Example sentences of "he actually did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not surprisingly , Orton 's anarchic irresponsibility was thought by some to go too far , not just in what he actually did , but in the refusal in his work to confront established morality with an earnest moral alternative . |
| 2 | Until a few weeks ago she had been scarcely aware of him except as a friendly and familiar face in class ; but now , now she was very much aware of him — and he was very definitely aware of her ; much to Erika 's embarrassment sitting with her and Rosa at lunch , at the next desk in class , asking her out to the cinema and even , to Erika 's amazement and , she suspected , his own , offering to help Paul with his homework — in the Nordern home , that is — an offer declined both by Erika and Paul , although Paul did corner Fritz in school and suggest to him that if he actually did the homework then he , Paul , would further his , Fritz 's , courtship of Erika ; Paul being shrewd enough to guess the motive behind Fritz 's philanthropic gesture even though the square on the hypotenuse might remain a mystery to him . |
| 3 | He 'd walk me home from school and it 's often said that he carried my ballet shoes , which sounds kind of romantic , but he actually did sometimes , if I was carrying a whole load of things . |
| 4 | When Miller appeared before the UnAmerican Activities Committee in 1956 , he actually did what Lillian Hellman had proposed . |
| 5 | Also , one of my carers — who is very caring , goes all the time , does the work for the person — is very young and quite quiet , and I feel … well last week a doctor came in to see her client , and if it had been one of the older carers I 'm sure they would have had a go at the doctor and forced him to do more than he actually did . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | As he stared at her he actually did feel as if he were in short pants , and he could n't find words to answer her . |
| 9 | When someone does something we can ask ( 1 ) what he actually did ; ( 2 ) what he intended to do ; ( 3 ) what his motive was . |
| 10 | What he actually did was right or wrong according to the criteria we have discussed , while his intention was right or wrong , on Bentham 's view , according as to whether his action would have been right or wrong if things had turned out as he expected . |
| 11 | The fact that Thucydides wanted to do this , or said he did , does not of course provide evidence of whether he actually did . |
| 12 | And so , it goes beyond the actual molecular stage if you can have this compound in crystallised form , as you can most though you might have to reduce the temperature or whatever , but then all is gone gone crystalline eventually you 'll find their crystals are also mirror images and what he actually did , he painstakingly picked out crystals which were of one particular shape as opposed to the other , he actually separated all the crystals physically by using tweezers and then found that they ha , you know , the two had a different affect on plane polarised light . |
| 13 | Whatever interest he took up , he would begin by a painstaking study of the language and then buy all the correct equipment , before he actually did anything practical . |
| 14 | What he actually did was to stroll away down-river , right along the perimeter . |
| 15 | I 'm I 'm about to apologize to Mr Grigson , because I see from his submission he actually did distribute it by district within the er Greater York area , er yea , planning by Selby is not I think the right approach , but . |
| 16 | But no , what he actually did was to open up his briefcase and extract a file from it . |
| 17 | It was quite sweet actually that he that that he actually did sort of remember . |
| 18 | and er they had to call us in , well Dick went out and er I think it was actually two separate visits so they must of , cos they 're refurbishing the place you see so they must of moved into one office and thought oh you know this do n't work , move into another office the day after , well this do n't work either and he , he actually did two separate visits , whether they 'll actually bill them for it I do n't know , but I mean it 's a minimum of an hour in both cases so |
| 19 | Did you , did hear Bedge what he actually did on Friday ? |
| 20 | I know , I do n't suppose that he does n't know I know , that he told me , not , no he actually did n't tell me , but |