Example sentences of "he do [vb infin] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I really believed he did love this suede . |
| 2 | In the event , he did make some contribution to Toby and Laura 's education . |
| 3 | Last night she trotted to bed , and he did sleep all night long , but he did n't go till half past ten cos Marie do n't put him to bed . |
| 4 | And yet — I am too hasty , too defensive — Yes , he did identify that mirage , or illusions , delusions very close in configuration to it . |
| 5 | If he did eat any food he would either chew very slowly or just hold it in his mouth . |
| 6 | However , he did consider this event important enough to send a report to an Australian station on Lord Howe Island . |
| 7 | And , by the way , he did have this job in Italy , but if it was in the slightest degree inconvenient to join them in the villa , he 'd book into a cheap little pensione by the railway station in Siena . |
| 8 | He did wish that custom and her total generosity had not made everything so easy as to be negligible . |
| 9 | Neil , ’ I said , urgently , ‘ he did take this picture tonight , and whatever he took it for , it 's got to mean he 'll be coming back for it , and soon . |
| 10 | He does go some way towards outlining counter-arguments and replies , but his style is the playful one of a cat with a mouse . |
| 11 | If he does make another comeback though , it would not be surprising if he wins a fourth title because , if he can get back behind a wheel six weeks after being so close to death , there is no knowing what the courageous Austrian can do . |
| 12 | And I rung this Glen er wherever that is erm and he does have these Portakabin things . |
| 13 | It was marvellous when he rang , but since I ca n't have him ringing here again , I told him , in a moment of my feelings getting the better of me , that if he does have any message for me he could contact you , and you 'd pass it on . |
| 14 | What is beyond the boundaries of his own home ground is an outside world composed of impersonal structures and processes over which he has no control , of if he does have some control , it is only by virtue of some formal authority vested in an office that he occupies . |
| 15 | He does enjoy some come-back . |