Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] he [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Referees of DOE proposals usually remain anonymous , and Jones could have done so had he wished .
2 Suddenly she wanted him gone so urgently that it was all she could do not to order him to get out .
3 John would I do n't think he knows
4 What do you do where does he get his screws from ?
5 Reason tells him he is mad to want to continue farming , but the desire to do so leads him to rationalise the decision as best he can .
6 She did so want him to kiss her .
7 I do so hope he ignores my advice .
8 Because I had n't sorted myself out about the whole thing properly , my feelings while waiting were a complete tangle — although I did n't want to see him , I did desperately want him to want to see me .
9 The touch of his hand on her body made her tremble , but she did not want him to stop .
10 I always said yes , even if I was drained , because I did not want him to chuck the ball to someone else . ’
11 ‘ They stated that they did not want him to exist in this fashion . ’
12 And all she could think of , as she rose to her feet and politely accompanied him to the front door , was that , suddenly , she did not want him to leave .
13 I did not want him to see me .
14 And she did not want him to go .
15 He said it had petered out because Eliot did not want him to go any further and did not have a plan to use the information already gathered .
16 She did not want him to hold her again .
17 She did not want him to exercise his leg until the infected burn had healed completely .
18 She said she did not want him staring at her , she wanted a bit of her life to herself ; without having to share it with Randolph Ash .
19 There could never be any resolution of her love for David , but she did not want him to think that his feelings were unwanted or unreciprocated .
20 She did not want him to think , she said , that she was really rich , that was only a kind of joke .
21 God knew she did not want him lowered by doubt , or by pain , or by despair , as Lulach had once seemed to accuse her .
22 They did not want him to make the comparison himself .
23 So I came out immediately , as I did not want him to pull me out .
24 I was pleased that he could come , although I did not want him to discover anything about my horrible work .
25 She had stolen many a glance at him since yesterday to see if perhaps there was anything that might show , but it was difficult , she did not want him to feel he was under examination , and anyway today the tired look was gone .
26 She hoped she did not sound too sarcastic , she did not want him to ring off .
27 Although she had half hoped he might guess , she did not want him to guess now , she thought frantically .
28 I guessed , but did not make him confirm my guess .
29 It did not make him feel any cleaner .
30 At this stage his wife did not realise he had been attacked .
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