Example sentences of "he did [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Australia , he had rejuvenated a sport that had been declining for years ; in England , he did exactly the same , leaving people exhilarated by his team 's play wherever they went and creating a great new surge of interest in the game . |
| 2 | He did better the next year in the title role of Dr Knock , acting ‘ with ease and obvious personal enjoyment ’ . |
| 3 | He ran and kissed Lucie on the forehead , as if it was something he did routinely every day . |
| 4 | People and animals portray in this , in the Tahiti painting , never seemed to be in a hurry , erm , even when always relaxed even when working and I wondered how much of this was cultural and erm , how much was due to the large amounts of erm drugs consumed in most paintings at this , this period but that I suppose I 'll , I 'll never know for sure about , erm with this painting I found in the background , er there 's a figure , that 's looking in on the situation and I , I for myself think 's its probably Gaugin , as he portrays himself as Christ , which I think he did quite a lot to me in , in , in a few of his paintings and so this painting gave me tremendous sense of being looked in on and this figure in the background , was the person that was doing the looking in . |
| 5 | I think the architects cos I was I was engaged in trying to find a sort of temporary work for er somebody in archaeology and and erm I remember I got to s to an architect and and he did quite a lot of that sort of work you know and they |
| 6 | Actually , I think he did quite a lot for gay understanding , to not wrap up those characters he played at all . |
| 7 | He had calculated , however , that he would need to give three poetry readings in order to cover his expenses on this visit : he did only the amount that was strictly necessary , since the Inland Revenue had a habit of taking much of any extra income he earned . |
| 8 | Er , the second issue is did the plaintiff , Mr ask Peter to get him out of the contract between exchange and completion er that is clearly in dispute but if he did then the further issue is this , were the defendants in breach of contract in failing to advise the plaintiffs at a stage as to the effects of national condition of sale twenty two two and a way out of the contract which was open to him . |
| 9 | The great man paced back and forth , uttering as he did so a formula of annexation appropriate to the moment : |
| 10 | Nathaniel Sherman removed his helmet to mop his streaming face and as he did so a movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth . |
| 11 | When he did so a bitter cry was heard , and black blood flowed from the reed-stumps ; this was the death-cry of the witch who guarded the reeds , and the blood was hers . |
| 12 | Toby ran to the sobbing boy and took the flannel , and as he did so a naked razor blade fluttered down and tinkled on to the floor . |
| 13 | As he did so a white man put a dollar on the table and said to the barman , ‘ shut that nigger up ’ . |
| 14 | As he did so a jolt of static electricity hit him right in the tip of his unrestrained bobber . |
| 15 | From time to time Osman turned and gesticulated at the stretcher and every time he did so a cry of anger rose from the crowd . |
| 16 | As he did so the chairman called out ‘ Five minutes , please ! ’ |
| 17 | He swore and peered out of the window , and as he did so the gun in his left hand wavered . |
| 18 | She unfastened her cloak and he took it from her , noticing as he did so the brocade gown that so exactly matched the colour of her eyes . |
| 19 | The plaintiff objected to paying the tolls , and on the first occasion when he did so the owner seized his goods . |
| 20 | Directly he did so the whole village , shops , inns , stalls , and people , and the river of wine , all vanished away ; nothing remained but the waterfall dashing over its crag . |
| 21 | As he did so the boy stirred and struggled briefly then relaxed . |
| 22 | As he did so the most furious howling broke out . |
| 23 | The lessons he 's learnt he did so the hard way . |