Example sentences of "he did [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he did is morally wrong , but he has hurt no-one but himself . |
| 2 | Whether Ray Farningham meant to collect Ian Cameron 's low cross from the right as he did is equally puzzling , but he turned well and shot past Andy Rhodes . |
| 3 | No what he what he did is and he |
| 4 | All he did was remain at the point where they first met . |
| 5 | To involve related professions as closely as he did was an innovation at that time . |
| 6 | All he did was to say ‘ no ’ to tax increases and to abortions . |
| 7 | With unsympathetic editors on the magazines he usually worked for , half of what he did was found fault with or refused . |
| 8 | Tremayne said nothing until we were driving back to the stable and then all he did was ask me if I were happy with what I 'd done . |
| 9 | What he did was to show that a belief which seems only common sense is in fact false . |
| 10 | What he did was send his drive over both familiar fairway bunkers 313 yards — all uphill . |
| 11 | Despite his fear he could n't help wanting to look over the edge of the basket but when he did was sure he saw , besides the surging of the sea , long black shadows just below the surface of the water . |
| 12 | All he did was ask Mr Fractor to explain things or tell him what he wanted to know . |
| 13 | Everything he did was enriched by a warm concern for other people that inspired affection from even slight acquaintances , and love from his closer colleagues . |
| 14 | But what he did was to go outside broadcasting for two out of his three senior editorial jobs , the first main appointments . |
| 15 | Prizes do not matter , but what he did was supremely important in calming the racial tensions of America in the ‘ sixties . |
| 16 | He remembered taking her to school , it was after their mother died , Georgia would 've been seven , she did n't want to go , there were girls who tied her to trees , it was her accent or her looks , he could n't remember now , but he had to take her because he 'd promised Dad , Dad who did n't know anything , the scratches on her legs were brambles , the bruises on her wrists were something else , he could n't remember now , how could they tell him the truth , how could they tell him anything when all he did was sit in dark rooms with his head in his hands , his head haunted by her ghost , and each dawn broke like the slow blow of a hammer . |
| 17 | What he did was relatively harmless , yet somewhere deep down it damaged me and gave me a streak of recklessness that is still having consequences even today . |
| 18 | What he did was relatively harmless , yet it damaged me and was the cause of reckless behaviour with consequences as far reaching as now . ’ |
| 19 | Rob Andrew had a quiet game , which is meant as a compliment because whatever he did was done efficiently and without fuss , whilst he always took the right option . |
| 20 | But Francis had no message of goodwill for Rideout , snapping : ‘ What he did was very silly indeed , especially right in front of the referee . ’ |
| 21 | All he did was yell at me to get out of his trailer . ’ |
| 22 | Another thing he did was picture himself and his wife in the drawing room receiving dinner guests . |
| 23 | But womanizing and drinking to the extent he did was not the behaviour of a mild-mannered man . |
| 24 | Next day Mr Vulcan arrived and the first thing he did was to call on everyone who owed money to his sister . |
| 25 | She imagined he was going to make a move towards her , but what he did was to hitch the child closer to him until his face was almost pressed against his own and then he smiled a smile that widened his full lips but , as she had seen before , did not separate his teeth . |
| 26 | Impressive though he undoubtedly was , if you analyse his career , all he did was put make up on his face and pretend to be somebody else . |
| 27 | Graham Tregidon became WRU president at the annual general meeting in June and one of the first things he did was go into print in the next issue of the union 's newsletter to plead unity . |
| 28 | What Meredith Jones did took some months and what he did was unprecedented . |
| 29 | In every way , Henry V acted as if all that he did was to be lasting in its effects . |
| 30 | Carrie waited , but when he moved all he did was to lift the tray out of the box . |