Example sentences of "he do have " in BNC.

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1 The state 's ultimate authority over broadcasting exemplifies one of the deficiencies of public service broadcasting , though , paradoxically , John Reith , the BBC 's first managing director/director general , would not have been able to develop the BBC as he did had he not had the full support of the state .
2 Everything he did had been inventive and sharp , his running incisive .
3 Everything he did had method and purpose .
4 He did have a red MG .
5 He did have an alternative , he could have let the pound drop lower . ’
6 He did have the advantage , however , of pursuing a single specific goal — that of taking the company through privatisation .
7 If he actually put his foot down and said , ‘ No , I think that 's ridiculous ’ , everyone shut up and listened , and I feel that this was the first time that he realised that he did have the powers of leadership , not only on stage but also off stage . ’
8 Harold Watkinson had not survived as Secretary of State for Defence long enough to see his counter-reformation completed , but he did have the satisfaction of knowing that , had it not been for his efforts to swing the pendulum of British Defence policy back into the centre of the spectrum of war , Britain 's disengagement from empire would not have been so successful .
9 He did have street cunning , most if it aimed to keeping himself a mystery .
10 He did have white mice .
11 But if it could be said that he did have a weakness for something , it was for Ireland and the Irish .
12 He did have something official because the nurses , like , said he had to .
13 Unlike Guillaume , Zborowski was unbusinesslike , and a poor book-keeper , but he did have a wonderful faith in Modigliani 's talent .
14 . It was a puzzle to me to think that any customers wanted any of these things in the alley he lived , but he did have a few visitors , because he dealt in antiques , he knew a great deal about them …
15 He did not imagine Randolph Henry Ash , his pen moving rapidly across the paper , but he did have the thought of the pads of the long-dead fingers which had held and folded these half-covered sheets , before preserving them in the book , instead of jettisoning them .
16 He did not feel the presence of the dead poet in the room , but he did have a vague excited sense that any of these containers — the desk , the trunks , the hat-boxes , might contain some treasure like the faded letters in his own breast-pocket .
17 What little money he did have was spent on a record selected with extreme care which became , to his way of thinking , a possession close to his heart .
18 On no account should he be allowed simply to get in his car and drive around before he has been pronounced competent to drive , and has organized his driving licence and insurance accordingly , if for no other reason than that his insurance would be invalid if he did have an accident .
19 Certainly he never became an outstanding dancer , but as a performer he did have a feeling for movement and character that enabled him to make a theatrical impact in some roles not needing much technique or classical style .
20 He did have good words to say for its menfolk ; ‘ … sturdy and bold , honest and sagacious ’ .
21 Even if he did have a provincial practice ( as his likely African origin may suggest ) , he also held office in Rome , probably had connections with Gaul , and is attested in the consilium of Marcus Aurelius .
22 He did have a sneaking respect for Yanto however .
23 He did have one last setback , however : as long as he was not reciting he was free from tension in the neck but , as soon as he began to use his voice , all his old habits returned .
24 The doctor had no idea what might be causing the red blotches , but he did have a suspicion that the other symptoms might have a common cause .
25 But he did have to endure the ordeal of being photographed between the bride and bridesmaid .
26 Yoash Kahn , who has taught in England for many years but who also has strong links with education in Israel , recalls his hostel days with affection , even if he did have problems adjusting to the regime .
27 He was vaguely surprised that what sense of loss he did have seemed to be connected in some way with Cyprus .
28 He had n't any sense , I thought , but he did have fear , which was almost as good a life preserver .
29 After all , he did have a pond consisting of Charlie 's last Chinese meal steaming in his crotch .
30 And provided that he did have a ‘ residence ’ ( or ‘ abode ’ , the concept used in other contexts ) there , in which he spent a substantial part of the year , it would not be necessary for him to be physically present there for the whole three-month period prior to the qualifying date .
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