Example sentences of "do [adv] he [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He then said that in order to do so he needed 150 experienced men . |
2 | The invitations to foreign races started coming in after he ran ‘ about 162 miles ’ in a 24-race in Chorley , and Zarei has made the most of them , often running ultra races consecutively and by doing so he has more than proved a point about his approach to running . |
3 | Blacksmiths were the thing on the side of the road , did n't he do all the wheeling , mend your wheels , and all horse , all iron wheels , and things like that , wo n't years ago , and you had to send for him to come and do 'em , w well , he had men that he 'd , that he 'd taught like boys , apprentices . |
4 | Secondly , when readers complain about the lives of writers — why did n't he do this ; why did n't he protest to the newspapers about that ; why was n't he more involved in life ? — are n't they really asking a simpler , and vainer , question : why is n't he more like us ? |
5 | Why did n't he do any features ? |
6 | Why did n't he lay concrete you ask ? |
7 | Every time Shirley was on the telly thereafter , I would notice how she put her head to one side and agreed absolutely with the questioner ‘ except did n't he think that … ’ . |
8 | Did n't he recognize that trade , the trade union movement had a role to play er in that , in , on that page and to the , to the credit of , of the local press , they had responded and so we are now asked to put forward the views of the trade union movement , something I think which local trades councils should be doing , should be the role of local trades councils to do that effectively . |
9 | ‘ Did n't he want more than just sailing ? ’ |
10 | Clarissa said it did n't seem to matter , because here he was , free again , and did n't he feel ashamed of getting tiddly at lunchtime ? |
11 | Why did n't he get killed , too ? ’ |
12 | That man did n't he get any more money out of it , but we , do n't let him get away with thinking their giving him |
13 | Why did n't he know most things by intuition — and by listening to the other animals talking ? |
14 | And did n't he did n't he , did n't , did n't he look cute in that |
15 | Did n't he have that |
16 | ‘ Hyde has been here all this time why did n't he destroy this will ? ’ |
17 | Why did n't he take that with him and put it in for a minute , for god 's sake . |
18 | Did n't he live next door ? ’ |
19 | Did n't he like that or |
20 | Well why did n't he say that yesterday then ? |
21 | Well why do n't he use that bloke at St. Johns , who you use ? |
22 | Smaller children and deaf grannies in the congregation twittered , as each year they twittered , like starlings on telegraph wires , urgent and aimless , look there 's our Janet , look at our Ron , there , do n't he look funny , lovely , dignified , daft . |
23 | Do n't he look cute ! |
24 | Do n't he look old ? |
25 | Does not he feel ashamed of that ? |
26 | In view of that , does not he owe many thousands of families in Britain a personal apology ? |
27 | Why does not he direct more of his roads bribes money towards the provision of better buses ? |
28 | Does not he have some regard for them ? |
29 | Does n't he care that nuclear energy has so far saved the world from burning five hundred million tons of coal ? |
30 | does n't he do any running any more ? |