Example sentences of "he do [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What could he do to break free of such phantasms ? |
| 2 | What 's he done to get that ? |
| 3 | What had he done to deserve such a thing ? |
| 4 | The responses to " What questions do you want to ask here ? " might range from " What happens next ? " through " What has he done to deserve this ? " and " What can he do about it ? " to " They 're both looking in this direction . |
| 5 | I mean out of the three that he saw and prefer , I must admit he did prefer forty four . |
| 6 | Guy Gregory put over a total of 18 points , including the first dropped goals of the season for Nottingham , though he did miss four other chances . |
| 7 | He did travel some good roads . |
| 8 | Ferrari aside , he did love European sports cars . |
| 9 | I really believed he did love this suede . |
| 10 | On whom he did inflict most grieuous punishment . |
| 11 | He was lucky to survive , although he did suffer some permanent damage . ’ |
| 12 | Nevertheless , he did feel that Coastal had a strong claim to the latest 3cm version which could well have been made available to assist with the war at sea if large resources had not been diverted to equip the Main Farce of Bomber Command . |
| 13 | He did feel faint . |
| 14 | Caused by a dispute with the film 's producers over money , it 's sorted out now , but Broderick confesses that he did feel angry . |
| 15 | When he did feel able to write to Coenwulf he reminded him of his humble origins ( but avoided reference to his matrimonial difficulties ) and exhorted him to remember always the very best features of Offa 's reign , avoiding Offa 's displays of greed and cruelty . |
| 16 | He did make one slip , of course — referring to Kemijärvi . |
| 17 | In the event , he did make some contribution to Toby and Laura 's education . |
| 18 | Unlike the Mantuan and Ferrarese madrigalists , Marenzio composed mainly for the pleasure of the performers themselves , not for courtly audiences listening to brilliant executants , though he did make some essays in the three-upper-part style associated with the Ferrarese ladies , notably the exquisite ‘ Hor chi Clori ’ in his Sixth five-part book ( 1594 ) , and he must have reckoned on good performers to tackle the chromaticisms of ‘ O voi che sospirate ’ ( Book II , 1581 ) . |
| 19 | Mr Jones said : ‘ He did make reference to the letter in the speech that he made and he did make positive noises but whether they will translate into positive actions we 'll have to wait and see . ’ |
| 20 | Last night she trotted to bed , and he did sleep all night long , but he did n't go till half past ten cos Marie do n't put him to bed . |
| 21 | And yet — I am too hasty , too defensive — Yes , he did identify that mirage , or illusions , delusions very close in configuration to it . |
| 22 | He also spoke of the motivation and enjoyment he had derived from Young Enterprise and the confidence he had gained from this knowledge that he did possess significant , relevant abilities school just had not teased them out before . |
| 23 | Becker did n't play particularly badly — his service was n't broken at all during the match , although he did serve five double faults — but in the big points in the tie-break , Sampras was supreme . |
| 24 | Mind you it seemed that they had a test at school last week and he was n't terribly happy with it , he said he could n't understand it , he tried to explain to me what it was , but erm , it 's not , not easy , but Ga Gavin said erm , he said they 'd had a test and he said it took him time to get into it but once he got into it , you know , he did alright in it , I think he said how many he got , he did n't seem to do too badly , but he said Alex did n't really do anything and what he did do he thought was wrong so he did n't hand it in , he said and in actual fact what he had done was right , so I do n't know , I told , I told Alex to go and see , you know , and ask about it and sort of erm , apparently he did do that so at least he 'll know , but erm , it 's strange really because normally Alex |
| 25 | When he did do this , he satisfied the condition and the bequest became payable . |
| 26 | Yeah , he did do this . |
| 27 | ‘ Afraid that he would do something … well , something like he did do last week . ’ |
| 28 | But he did do three fabulous nights in Philadelphia and Boston again . |
| 29 | Although most of Hudson 's tests were conducted on schoolboys , he did conduct some tests on schoolgirls , amongst whom he found a different pattern : |
| 30 | He did appear flushed and his eyes held a strange glitter . |