Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it would have been too cruel , and she had already been cruel once , and being cruel to him did n't help her own pain . |
| 2 | At the first of these , according to Henry Sherek , he announced to the actors ( among whom were Alec Guinness and Irene Worth ) , " I will now read the play to you to show how I want my lines spoken " : as a poet , he did not want his own " voice " to be lost . |
| 3 | He did not want his own country to lose its identity in a supranational body . |
| 4 | Asik knew that his grandparents would die if he did not give them enough water and there was no water left in the pots , so he set off to the river . |
| 5 | Father cared , but he did not give us enough time and attention . |
| 6 | In fact he did not ask us any questions at all , but read aloud from Shakespeare , waving his arms dramatically and enjoying the sound of his own voice . |
| 7 | He did not know what this was , but most tyre fitters were now part of it . |
| 8 | He did not allow himself many enjoyable things in life . |
| 9 | Indeed it is perhaps a pity that he did not take his own advice , after writing in the New Guide ‘ for the author of the present work might with greater ease , and probably with more advantage to himself , have worked up for the amusement of the eye a number of drawings and paintings during the time he has been engaged in this matter of mere utility ’ . |
| 10 | Discipline means having an agenda , starting and finishing the meeting when you said you would , answering the client 's questions with authority ( and if you can not give an answer , say you do not know but you will find out ) ; having your paperwork neat and easily at hand ; offering the best hospitality you can provide , such as telephones , a cup of coffee , a comfortable chair and a pad and pencil in case he did n't bring his own . |
| 11 | As for regret , she was feeling that already , but how much sharper it would be when he decided he did n't want her any more , as he certainly would do sooner or later . |
| 12 | He tried to be nice about it , but it was fairly obvious he did n't want me any more ; and truthfully , I did n't want him any more either , except in so far that I could n't bear that it should all have been for nothing — worse than nothing . |
| 13 | He did n't drink it all himself ? |
| 14 | so he did n't eat it all at dinner time . |
| 15 | ‘ He did n't give me any easy shots , and from the first point to the last he played his old way . ’ |
| 16 | What has got he did n't give me any . |
| 17 | As he passed her he stopped and said , ‘ He did n't give you any idea what was wrong ? ’ |
| 18 | He did n't give us any choice , he just went and put a record on . |
| 19 | ‘ No , he did n't tell me that . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm so sorry — he did n't tell me that . |
| 21 | But he did n't tell me that and I knew there would be you see , but he did n't tell me these things . |
| 22 | Allen : He did n't tell me this . |
| 23 | But he did n't tell me that and I knew there would be you see , but he did n't tell me these things . |
| 24 | Well last time we , last time he came with us , I said there 's one thing I just want to ask you a favour , that 's enough , she 's as happy as harry now she 's faced up to the fact , that er , he was not good because he did n't love her any way , she loved him . |
| 25 | Not because he did n't love her any more , it 's cos he 's having this fling with this Diane . |
| 26 | He did n't deserve anything more from her , and certainly not the opportunity to draw derisive satisfaction from the fate that had befallen her . |
| 27 | He did n't treat us any different , but he was a completely changed person . |
| 28 | and er , he did n't intend it that way , but er it 's the way it turned out |
| 29 | I looked at him , but he did n't say anything more . |
| 30 | ‘ He did n't say anything more than that ? ’ |