Example sentences of "do he [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | In so doing he found another character , John Higgs , who became central to his development . |
2 | In so doing he founded modern British orthopaedics . |
3 | But as he did he saw two hooded crows scutter along the cliff face and sneak down upon her , calling threateningly , and as she turned to them he was astonished to see that she moved clumsily , uncertainly , not as an adult eagle should . |
4 | That 's what I 'm saying how did he knew that |
5 | Rinse your mouth at least , and let me see did he shift any of your teeth . ’ |
6 | Only when he saw the two girls actually standing up to peer at him past the curtains of Healy 's window did he show any reaction . |
7 | did he show any interest at all in having those details provided for him ? |
8 | ‘ But why did he choose that ? ’ she wanted to know . |
9 | Deacon had taken over the head of the formation as the leader 's R/T was not working , and calling a warning to the other pilots , he swung into the attack on one Messerschmitt from the quarter position , breaking away to attack a second similarly , though in neither case did he observe any results . |
10 | He saw no evidence that the German Socialists were either willing or able to restrain Prussian ambitions , nor did he place any faith in bourgeois internationalism . |
11 | Did he mean free people or Free People ? |
12 | And erm I remember I was I was about fifteen now and my young brother was only a little tot about two I think three and I remember my father came in and he did he went straight for my mam for nothing at all . |
13 | Why did he appoint two Tory ex-Ministers , the sister of a Tory Minister , the wives of two Tory Members of Parliament and the husband of a Tory Member of Parliament to run opted-out hospitals ? |
14 | What did he pay that for and the old post office he got them , it was cheap |
15 | He did he said that which he should n't have done . |
16 | Another implication of ( 16 ) , or ( 15 ) , is that , apart from questioning the adjective , the language would also provide a means to question the noun phrase alone while " leaving behind " the predicate qualifier ( even though one might not expect such questions to be particularly common in practice ) , and in fact such questions are perfectly grammatical : ( 21 ) who(m) did he paint seated ? what did he send registered ? |
17 | The soft little click the door made when she closed it caused him to turn his head , and not by one flicker of an eyelash did he betray any emotion of her entrance . |
18 | 2 In which games did he score 80 or more ? |
19 | Well the difference between these two sides was a Newcastle born mid-fielder , by the name of Paul Gascoigne ; not only did he score two second half goals for the first division club , but he dominated proceedings in mid-field . |
20 | Why , thinking I was not aware of him , did he stay frozen ? |
21 | ‘ How did he do that ? ’ |
22 | Why did he do that to you ? |
23 | ‘ Why did he do that ? ’ |
24 | And why did he do that ? |
25 | ‘ Why did he do that ? ’ |
26 | Did he do that on the basis of arrant hypocrisy or because he is a man of no principle who is now putting his principles in his pocket ? |
27 | How did he do that ? |
28 | Just pau pause a moment it why did he do that ? |
29 | . How did he do that then ? |
30 | Why did he do that ? |