday morning .
10 While he did that , Myeloski commandeered his office and rang Yashkin in Moscow for any further news .
11 ‘ He feels nothing but horror and shame for what he did that night ’ , said Mr Vass .
12 so he did that fugue … and I suggested other changes too . ’
13 I was glad he did that .
14 I said that the best thing he could do for the whites was to demonstrate to the blacks that they fully supported the widest possible franchise , and that if he did that he would emerge as a statesman , with a statesman 's view of his responsibilities .
15 He did that now .
16 But no ; if he did that , he 'd have to face the laughter and ridicule of the community .
17 He felt disappointed because writing " Voice of Vangmoor " was the only money-making activity he did that he enjoyed , and this would have been more enjoyable than usual , a piece of real journalism as against the usual pedestrian stuff about the view from the top of Big Allen or hearing the first cuckoo .
18 I always do that — try and work out what age they were and think God , he did that when he was 21 .
19 He he was he could plant trees , he could er er you know , he did that and he could see to planting and er er and looking after woods and things of that kind .
20 ‘ What do you think he did that for ? ’
21 Normally he would have taken notes , but he knew that Pickerage would be doubly uneasy if he did that .
22 He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night .
23 If he did that , some of our constituents might receive benefits , and the people involved in crime might get sent down for longer periods .
24 He did that at the Hope ( Close : He improved three times , but would have had to better a 63 to do it every round — 76-68-67-63-69 ) .
25 He did that several times until he had established the depth to reach the lock and bolt and he now knew a single spring-loaded tumbler holding it in place .
26 Amiss had to restrain his impatience , knowing as he did that a distinguishing feature of Blenkinsop was that he had enjoyed any wine , as long as there was enough of it .
27 Garvey fixes them — like he did that first time in Horsey , when he paid that waster to act blind . ’
28 He did that season in London last year . ’
29 he did that and he was quiet for twenty minutes .
30 if he did that in half an hour , what would his velocity be ?
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