Example sentences of "[conj] he [adv] [verb] [vb infin] " 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 | He was clearly so fearful of the answer to his father 's unasked question that he scarcely dared pose it himself , but then summoned up the courage . |
| 4 | That he never did go there again may be explained by his increasing problems at home , yet successive popes continued to hope in vain . |
| 5 | All she could hope , therefore , was that he never did find out . |
| 6 | He also says things that he really does think , things that , again , are usually kept rather quiet . |
| 7 | The observer needs some discipline which ensures that he really does focus on the detail and separates the action into a coherent sequence . |
| 8 | I could never quite believe that he really did intend to rob me . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | ‘ With the result that he really did keep away , ’ Lucy had pointed out . |
| 14 | He had n't even had good manners enough to protest that he certainly did like her singing , as anyone else would surely have done , given such a direct challenge . |
| 15 | he 's survived all the er heart condition that he ever did have |
| 16 | Since ownership passed to the legatee without performance having taken place , it was much harder to see that he actually did do with the legacy what the testator had intended . |
| 17 | And in the far distance beckoned the possibility of marriage , a state so close to paradise that he hardly dared imagine it . |
| 18 | Sharpening the blades of an eighteen-inch cylinder is a four-hour job , so he really did need my help . |
| 19 | He 's not a bad boy , just foolish sometimes , and he really does mean well . ’ |
| 20 | Although his love was faint , it was , nevertheless , genuine and he really did love God , His word and His people . |
| 21 | Ironically , fate intervened and he never did make that his career , which is probably just as well , since when he was given the task many years later of steering British Aerospace into the private sector he crossed swords with more than a few civil servants and did n't have a lot of time for them . |
| 22 | He was my room-mate in the days when your school was used as a sort of summer camp for magicians and he actually did disappear one day and we all thought he must have gone home . |
| 23 | And he certainly did enter into it with erm vigour for a short period . |
| 24 | with if he just let go |
| 25 | Having got this far there 's no reason why John Peel should n't continue for many years to come and it 'll certainly be a sad day if he ever does decide to hang up those headphones . |
| 26 | There may come a time when I ca n't find any new records that I like — and it 'll certainly be sad day if he ever does decide to hang up those headphones . |
| 27 | Having got this far there 's no reason why John Peel should n't continue for many years to come and it 'll certainly be a sad day if he ever does decide to hang up those headphones . |
| 28 | There may come a time when I ca n't find any new records that I like — and it 'll certainly be sad day if he ever does decide to hang up those headphones . |
| 29 | The lord of Parfois was a law to himself ; if he ever did discover where Master Harry lay buried , the Severn would not stop him from pursuing the dead with his living and virulent hatred , the Welsh border would be no bar to him , even the sanctity of the church would not restrain him . |
| 30 | So , the only reason for her writing was to say that if he ever did get the chance to come over to the UK again , well , she 'd like — well , it would be nice … |