Example sentences of "[Wh det] he do it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difference with Burton came from the scale on which he did it , the talents he gambled , the colossal winnings , the rupturing losses , the public glare in which increasingly it took place and the undeniable fact that in the middle of this maelstrom was always a quiet , reading man whom Cis would have recognised with relief as the boy sitting beside the fire , buried in a book . |
| 2 | For the benefit of those who would suggest that section 2(1) ( b ) shows that appropriation is something which can be done with the consent of the owner , I would paraphrase that provision by saying ‘ if he appropriates the property in the belief that he would have the other 's consent if the other knew what he had done and the circumstances in which he did it . ’ |
| 3 | He considered it ‘ very foolish for a young man to act in such a silly way ’ and ‘ What he did it for he could not tell , for there was no fun in it . ’ |
| 4 | And whatever he did it would probably be wrong . |
| 5 | Whatever he did it would be dangerous , and she felt her heart hammering wildly as he gathered the reins and continued with the soothing words . |