Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then suddenly he did stop and she was all sticky and messy and she thought he would speak to her now and comfort her or beg her in his whisper to kiss him , as he had done under the bridge the other nights they 'd met . |
| 2 | Quite suddenly he let go and sort of pushed me away at the same time . |
| 3 | Fabia was staring at him , struck dumb , when suddenly he let go one of her arms , placed an arm about her shoulders and , looking deeply into her eyes , said throatily ‘ My dear , dear , Fabia , can not you see how it is for me ? ’ |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | And apparently he did try . |
| 6 | Apparently he did use it but with a different he did n't put nutrients in it did he . |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps he does love Sarah ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps he does want to help me . |
| 9 | there is some change going on in the rural economy and perhaps he does want to interpret it as er a revolution which the communists can actually get involved in so he 's writing his paper and saying look , this is happening it may not be a rel revolution , but it |
| 10 | Perhaps he does go a little over the top with the rubato in the slow movement of K332 , but no-one could really object to such sincere intentions when they are delivered with such conviction and zest . |
| 11 | Perhaps he did want to be in the team ? |
| 12 | ‘ And perhaps he did think she would be better off without him ! ’ |
| 13 | Perhaps he did find her attractive after all ? |
| 14 | So he did know she disliked his touch . |
| 15 | So that 's it so he did come . |
| 16 | Well he thought your dad was buying that mould from Jim so he did say that , he , he 'd lent him that book on how to actually build them , but that 's |
| 17 | He was always waiting , very receptive to new ideas and so he did like people and organizations to present their views and he did like to hear discussion . |
| 18 | So he did have a problem then ? |
| 19 | So he 's got ta again . |
| 20 | Nevertheless he does possess a yellow face as opposed to lodging in a yellow room , or handling yellow money , or being issued ( the bureaucracy ! ) with a yellow ticket . |
| 21 | Nevertheless he does signal some , as Julian would call them , " means " that might help . |
| 22 | Nevertheless he did suggest a remission of duty to one-fifteenth on all ore mined in the sole of Taylor 's Level ; on the N.W. course of the vein on Deep Level ; and in all the ground S.E. of the Deep Level Cross-cut intersection . |
| 23 | and er , he 's been on the dole admittedly he did go on the dole If you 're on the dole for part of the year , your own salary is do they add your dole money to the salary , charge you tax on that , |
| 24 | Finally he let go , falling against the bedhead , elbows on knees , panting like a runner after a close finish . |
| 25 | When finally he did broach the subject of the ball , Isobel refused to take his invitation seriously and said he should take someone his own age . |
| 26 | Herluin , when finally he did touch , touched as if the vellum might burn him , timidly and convulsively , and even when he had the book open , for better or worse , agonized a few moments over where to choose on the page , shifting from recto to verso and back again before settling . |
| 27 | But somehow he does get things done , and he has , after all , resisted the lure of the west up to a point — ‘ can I say that I could now fill 360 days with western offers and stay somewhere between America , Europe and Japan for an entire year ? ’ — to continue his own reconstruction work at the Maryinsky . |
| 28 | If ever he did go to the bazaar he would expect the shopkeepers to stand up when he entered … |
| 29 | Smallfry always threatened to lock him in the toolshed with Rosie if ever he dared tell her secrets to anyone else . |
| 30 | Gradually he did begin to stay with her in the evenings and to neglect the cafés . |