Example sentences of "[verb] he [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How dared he make such judgements on such a brief acquaintance — and how mortifying that he was right about her inadequacies . |
| 2 | How dared he use such effrontery ? |
| 3 | And how dared he use such a method , and then have the gall to ask if it would have succeeded ? |
| 4 | Rinse your mouth at least , and let me see did he shift any of your teeth . ’ |
| 5 | Only when he saw the two girls actually standing up to peer at him past the curtains of Healy 's window did he show any reaction . |
| 6 | did he show any interest at all in having those details provided for him ? |
| 7 | ‘ But why did he choose that ? ’ she wanted to know . |
| 8 | Deacon had taken over the head of the formation as the leader 's R/T was not working , and calling a warning to the other pilots , he swung into the attack on one Messerschmitt from the quarter position , breaking away to attack a second similarly , though in neither case did he observe any results . |
| 9 | He saw no evidence that the German Socialists were either willing or able to restrain Prussian ambitions , nor did he place any faith in bourgeois internationalism . |
| 10 | Did he mean free people or Free People ? |
| 11 | Why did he appoint two Tory ex-Ministers , the sister of a Tory Minister , the wives of two Tory Members of Parliament and the husband of a Tory Member of Parliament to run opted-out hospitals ? |
| 12 | What did he pay that for and the old post office he got them , it was cheap |
| 13 | Another implication of ( 16 ) , or ( 15 ) , is that , apart from questioning the adjective , the language would also provide a means to question the noun phrase alone while " leaving behind " the predicate qualifier ( even though one might not expect such questions to be particularly common in practice ) , and in fact such questions are perfectly grammatical : ( 21 ) who(m) did he paint seated ? what did he send registered ? |
| 14 | The soft little click the door made when she closed it caused him to turn his head , and not by one flicker of an eyelash did he betray any emotion of her entrance . |
| 15 | 2 In which games did he score 80 or more ? |
| 16 | Well the difference between these two sides was a Newcastle born mid-fielder , by the name of Paul Gascoigne ; not only did he score two second half goals for the first division club , but he dominated proceedings in mid-field . |
| 17 | Why , thinking I was not aware of him , did he stay frozen ? |
| 18 | ‘ How did he do that ? ’ |
| 19 | Why did he do that to you ? |
| 20 | ‘ Why did he do that ? ’ |
| 21 | And why did he do that ? |
| 22 | ‘ Why did he do that ? ’ |
| 23 | Did he do that on the basis of arrant hypocrisy or because he is a man of no principle who is now putting his principles in his pocket ? |
| 24 | How did he do that ? |
| 25 | Just pau pause a moment it why did he do that ? |
| 26 | . How did he do that then ? |
| 27 | Why did he do that ? |
| 28 | why did he do that for ? |
| 29 | What did he do that wig on his head for ? |
| 30 | What the hell did he do all the time , except drink ? |