Example sentences of "[conj] he [adv] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modigliani was given the best room , all white and clean , ‘ where he never did sleep very much ’ . |
| 2 | Either he was so upset that he did n't look where he was going , or he really did jump on purpose . ’ |
| 3 | Although he undoubtedly did not see it as such , what Jesus Christ was really doing was fighting to uphold the Second Choice as specified in this book . |
| 4 | ‘ He was in real danger , although he perhaps did n't appreciate it , ’ said a spokesman for Tyne Tees coastguard . |
| 5 | Family commitments now meant that he just did the occasional Cowes Week and Club Race . |
| 6 | For about half a minute he did not reply and I thought that he either did not understand English or was trying to humiliate me . |
| 7 | If Lord Eldon used any language which could be so interpreted , we must conclude that he either did not guard himself so cautiously as he intended , or that he did not lend that degree of attention to the legal doctrine connected with the case before him , which he was accustomed to afford . |
| 8 | Was he so blindly and hopelessly infatuated that he simply did not notice ? |
| 9 | He had telephoned the present Archdeacon of Woodborough , a valued friend , the friend who had indeed suggested and supported his application , and he had said that he simply did not know why Peter had been turned down , he had no idea . |
| 10 | The consensus view seems to be that he probably did not . |
| 11 | She realized as he started to load the projector that he probably did n't have many people to talk to . |
| 12 | The autocratic streak ran so strong in him that he probably did n't even realise he was being high-handed . |
| 13 | He did n't want to exacerbate what he saw as an existing weakness of his own in that respect , and although he was not censorious of other people , I think he was genuinely quite frightened of it , and at one point in the Arts Lab , when there was quite a lot of speed pills , amphetamines , going around amongst the young people there , he did speak out very strongly one evening against it , saying that he personally did not want anything like that around anything he was closely involved with because he felt that it was not a good thing for people to be speeding and it created the sort of vibes that might end up causing problems . |
| 14 | His reply was that he often did but not usually soon enough . ) |
| 15 | Still , he could not be quite sure that he always did that with his bread . |
| 16 | He was gazing into his make-up mirror , playing the same game that he always did on the monitor screens in television studios — in other words , deciding which was his best profile . |
| 17 | Claudia felt thoroughly let down ; she 'd been so sure he would , at last , be convinced of the truth , and she had n't realised how much she wanted him to think well of her until he had made it all too clear that he still did n't trust her . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , ’ Fabia agreed , but what was more than obvious to her , with Ven stressing , ‘ specifically ’ stressing , that Lubor talk to her on an impersonal basis only , was that he still did n't trust her not to ask personal questions about him . |
| 19 | Anselm associated himself with their point of view whole-heartedly , though the community felt that he never did quite enough . |
| 20 | That he never did go there again may be explained by his increasing problems at home , yet successive popes continued to hope in vain . |
| 21 | All she could hope , therefore , was that he never did find out . |
| 22 | I could never quite believe that he really did intend to rob me . ’ |
| 23 | And was he really trying to tell her that he really did n't indulge in casual affairs ? |
| 24 | He left them around to prove to himself that he really did n't smoke . |
| 25 | ‘ Not to me , ’ Robyn murmured , hardly daring to hope that his lighter mood might have something to do with the fact that he really did like her work . |
| 26 | ‘ With the result that he really did keep away , ’ Lucy had pointed out . |
| 27 | The sincere ring in his voice filled Lucy with gratification , causing her to believe that he really did appreciate her efforts — on behalf of the business , of course . |
| 28 | He could never be Shiona 's , even if he wanted her , and there was nothing to indicate that he really did . |
| 29 | But , surely , for him to say that if she did n't want to be seduced , she 'd better keep her distance had to mean that he really did desire her — did n't it ? |
| 30 | He describes this period of work as one of , of terrible strain , it was also a period in which he was personally very unhappy , and I get the impression that he really did use the best of his mind on this problem , and that for the rest of his life he found it difficult to press his thinking home with the kind of ruthlessness that many of the problems that he then assumed required . |