Example sentences of "[noun sg] did he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now , in June , how much better did he know her ? |
| 2 | He was so involved in these thoughts that when the school finally loomed into view he failed to notice it and only when Tock poked him in the side did he look up and see the gigantic sight . |
| 3 | On which side did he fight , or on neither ? |
| 4 | Only on the final climb of Sally Gap did he clinch victory as his rival , Gary Baker , was struggling back from two punctures . |
| 5 | What car did he have ? |
| 6 | Only after this prompt action did he secure Congressional support , and , close on this , the support of the UN Security Council . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Only when he saw others smiling and laughing did he give the little barks . |
| 9 | How many hours of project work and revision did he put in ? — I can tell you — none . |
| 10 | Which commandment did he consider to be the greatest ? |
| 11 | Boy did he have the last laugh . |
| 12 | Tall , lazily handsome , and boy did he know it ! |
| 13 | How much help did he give in the house ? |
| 14 | Only now that he was safe did he feel a little black jet of fear rising in his chest , a gobbet of bile that filled his mouth , washing his teeth in acid . |
| 15 | He swung round , still with Emma in his arms , and not until he saw Peggy dash up the room and pick the long , steel poker from its rest on the brass open-work fender did he release her . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Not till they had come up onto the green did he realise that the figure in waterproofs pulling the doctor 's trolley was Chris . |
| 18 | If the Home Secretary meant what he said about increasing the status of asylum seekers and respect for them , why in the debate on the subject at the Tory party conference did he talk about 7 million Russians waiting to move west , when he knew that last year 117 |
| 19 | Unlike the others , however , he is presented as wholly admirable : ‘ much irreconcilable moral contradiction did he pass his life among ; yet his equality of compassion was no more disturbed than the Divine Master 's of all healing was … |
| 20 | Only once in this period did he sleep with someone of his age , and on this occasion he chose someone who looked almost exactly like himself . |
| 21 | Bush was not subjected to a general anaesthetic during his hospital treatment , and at no point did he relinquish executive responsibility to Vice-President Dan Quayle . |
| 22 | Only for a moment did he pause and face the buffeting wind with an effort , and Paul recognised in that moment his own struggle with bales of wool before the same door . |
| 23 | But Martin Pipe is a realist , and never for a moment did he stand in my way when the Docklands Express ride came up . |
| 24 | Not for one moment did he doubt the validity of those ideas . |
| 25 | What need did he have to justify himself to this pampered youth ? |
| 26 | W w w what job did he have ? |
| 27 | Shannon was all but overwhelmed by the urge to slap his face — just who in sweet heaven did he think he was ? |
| 28 | Similarly , for the first interpretations of the sentences in ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) ( a ) , with the attributive adjective , the questions would be : ( 8 ) which general did he paint ? which character does she want to play ? |
| 29 | Only on his way home did he suddenly realize that illness could have prevented her from meeting him , and only when he entered the farmhouse that evening did he discover that she was dead . |
| 30 | Only when he told her that he intended leaving that evening did he feel her hand tighten in his . |