Example sentences of "he did [adv] [vb infin] [pers pn] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " In the organization too there were exponents of continued cooperation ; although Younger worked to defeat coalition in 1922 he did not rule it out as a future possibility . |
| 2 | The questions had chased each other round and round , finding terrible answers , until he knew he would start to scream if he did not shut them out . |
| 3 | But he did not mow her down . |
| 4 | On the other hand , even if the politician demonstrated his ability to provide a great deal of patronage , if he did not follow it up with effective social contact , he would be laying a poor foundation for a political interest , and the gratitude of the freeholders under those circumstances could be short-lived . |
| 5 | I assume he did not pick it up on Southfields Station ! ’ |
| 6 | The idea took Christian by surprise , but he did not dismiss it out of hand . |
| 7 | At least , I did not catch him whispering to any of the other people going in and out of the place , and he did not point me out to anyone at any time . |
| 8 | Indeed , quite early on , I tried to work out in my mind what it was that made his personality ( though he did not like the word ) so compelling ; and I came to the conclusion that it was because he did not let me down in my own estimation of him . |
| 9 | Mind you it seemed that they had a test at school last week and he was n't terribly happy with it , he said he could n't understand it , he tried to explain to me what it was , but erm , it 's not , not easy , but Ga Gavin said erm , he said they 'd had a test and he said it took him time to get into it but once he got into it , you know , he did alright in it , I think he said how many he got , he did n't seem to do too badly , but he said Alex did n't really do anything and what he did do he thought was wrong so he did n't hand it in , he said and in actual fact what he had done was right , so I do n't know , I told , I told Alex to go and see , you know , and ask about it and sort of erm , apparently he did do that so at least he 'll know , but erm , it 's strange really because normally Alex |
| 10 | But he has no details of her because he did n't bring her in , he said … which was kind of him . ’ |
| 11 | He did n't bring me down here at all . ’ |
| 12 | Clint may have felt some pity but he did n't want her back . |
| 13 | " Knowing Toadflax , I 'm surprised he did n't knock you over first and ask questions afterwards . |
| 14 | I 've moved that , I moved that so he did n't knock it over cos he were knocking it with his tail . |
| 15 | This time he did n't throw her down with a fury but gently laid her down among the downy pillows and started to strip off his shirt . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh dear , ’ thought Tom , ‘ He did n't pull it off after all ! ’ |
| 17 | Well you were n't there , I was there and he did n't beat him up . |
| 18 | He did n't roll it back |
| 19 | When by the third day her father had still not allowed Jessie out of her room , and Agnes confronted him , saying he could n't keep her incarcerated forever , and that if he did n't let her out then she was leaving , and that she meant it , he had gone along to his daughter 's room , taking with him a Bible , on which he made her swear that if he gave her the freedom of the house she would not attempt to leave it . |
| 20 | And he did n't let me down . |
| 21 | People would stare and look away , but he did n't let them off with that . |
| 22 | And he did n't push it off . |
| 23 | He did n't say it in so many words , but |
| 24 | ‘ He did n't sneak me off . ’ |
| 25 | I wonder he did n't warn you off ! ’ |
| 26 | Like , he did n't point her out to me till I 'd gone past her . |
| 27 | But he did n't put her down . |
| 28 | He did n't call her back , and when she turned he was sitting where she had left him , sprawled across the sofa surrounded by the solid things of his existence . |
| 29 | ‘ And since he did n't call me back , you obviously told him to keep quiet . ’ |
| 30 | He did n't trust him up there in the wood on his own . |