Example sentences of "he did [adv] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was glad 'e did n't get that site where our Carrie 's got 'er cafe , ’ she remarked . |
| 2 | Inevitably a feeling of despair enveloped him and he began to feel quite helpless ; his heart was in his studies and he knew that if he could manage financially he could achieve his academic rewards , but the insufficient amounts of money his father allowed him did n't permit any freedom to relax after his studies had ended . |
| 3 | If Lord Eldon used any language which could be so interpreted , we must conclude that he either did not guard himself so cautiously as he intended , or that he did not lend that degree of attention to the legal doctrine connected with the case before him , which he was accustomed to afford . |
| 4 | He did not dispute this , but he was troubled . |
| 5 | He added that he did not expect such an acceptable method of slaughter to evolve in the near future . |
| 6 | Society boss Geoffrey Lister said he did not expect any economic recovery in the immediate future . |
| 7 | He stated that he did not expect any hostility when he returned to London . |
| 8 | Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh announced on Sept. 17 that his investigation into the Iran-contra scandal was nearing its end , and that " in the absence of some new development " he did not expect any further indictments in connection with the affair . |
| 9 | Prost , who claimed his 12th pole in 13 races this year , admitted he did not expect any special team orders to help him to his 52nd career victory . |
| 10 | His tone suggested that he did not pin much faith in this being the case . |
| 11 | He did not want that to happen again ; perhaps , he reasoned , it was why he had never asked her to move in with him . |
| 12 | He did not want another woman , not even as emetic . |
| 13 | He gave the two armed men on the slaves ' camp orders not to leave their posts , as he did not want more hands taking advantage of the confusion to run away and join the maroons infesting Oualie nearby . |
| 14 | No , he did not want this strange , wild boy at all . |
| 15 | He did not want any trouble in his respectable hostelry , and both customers were touchy . |
| 16 | Under fire for his handling of the economy and his personal finances , Mr Lamont said he did not want any other Government job . |
| 17 | He did not want any services and did not see counselling help as a service a social worker might offer , nor did he want to share any grieving for his wife . |
| 18 | He said , on repeated occasions , that he did not want any more families . |
| 19 | ‘ He did not want any friends , ’ John Openshaw went on , ‘ and he often drank a lot . |
| 20 | He promised in the Chamber that he did not want any volunteers to be turned away from offering their service , and I am sure that he will do his best to keep that promise . |
| 21 | President Jaime Paz Zamora , claiming that he did not want any confusion between " electoral campaigning and government work " , accepted the resignations of three other ADN ministers and one from the Left Revolutionary Front ( FRI ) . |
| 22 | He did not feed this to the eagles but sat and ate it himself , and spent more time staring into the deserted depths of Minch 's cage than any other . |
| 23 | A Commons committee decided yesterday not to accept Mr Lamont 's claim that he did not break any rules by using the cash to evict sex therapist Sara Dale from his London home . |
| 24 | But since his principal concern was with the psychological effect of poetry on the reader , he did not carry this sort of analysis very far . |
| 25 | But the man behind the burger deal , cathedral chapter clerk Christopher Owen , said yesterday : ‘ He did not make any objection to this particular promotion . ’ |
| 26 | He did not make any attempt to eliminate from his voice his complete disbelief in what he was saying . |
| 27 | He did not make any effort to adapt any aspect of the liturgy and did not even mention the occasion . |
| 28 | He did not speak all the way . |
| 29 | He did not answer that straight away . |
| 30 | He did not answer this anxiety , feeling no cruelty in letting it dangle . |