Example sentences of "he [verb] [vb infin] [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 He did give power to schools and parents , but that made him enemies .
2 Well I mean , he did we , he we , he did send letters to the council .
3 Mr Jones said : ‘ He did make reference to the letter in the speech that he made and he did make positive noises but whether they will translate into positive actions we 'll have to wait and see . ’
4 Staring from the window , her mouth curved in a smile , she wondered what he would say if she told him that if he did make love to her he would be the first .
5 But , but , he did win four tournaments , he did finish second to Norman on the money list , and he did end his season with a startlingly brilliant final round , an 8-under par 63 at the Champions course in Houston to give him third place in the rich Nabisco Championships .
6 Supposing he did say goodbye to his commission , supposing he was selected , supposing he went off to Russia or Finland or wherever it was without even seeing her .
7 ‘ Well , I wish he did have cause to be jealous of me , ’ I said , and took the opportunity to draw her towards me and fold my arms around her .
8 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 . ’
9 And I did not ‘ warn ’ for the simple reason that I radically differed and differ from comrade Preobrazhensky in my estimation of his article : he does lay claim to the above mentioned analysis , but in my opinion there is absolutely n o analysis itself .
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