Example sentences of "[subord] he did [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( S. ) 468 , where a sentence of four years imprisonment was upheld for robbery of a taxi driver who was threatened with a lighted cigarette and a knife , although he did not suffer injuries comparable with those suffered by the victim in this case . |
| 2 | Kirk began his telegram by summarising the main points of Gen McCreery 's AC/1 89 , about " unmanageable numbers of refugees and prisoners of war … materially deteriorating from operational capacity " of 5 Corps ( although he did not mention McCreery 's opening point about the " large numbers of surrendered personnel from Army Group SE " ) . |
| 3 | Pound was not to escape lightly , however , and although he did not stand trial he was judged insane and spent the next eleven years in confinement . |
| 4 | Not surprisingly however , John McGregor the Transport Secretary , although he did not oppose John Prescott 's submissions , made it quite clear that this would be extremely expensive . |
| 5 | Hannah 's grandfather , James Hauxwell , was invariably invited although he did n't take part in the drive . |
| 6 | Although he did n't trust people outside the department , this time he knew he had no alternative . |
| 7 | Rory did n't really know Fergus Urvill very well ; although he did sometimes visit Lochgair , he spoke differently — posher — and seemed to spend a lot of his time shooting at birds and animals with other rich people . |
| 8 | His back was already turned , so he did not see Hilary Frome 's gesture , expressive of what he could do with the Cullbridge Athenaeum . |
| 9 | If he did not copy Timagenes he should not be suspected of having copied Posidonius . |
| 10 | Failure to bring about the defection would mean certain imprisonment , possibly death , for if he did not bring matters to a successful conclusion , Manville and his colleagues would not make the slightest attempt to help him . |
| 11 | James had to take what comfort he could from such events , for with the failure of ‘ The Fifteen ’ his prestige in Europe had been greatly diminished , and the Duke of Orleans even threatened to arrest him if he did not leave France . |
| 12 | The previous day the Russian government had announced that it would extradite him to Germany on Dec. 13 ( where he faced criminal charges in connection with his regime 's " shoot-to-kill " policy on escapees ) if he did not leave Russia . |
| 13 | By the autumn , however , the Russians , through their ambassador in Istanbul , Andrei Italinskii , began to threaten the sultan that if he did not make concessions to the Serbs they would intervene to enforce the disputed Article VIII of the Treaty of Bucharest ( see above , p. 81 ) . |
| 14 | ( 6 ) It is for the person who owed any duty under subsection ( 3 ) above — ( a ) if he gave consent and the question arises whether he gave it within a reasonable time , to show that he did , ( b ) if he gave consent subject to any condition and the question arises whether the condition was a reasonable condition , to show that it was , ( c ) if he did not give consent and the question arises whether it was reasonable for him not to do so , to show that it was reasonable , and , if the question arises whether he served notice under that subsection within a reasonable time , to show that he did . |
| 15 | He did so with the support of the southern Saxons and , after a reign of eleven years and seven months ( HE IV , 5 ) , Hlothhere died from wounds received in battle either on 6 February 685 ( HE IV , 26 ) ( if , as Bede believed , he became king in July 673 ) or 686 ( if he did not become king until 674 ) . |
| 16 | His typical working week would be short indeed if he did not consider Saturday as a normal working day — but was it ? |
| 17 | As has been noted , it was round about now that the Encyclopaedia Britannica contract was being fulfilled , and the houses involved ( Clark 's , Morrison & Gibb and Ballantyne 's ) all had women working their Monotypes in 1909.23 Fraser , the director of Neill 's , had told the Fair Wage Committee of 1908 that he did not think his customers would like the quality of machine work , but that if he did not employ women , he would certainly install machines instead.24 In January 1909 the STJ ( the Circular had now changed its name to the Scottish Typographical Journal ) was sounding the alarm : " Our trade is going over to machinery , and the machinery is in the hands of underpaid girls . " |
| 18 | GUIL : If he did n't talk sense , which he does . |
| 19 | ‘ My mother would be horrified if he did n't regard Parkwood as his home , but he 's got a flat in London now — though he still comes home occasionally , and regularly rings Parkwood to check if everybody 's all right . ’ |
| 20 | A skinny man who looked as if he did n't sleep nights . |
| 21 | Doctors gave him six months to live if he did n't quit drinking . |
| 22 | He knew that if he did n't punish Oliver , his wife would never forgive him . |
| 23 | But if he did n't suffer fools gladly , I must ask who would want to ? |
| 24 | He had been told by the doctors that he would be dead within a year if he did n't stop drinking . |
| 25 | ‘ He looks in very good shape and I would be very surprised if he did n't make Britain 's World Championships team . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ What I do n't understand is this , ’ said Apricot to Brenda , Belinda and Liese , ‘ why was Bernard Parkin sitting next to me on the stairs in the dark if he did n't want sex ! ’ |
| 27 | Face it if if he did n't have Adam as a friend he 'd be definitely mateless . |
| 28 | Well he would do if he did n't have marks . |
| 29 | Exuding hope ? he said , as if he did n't understand English any more . |
| 30 | Reluctantly , and stressing this was only his " personal " opinion , nothing to do with the British government , the British ambassador replied that a crackdown could n't work , that is the Shah was now forced to withdraw to a naval base , he would soon have to leave altogether anyway , but that if he did now leave Iran , the chances of his coming back were slight . |