Example sentences of "he did [adv] [vb infin] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not hold staff meetings , and hardly consulted those who expected to be consulted , like the suffragan bishop or the archdeacons . |
| 2 | He did not think people wanted harmless fun on Sunday . |
| 3 | He was an assiduous and permanent gambler of modest sums , He told me on one occasion that any year in which he did not win £1,000 was by his standards a failure . |
| 4 | At the best of times , General Kopyion was not informative ; he did not trust people , and gave away as little information as possible . |
| 5 | He did not address people as equals but spoke down to them . |
| 6 | Mr Chambers said Mr Smith claimed he did not have £407 and , when he said he would take his Astra instead , Mr Smith said it had been sold . |
| 7 | Surely He did n't want people to go to the cinema ? |
| 8 | I think it 's because he got it he did n't want people to see him . |
| 9 | ‘ There was , ’ said Timothy West , a ‘ dark quality about him that he did n't let people see very much of . |
| 10 | He did n't like people watching his horses work from the road but this was only a woman , probably some jumped-up point-to-point type looking for training tips . |
| 11 | I did n't like Mike , ’ she says , ‘ I strolled in and he did n't like me , he was at that age when he did n't like people if they did n't look cool so I hated him because he used to be really sarcastic and I did n't know him well enough to realise that he was only messing . |
| 12 | ‘ He did n't like people thinking he was an idiot . |
| 13 | He did n't like people nit-picking about his ruthless financial tactics . |
| 14 | Although he did n't trust people outside the department , this time he knew he had no alternative . |