Example sentences of "he did [pron] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did nothing of the sort . |
| 2 | ‘ He did nothing of the kind , he would n't even ask me . ’ |
| 3 | Maggie expected him to look annoyed but he did nothing of the sort . |
| 4 | But to her amazement he did nothing of the kind , but , shaking his head as if he had been under some kind of stress , ‘ I did n't think I could have got your innocence so completely wrong , ’ he stated gruffly . |
| 5 | She realised at once that he could be forgiven if he reminded her that she had n't been too sugary herself during that phone call : but he did nothing of the kind , though he did allow himself a small smirk before all trace of a smile went from him . |
| 6 | Secondly , we are told that David I gave the town the muir in 1128 , whereas to the best of our knowledge he did nothing of the sort . |
| 7 | What is noticeable , however , is that Anthony Coburn never wrote for the series again after ‘ The Tribe of Gum ’ , and even on that story he did none of the rewriting which followed the less-than-successful screening of the pilot episode to BBC Department heads . |