Example sentences of "he do [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did it through sheer will-power , Peter had told her admiringly . |
| 2 | ‘ Court proceedings could be long and drawn out , and how do you prove when a player went in for a tackle he did it with intent to harm his opponent ? |
| 3 | He had come to it relatively late in his short life , having dulled the joys of promiscuity , music and organization early on , and like everything else he took an interest in , he did it with terrifying brilliance . |
| 4 | He managed to turn Llewelyn 's imposing new title , compounded of the old sacred name for a reassurance to the Welsh , and the added flourish for English ears that had scarcely heard of Aberffraw , into a satirical comment , but he did it with great delicacy . |
| 5 | Charlotte was counting the seconds until he should extricate himself , and he did it in less time than she had expected , and without even the pretence of sitting down with her . |
| 6 | Persuading others to accept the hard financial facts of life is not usually a very popular job , but he does it with great tact and skill , and under his guidance I do believe that our deficit is under control , and that it will be reduced . |
| 7 | If he does it without any help I shall be totally amazed and I think that it 's simply a facility to assume that there 're gon na be reductions in bureaucracy simply by centralising because the record from the past shows that the reverse is the case . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't think he does it at all , ’ said Betty . |
| 9 | And so , Pilate he tries to do this , he tries first of all to shift the responsibility , and he does it by different methods , first of all he sends into Herod , the king then he suggests that Barabbas should be released to the people , now however , both of these methods of shifting responsibility have failed and the ball is firmly back with Pilate . |
| 10 | Well he does it in such a knack |
| 11 | He does it in many different ways . |