Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb past] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He always did say those new-fangled machines were dangerous . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He has — ’ Stubbly began to look shifty ; that did n't help ; he always did look shifty — ‘ business interests in the club , that 's all . |
| 3 | Though he nearly did wed three times . |
| 4 | As far as I could ever determine , he really did do that — he actually sat down and wrote a song for them because he liked them and did n't want them to go away . |
| 5 | He really did love this land . |
| 6 | Even a salad meal was a work of art for Leo , but he really did produce some marvellous meals from that old galley stove . |
| 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 | He never did answer that one . |
| 9 | But he never did ask any man for directions ; he walked and he walked . |