Example sentences of "[pers pn] do [adv] he [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 grandson is about that age and very sympathetic she is erm I said er Mary Ann says she does n't know what the point is , you do n't really want to do it he said , she 's right , I do n't he said , in a way I do , in another way I do n't , I said
2 left them up , left them up or something I do n't He said on the night he 'll have to come again and have a look at it .
3 She said and Bobby says she do n't he said I was laying on the floor the other night and she came down beside with me and put her arm round me as we were laying there he said I 'll never do anything he said cos if you started playing about with her she 'll , you know childlike and and he said she would n't erm show her affection any more .
4 As she did so he moved over on to his back .
5 As we did so he explained he had taken the day off , instead of next Sunday , which would have been part of his free week-end .
6 they did n't he did n't drink he did n't he did n't dig the graves all a in one in one in one day like you know .
7 Off the field , he conducted himself with the same composure and dignity as he did whenever he pulled on the white shirt of England or the claret and blue of West Ham .
8 Hamp I do n't , he did n't he sent it to home .
9 No , he did n't he stayed there .
10 He did n't he did n't approve of it , so you , we did n't talk to your husband about it .
11 Er no no , he er er he did er become an individual member of the Labour party at that stage , but he er he he did n't he did n't take er er an active er or organized part in it . .
12 they did n't he did n't drink he did n't he did n't dig the graves all a in one in one in one day like you know .
13 When asked to show what it was he offered a bottle opener , but Miss Sherwin said as he did so he dropped a polythene bag containing 12 LSD tabs and a small amount of cannabis resin .
14 He explained without the slightest embarrassment , and while he did so he looped lengths of the rope clothes ' line by his feet .
15 And as he did so he continued to speak , letting his voice rise and fall like a flowing stream , lulling the sleeping child .
16 He flicked back the cuff of his jacket to glance at his watch and as he did so he saw that he was still carrying Maidstone 's hat .
17 Hugh gave her its regular after-lunch kiss , and as he did so he saw , out of the corner of his wary eye , the extremely unwelcome figure of his father-in-law coming down Chancery Lane , carrying a walking-stick and an armful of newspapers .
18 Initially reluctant to tackle the area of post-war policy ( doubtless with thoughts of Lloyd George 's empty words of a quarter-century previously ) , when he did so he insisted on a full-blooded promise over the opposition of many in his party and administration .
19 Frantically he rolled clear of any follow-up attack , and as he did so he felt something hard and bulky dig painfully into the small of his back .
20 He concluded the dance with a double spin , springing sideways in the air and kicking his feet sharply together and as he did so he landed in a heap on the bed .
21 He groped vaguely with his right hand as though reaching for a brush and as he did so he experienced an intolerable contraction in his chest , a paralysing pain , and with a cry of anguish he fell , taking the stool with him .
22 As he did so he lost control of the vehicle which rolled over smashed into a lamp-post .
23 One morning when he did so he found Harriet cleaning two newborn cubs .
24 As he did so he moved in the dreamy way of a man in a state of shock .
25 As they walked on , he started to talk about her future contract , and as he did so he put his arm about her shoulders and held her close .
26 Edward , leaden with gloom , waited for the kettle to boil ; as he did so he watched the steady progress of a wood-louse across the wall behind the sink .
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