Example sentences of "he do [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I challenged him to do so he was right in fourteen cases out of the sixteen . |
| 2 | In fairness to the mother he should have directed that she be given notice of the foster mother 's application ; had he done so he would have learned — as we have learned from the mother 's statement which clearly should be admitted in evidence before us for this purpose at least — that if the matters to which she spoke were correct ( viz. the foster mother 's preventing her having access to and contact with the children , and allegations which she says the children made to her of their physical and emotional abuse by the foster mother and other members of her ‘ family ’ ) , then the mother 's wishes and feelings were not lightly to be ignored . |
| 3 | The King hardly needed to have a net laid for him , but had he done so it would have been difficult to assemble , almost in his own backyard , a more obvious team of trappers . |
| 4 | Sometimes you see someone painting a door or something and get that little bit done there and then they step back to make sure they have n't missed something cos they could be it could be so obvious to anyone who 's just standing , What 's he doing there he 's left a big piece in the corner there that |
| 5 | When England 's centre-forward played like he did tonight you have to score two goals because I always thought Wright would get one . ’ |
| 6 | Now Crosby insists : ‘ If he keeps playing as he did today he 's not going anywhere . ’ |
| 7 | so fortunately I was at home before he did so I thought we 'll have something quick then , just had a roll , you know , and I thought well I , i it 's not worth worrying about it and sort of |
| 8 | I do n't think he did so it 's the only one you missed out , probably find the the video that 's not , not applicable but yeah . |
| 9 | ‘ For if he did so he 'd be proving my word worthless . |
| 10 | He flicked back the cuff of his jacket to glance at his watch and as he did so he saw that he was still carrying Maidstone 's hat . |
| 11 | He concluded the dance with a double spin , springing sideways in the air and kicking his feet sharply together and as he did so he landed in a heap on the bed . |
| 12 | One morning when he did so he found Harriet cleaning two newborn cubs . |
| 13 | Hugh gave her its regular after-lunch kiss , and as he did so he saw , out of the corner of his wary eye , the extremely unwelcome figure of his father-in-law coming down Chancery Lane , carrying a walking-stick and an armful of newspapers . |
| 14 | As he did so he moved in the dreamy way of a man in a state of shock . |
| 15 | He explained without the slightest embarrassment , and while he did so he looped lengths of the rope clothes ' line by his feet . |
| 16 | As he did so he frantically waved it into the side . |
| 17 | Edward , leaden with gloom , waited for the kettle to boil ; as he did so he watched the steady progress of a wood-louse across the wall behind the sink . |
| 18 | And as he did so he continued to speak , letting his voice rise and fall like a flowing stream , lulling the sleeping child . |
| 19 | Merymose paused before replying , and when he did so he was awkward . |
| 20 | Frantically he rolled clear of any follow-up attack , and as he did so he felt something hard and bulky dig painfully into the small of his back . |
| 21 | Initially reluctant to tackle the area of post-war policy ( doubtless with thoughts of Lloyd George 's empty words of a quarter-century previously ) , when he did so he insisted on a full-blooded promise over the opposition of many in his party and administration . |
| 22 | He groped vaguely with his right hand as though reaching for a brush and as he did so he experienced an intolerable contraction in his chest , a paralysing pain , and with a cry of anguish he fell , taking the stool with him . |
| 23 | As they walked on , he started to talk about her future contract , and as he did so he put his arm about her shoulders and held her close . |
| 24 | As he did so he lost control of the vehicle which rolled over smashed into a lamp-post . |
| 25 | When asked to show what it was he offered a bottle opener , but Miss Sherwin said as he did so he dropped a polythene bag containing 12 LSD tabs and a small amount of cannabis resin . |
| 26 | He did so he actually organized the funeral . |
| 27 | Mr Barnet — it was clearly he — continued to look at her , and while he did so she could not look away . |
| 28 | Mind you I think he does well I do n't know him boy lives near me . |
| 29 | So what he does now he always comes in over the top , so every time you see John shake hands with anybody he 'll always do that and come in over the top actually I 'm in charge and he sort of er sort of stamps his authority on the individual . |
| 30 | Whoever or whatever they are they 're associating with this man and if they do n't know what he does then they should . |