Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] he [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was able to tolerate this because he did have a kind of ultimate theological perspective of his own : in a style that owed a good deal to Hegel , he believed that all history is a movement of the spirit which is on the way to a return to God , and will at the last find its home in God . |
| 2 | He was soft and more used than he dared admit to indolence and good food . |
| 3 | Unlike Spurgeon , Parker was a keen and fairly radical Liberal although he did support the Boer War . |
| 4 | It is true that it would not prevent the mortgagee taking possession , though it made his position in some degree uncomfortable if he did take possession . |
| 5 | Nice to see Bruce get injured although he did seem to recover . |
| 6 | That 's what you call a grounding , and it 's what makes him confident if he does get to meet Big Ron at Villa Park next season . |
| 7 | Most humiliating of all when he did intervene on the record he only contributed a further nuance to the policy confusion under way . |
| 8 | I mean , one scapegoat is enough as long as he does hit bit . ’ |
| 9 | Thus ( 66 ) implies " He did n't dare oppose his wife 's whims any more than he dared commit high treason " , ( 67 ) that the speaker is of the opinion that they would n't dare say a word against him , and in ( 68 ) the speaker very clearly believes that the addressee does n't have the cheek to look him in the eye and tell such an obvious lie . |
| 10 | However , even if we can not blame him for murdering the other in his sleep , we might respect him more if he did put himself at a disadvantage by clinging to one of his last disintegrating scraps of morality . |
| 11 | On no account should he be allowed simply to get in his car and drive around before he has been pronounced competent to drive , and has organized his driving licence and insurance accordingly , if for no other reason than that his insurance would be invalid if he did have an accident . |
| 12 | Denis hung back , unsure whether he dared emulate his superior . |
| 13 | His expression was grim as he let go of her arm . |
| 14 | All the same when he did return she got a shock when she found he was accompanied by Mike and a complete stranger and that one side of Ace 's face was bruised and swollen . |
| 15 | Next day , Sunday — All Saints ' Day — Wycliffe woke at seven , but it was after eight before he dared get out of bed and peer through the curtains , for Helen was still asleep . |
| 16 | The counsellor feared that would be the last she heard from him so she was pleasantly surprised when he did come the following week , bearing a letter from Susie in Denmark . |