Example sentences of "he [verb] [vb infin] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But later , he lets slip another recent dinner date — with Andrew Lloyd Webber , Trevor Nunn and Richard Eyre . |
| 2 | Guy Gregory put over a total of 18 points , including the first dropped goals of the season for Nottingham , though he did miss four other chances . |
| 3 | He did travel some good roads . |
| 4 | On whom he did inflict most grieuous punishment . |
| 5 | He was lucky to survive , although he did suffer some permanent damage . ’ |
| 6 | Becker did n't play particularly badly — his service was n't broken at all during the match , although he did serve five double faults — but in the big points in the tie-break , Sampras was supreme . |
| 7 | But he did do three fabulous nights in Philadelphia and Boston again . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've had a little help from Barry Humphries in this , and I hope I 've paid him due credit , thought he did start that nasty rumour that he was me or I was him . |
| 9 | However , he did find that injured victims provided less complete reports than uninjured ones and that victims of robberies provided more complete reports than the victims of rape or assault . |
| 10 | And yet he did encourage those six-monthly sessions at Chequers when the think-tank would come and brief the full Cabinet , and smaller ones in No. 10 for the junior ministers . |
| 11 | As a result , the Whig MP John Hervey had to work extremely hard to cultivate the corporation , and although he did use various financial incentives , he found that the best way to keep their support was by serving their interests both locally and in Parliament . |
| 12 | But he did concede that short-term profits may well be hit as the group invests in trying to grow market share , enter new business sectors , and undertake further restructuring to reduce its cost base . |
| 13 | We reminisced about Robinson 's batting , which was not exactly the best on the county circuit , but he did have one great moment when he put on 144 for the last wicket with Arnie Sidebottom against Glamorgan at Cardiff . |
| 14 | He did have one valid point , which unfortunately was the basis for his Groove Tubes bashing , and this was the transposition error pertaining to the state of electrons : ie. positively/negatively charged . |
| 15 | Where he did have strong personal views , he proved less willing or less able to implement them over the opposition of others . |
| 16 | She would stab him to death if he dared bring that hideous hag in here , even if it involved blood spurting over the recently redecorated ceiling . |
| 17 | he does plant those naked boys , |
| 18 | Decade-long plans for the museum 's controversial and costly expansion program are on hold , Ross says , until better economic times , but he does expect any enlarged Whitney to remain on its current Madison Avenue site . |
| 19 | No he 's not a spastic but like he does talk some serious shit . |
| 20 | Pešek is low-voltage by comparison , but he has a lot of heart , he means everything he says , and he does offer this intriguing programme . |
| 21 | ( Not that I 'm anti-Wilko , but he does make some strange decisions ) . |
| 22 | Yes , he says , he does meet fellow Vietnamese workers who used to be in Germany but , no , they do not discuss politics . |
| 23 | Carl Prean , another former holder of the Top 12 who beat Douglas in the final of the Classic , is absent in Germany , which should give Cooke a better chance to revive his fortunes , although he does have two talented teenagers Matthew Syed and Michael O'Driscoll in his group . |
| 24 | It 's true — he does have some sneaking faith in poets as being fundamentally decent people . |
| 25 | He does have some good tips this chap . |