Example sentences of "did he [verb] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only late in his life did he undertake an analysis of the economic basis of imperialism , and even then he brought together a number of particular observations rather than formulating a specific alternative to the Marxist theory , such as Schumpeter produced at about the same time . |
| 2 | ‘ Or did he want a couple with the same number of children as he had ? |
| 3 | J. decided he wanted a photograph of me , and although I did tease him a bit about this — what did he want a photograph of me for when I was there in front of him most of the time ? — at his insistence I finally went and had it done . |
| 4 | Why did he want an article on his hacienda ? |
| 5 | Nor did he make a note of it . |
| 6 | ‘ And did he make a lot of money ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Did he make a pass at you , then ? ’ she asked teasingly , but there was a flash of envy and anger in her voice that she did not like or understand . |
| 8 | ‘ Did he give an address for that ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If he was so happy why did he start an affair with Nicola ? ’ asked the superintendent , leaning forward in her seat . |
| 10 | Or did he carry a length of picture cord in his pocket ? |
| 11 | Did he take a sample of urine away ? |
| 12 | ‘ The little one , did he have a mouthful of gold teeth ? ’ |
| 13 | Did he have a romance with Melanie ? he used to live with Melanie . |
| 14 | Did he have a ring through his nose ? |
| 15 | He had not learned the right lesson , however , nor did he have a solution to the problem that would be posed by the mud created by rain and his own artillery . |
| 16 | Did he have a spy at Godstowe ? |
| 17 | but she said that happened with him when he had the erm what did he have an operation for ? |
| 18 | Why the hell did he get an admiral in |
| 19 | Did he need a bit of help with his I mean a lot of them did made them that sort of I just found a lot of was so so behind and so |
| 20 | Did he tear an apple off the tree and smash it to the ground ? |
| 21 | Not until then did he cast a glance at the ground before his advancing feet to assure himself that the hoof-marks still led north . |
| 22 | We have listened to the Secretary of State speak for an hour and a minute , and during those 61 minutes never once did he utter a word about the central feature of the Bill — the doctrinaire destruction of Her Majesty 's inspectorate of schools and the privatisation of the national and local schools inspectorates . |
| 23 | Not only did he require a grant of 57,000 acres of the drained land , but , according to Dugdale , he intended to transform the village of Manea into a town to be called Charlemont , which would command the new river system . |
| 24 | He did not loot , nor did he squeeze a fortune from his oriental subjects , as so many of his British and Dutch East India Company contemporaries thought quite normal . |