Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [vb infin] this " in BNC.
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| 31 | He did n't feel this so strongly when a corpse was far advanced in decay . |
| 32 | He did n't think this world would last for ever and if he wanted to leave he should leave . |
| 33 | After recording a verdict of accidental death coroner Nicholas Gardiner said it was known that the seats should have been rear facing but he did n't think this would have affected the outcome . |
| 34 | Er what he did n't do which is which is very sensible and what has failed for other companies is that he did n't decide this is a good idea I 'll have somebody in Newcastle and somebody in Edinburgh and I 'll have somebody , in other words he gradually built the whole of the business out until he reached London by which time he he 'd a hell of exp er a lot of experience and knowledge about this thing 's going . |
| 35 | He did n't say this either . |
| 36 | He did n't like this new war in South Africa . |
| 37 | Well that 's a good idea , the thing , you see the thing is she says oh , we , I read anything , you know , buy anything , well I said well suppose you 've already got it , you know , it 's erm , and also we offered him some , some author 's names so he did n't like this , and he did n't want that , you see , so , erm , but , in one hand he 's saying buy me anything and the other hand he 's saying I do n't like this and I do n't like that |
| 38 | He did n't stumble this time . |
| 39 | Cos he did n't know this . |
| 40 | He did n't need this house any more . |
| 41 | If he did n't get this across to her properly and she chose to be obstructive she could make so many complications that the very project could be damaged . |
| 42 | He says he did well last this , now he wants to win . |
| 43 | But he did then stop this scrawling , which was a relief . |
| 44 | Yeah , can I have it , he do n't want this food . |
| 45 | He does not do this by behaving as if it were his personal project , but by quietly ensuring that things get done as decided . |
| 46 | He does not do this by behaving as if it were his personal project , but by quietly ensuring that things get done as decided . |
| 47 | Unlike Mr Melding , he does not regard this campaign as a stepping stone on the route to Westminster , but sees it as an extension of his involvement in local politics . |
| 48 | He does not mention this book , but he does quote Lewis to the effect that ‘ nearly all our older poetry was written and read by men to whom the distinction between poetry and rhetoric , in its modern form , would have been meaningless . ’ |
| 49 | I think there must be a period for a start when the office or elsewhere is a bit on the nervous and inefficient side as smokers are deprived , but he does not mention this . |
| 50 | However , he does not justify this suggestion by giving the criteria for classifying a mode of expression as a rhetorical device . |
| 51 | The irregularity of Cnut 's relationship with Harold 's mother possibly influenced some : the Encomiast claims that Archbishop Æthelnoth refused to crown him , although he does not connect this with Harold 's birth . |
| 52 | When her husband returns , she first pretends that the cat has taken them , but when he does not believe this reassures him that the birds are being kept hot and that he should fetch his knife to cut them . |
| 53 | However , he does not have this negative interpretation of all events or all the time — otherwise he would be permanently depressed . |
| 54 | He does not agree this could be harmful . |
| 55 | It is no good the hon. Member for Epping Forest showing concern if he does not understand this , because it will be empty concern . |
| 56 | But he does not adopt this alternative , and his criticism of needs is in fact part of a much more fundamental attack on classical economics . |
| 57 | He does not like this business of not telling Claire . |
| 58 | What Coetzee 's work suggests , and it is a pity he does not pursue this point fully , is that in Britain before 1914 the potential fragmentation of the political right was contained . |
| 59 | If he does n't do this within the deadline period you then have a year and a day in which to ask the court for an extract decree to be issued . |
| 60 | But Nicholas Doig says he does n't find this a particular problem . |