Example sentences of "[coord] did he [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it that he suddenly realised that his convictions of the past 30 years were false , or did he simply realise that the electorate could not stomach them ? |
| 2 | Was he committed to the role of protector , or did he just love flying ? |
| 3 | When he saw the blue uniforms of the New York police , did Buddeke show them some sort of identification or did he just leave ? |
| 4 | Or did he just leave a message to let me know he 'd called ? ’ |
| 5 | Simon , did Steve stay or did he just leave you there ? |
| 6 | Or did he just want a special name for her to use ? |
| 7 | Did you ask him if he 'd te , told his mum or did he just volunteer it ? |
| 8 | Did they have to ask him to do that or did he just volunteer . |
| 9 | Did he have any questions about our parish , or did he just listen to what information was being given ? |
| 10 | Wilko selling players for less than they 're worth ( or did he actually sell Cantona for 1.8m ? ) |
| 11 | Did you say anything to the effect that Lawrence was being harboured at the flat at or did he merely say he was concerned for the safety of the occupier ? |
| 12 | Or did he really make you believe he had developed some sudden , overwhelming passion for you ? ’ |
| 13 | As we have already seen , a boy might not have got beyond typesetting at an equivalent stage either , nor did he automatically get much further anyway ; but the girls were almost all set to handsetting for the firm once they were competent at it . |
| 14 | He showed no surprise at her obviously unsuccessful attempt to run , nor did he even comment on it . |
| 15 | Nor did he yet have much of a following elsewhere which he could import into Wales , although he was probably responsible for the arrival in Wales of the Yorkshireman John Pilkington , who served with the duke on the January commission . |
| 16 | Nor did he yet have much of a following elsewhere which he could import into Wales , although he was probably responsible for the arrival in Wales of the Yorkshireman John Pilkington , who served with the duke on the January commission . |
| 17 | Nor did he particularly care . |
| 18 | Nor did he much approve of subjecting himself to the nervous exhaustion of house parties as other peoples ' guest . |
| 19 | Nor did he ever speak of his first wife , her mother . |
| 20 | Nor did he ever measure more energy in the bangs and heat than he put in from the electricity supply . |
| 21 | Joel Swanson did not understand , nor did he ever expect to understand , exactly what was going on , but the kind of activity he seemed to be hearing about , in snatches only , was more or less exactly what he 'd expect from his wife 's relatives . |
| 22 | But Baccy never used a curse word , nor did he ever take the briar pipe out of his mouth despite having abandoned the tobacco habit on joining the church at the age of eighteen . |
| 23 | He never sought to crush you , nor did he ever take refuge in insult or invective . |
| 24 | And did he really believe that they were all wrong ? |
| 25 | And did he really believe she could forget their lovemaking ? |
| 26 | Did the girl from Aberdeen really say , " Och , no , not on the table ! " as my father flattened a bluebottle with his hand , and did he really put down a newspaper on the same table to eat his breakfast ? |
| 27 | Do you think the Betty Ford Clinic would have helped him , and did he ever get tempted ? |
| 28 | Was it , I wondered , his natural reaction to something extraordinary , and did he therefore use it on the stage , or was he simply acting and registering what he thought was the appropriate emotion under the circumstances ? |
| 29 | He could go , but did he really want to ? |