Example sentences of "he do [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike the Mantuan and Ferrarese madrigalists , Marenzio composed mainly for the pleasure of the performers themselves , not for courtly audiences listening to brilliant executants , though he did make some essays in the three-upper-part style associated with the Ferrarese ladies , notably the exquisite ‘ Hor chi Clori ’ in his Sixth five-part book ( 1594 ) , and he must have reckoned on good performers to tackle the chromaticisms of ‘ O voi che sospirate ’ ( Book II , 1581 ) . |
| 2 | In the event , he did make some contribution to Toby and Laura 's education . |
| 3 | Although most of Hudson 's tests were conducted on schoolboys , he did conduct some tests on schoolgirls , amongst whom he found a different pattern : |
| 4 | He did advocate penal servitude as a punishment for certain offences , but this was not to be served in prison . ) |
| 5 | She noticed belligerently that he did add ginger ale to the brandy . |
| 6 | However that may be , Cnut 's considerable generosity to Canterbury implies that he did have good relations with Æthelnoth , and this possibly made him the more determined to control the selection of his successor . |
| 7 | General Mola was inferior in rank and had less prestige among the military , but he did have two factors in his favour : he was the director of the conspiracy and he was in command of all the rebel troops in the northern half of the country , thus " mirroring " Franco 's command in the south . |
| 8 | And , by the way , he did have this job in Italy , but if it was in the slightest degree inconvenient to join them in the villa , he 'd book into a cheap little pensione by the railway station in Siena . |
| 9 | Lord Home belied his reputation for laziness — the commonly-held view of the elder statesman , as the British prototype for Ronald Reagan , did n't hold water : up and working at 6.30 every morning , even if he did spend uncommon amounts of time in trout streams . |
| 10 | He did require one condition to be satisfied , all the bottom row of steel stays , 56 in total , had to be removed for examination . |
| 11 | Fortunately the boy had not been too badly hurt but he did require minor surgery in addition to the treatment of several cuts and bruises . |
| 12 | He does go some way towards outlining counter-arguments and replies , but his style is the playful one of a cat with a mouse . |
| 13 | ‘ He has a wheelchair and a minder at school who helps him and he does do short distances on sticks . |
| 14 | ‘ Yet he does show great uncertainty in the face of her determination . |
| 15 | It was marvellous when he rang , but since I ca n't have him ringing here again , I told him , in a moment of my feelings getting the better of me , that if he does have any message for me he could contact you , and you 'd pass it on . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , he does report many developments in the American social scene , which obviously owe a great deal to the careful monitoring of many local newspapers . |
| 17 | He is very good , Mr , and he has been a county councillor in I think Staffordshire , before the days of pindown I have to er , hasten to add , but he does know both sides of the er , street as it were . |