Example sentences of "he [adv] did [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arguing from silence is dangerous , but had he played a significant role in Cnut 's Scandinavian wars of c.1025-8 ( see below ) information about it might have been expected to survive , and so he perhaps did disappear from the scene soon after 1023 . |
| 2 | ‘ No , I do n't think he ever did score with that one . |
| 3 | I think he once did say to me that he was very disturbed at how much ‘ coke ’ David was doing and that it had got to the point where he did n't hide it from deFries , whereas he did for quite a while at first . |
| 4 | Ianthe spoke perfunctorily , for she was walking away from the library with John who had not left her as he usually did to go to his bus stop . |
| 5 | He really did think of her as little more than a tramp . |
| 6 | ‘ So this is how you spend all the money I 've lent you , ’ I said , and do you know what — he really did blush at that . |
| 7 | Either he was so upset that he did n't look where he was going , or he really did jump on purpose . ’ |
| 8 | No , surely he would swear her to secrecy — if he really did agree in the end to Miguel 's request . |
| 9 | Miguel stood up and walked round to her , and said , ruffling her hair , ‘ He really did get to you , did n't he ? ’ |
| 10 | Since ownership passed to the legatee without performance having taken place , it was much harder to see that he actually did do with the legacy what the testator had intended . |
| 11 | As he stared at her he actually did feel as if he were in short pants , and he could n't find words to answer her . |
| 12 | But of course he never did speak with his tongue nor ever would have done if he wanted to hang on to his job . |
| 13 | Unfortunately Shackleton died whilst still in the Antarctic on 5 January 1922 , and so he never did search for the treasure . |
| 14 | And he certainly did enter into it with erm vigour for a short period . |