Example sentences of "he did [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , Lupus exhorted Charles " not to subject himself so much to the influence of one man so that he did everything according to that man 's will " . |
| 2 | Perhaps he did some of the work on them , but I do n't believe he did everything sold under his name . ’ |
| 3 | In the pre-war years , as well , indeed , as in the following decades , he did nothing to draw attention to what he was doing . |
| 4 | These tensions were held in check by Edward IV but he did nothing to resolve them , and after his death they erupted into the faction struggle which cost Edward V his throne . |
| 5 | These tensions were held in check by Edward IV but he did nothing to resolve them , and after his death they erupted into the faction struggle which cost Edward V his throne . |
| 6 | Around the huts he had avoided all contact with her and although they stood side by side listening to her husband , he did nothing to acknowledge her existence . |
| 7 | Simmons entered the Test with two centuries in his two innings in the One-Day Internationals but he did nothing to erase the doubts over his credentials as a Test batsman , airily driving a low catch to mid-off . |
| 8 | Though he describes himself as ‘ pro-life ’ , he did nothing to push the anti-abortion bill through parliament . |
| 9 | He did nothing to have the assessments determined by the General Commissioners set aside . |
| 10 | But when he did nothing to help them and they were defeated by troops loyal to Saddam , they decided the West no longer supported them . |
| 11 | But these firms , as I said , they wanted this or that or the other and with er because of this fellow Mr he did nothing to get it out of his so it just happened , you know what I mean . |
| 12 | Before long Gaveston was given the hitherto exclusively royal title of earl of Cornwall , an affront to the established councillors and nobility which he did nothing to palliate by his swaggering arrogance , especially at Edward 's coronation in which he played a leading role ; just as outrageous were the lands and revenues which went with titles , office and power . |
| 13 | When she thought about the things he did they became even sharper , so that it felt as if an electric shock was passing right through the centre of her body . |
| 14 | When he did they saw the dead animal and , in fury at being deprived of their sport , they ran the hermit through with their boar staves . |
| 15 | But when he did they showed no interest at all , they just said the officer concerned was not there . |
| 16 | We then voted on a lengthy Liberal resolution er , it was amended by Labour we voted on all of the separate points in the resolution , all were agreed and then Professor decided that he wanted to move a further amendment which after some consultation , some discussion with the legal people about it 's validity , he did which wiped out all of the things that we 'd just agreed and we turned to the original Conservative motion minus the beginning phrase and with a couple of things stuck on at the end and we thought well that 's it the Conservatives will vote for that , but no although it was their own motion in all but name , the Conservatives would n't vote for that unless Mr was allowed to move it . |
| 17 | And er but he did one did Melvin , and he he was trotting up the stairs with three men pushing you see , two at the bottom one at the top guiding it , and the top of the piano started to disappear into the staircase . |
| 18 | He had even provided , as an antagonist to North , a fictional member of the NSC , ‘ Aaron Sykes ’ , whose job it was to give flesh and voice to those invisible and voiceless colleagues who had presumably tried to dissuade North from what he was doing : to appear , as the Laws appeared to Socrates , ‘ humming in his ears ’ , about the offence he would cause to country , friends and laws if he did what seemed to him the right thing . |
| 19 | He did what had to be done , and then went to find Groa . |
| 20 | ‘ Another man-witch , who was sentenced to the galleys for life , said that he had such a pity for the horses which the postillion galloped along the road that he did something to prevent it , which was that he took vervain and said over it the Pater Noster five times and the Ave Maria five times , and then put it on the road so that the horses should cease to run . ’ |
| 21 | Where 's he did he bring his car up ? |
| 22 | But as he did he saw two hooded crows scutter along the cliff face and sneak down upon her , calling threateningly , and as she turned to them he was astonished to see that she moved clumsily , uncertainly , not as an adult eagle should . |
| 23 | What he did he saw he saw the method and saw well this is quite neat . |
| 24 | cos I mean they do n't usually do they , but he did he came up there to see me |
| 25 | A and B. Erm there was no dis disrespect but A and B and er he 'd erm he devised a method he what he did he rifled the inside of the the piston . |
| 26 | Fred did n't appear to hear the horror in her voice , or if he did he managed to ignore it . |
| 27 | In whatever he did he displayed a strong didactic tendency and was always guided by his self-proclaimed precept that every ‘ social organism must possess a definite physical structure ’ . |
| 28 | he did he got ! |
| 29 | He did he said while I were there . |
| 30 | He did he said that which he should n't have done . |