Example sentences of "[adj] he did [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This he did not do . |
| 2 | But about this he did not care . |
| 3 | Whether Mick would have proposed this he did not know ; he only knew that the desire had been there ; but it seemed to be the pattern that she and her uncle left together at dinnertime . |
| 4 | To do this he did not need to make any apparently arbitrary appeal to particular revelation or received authority . |
| 5 | By this he did not mean the philosophical proofs of God 's existence or the natural religion which had been the focus of so much discussion in the eighteenth century , and which he and Barth , like Schleiermacher and Ritschl before them , had rejected . |
| 6 | This he did successfully , first moving its works from Gray 's Inn Road , London , to Glasgow . |
| 7 | This he did fairly regularly . |
| 8 | THE SOPHISTICATED Miss Gertrude Jekyll , gardening heroine of the Edwardians , commissioned Edwin Lutyens to design her Surrey homestead , and this he did so beautifully that their relationship was cemented and many future joint commissions ensued . |
| 9 | They were different , ’ he said not unkindly but it was clear he did n't want to talk about those nights . |
| 10 | The farmer did n't actually refuse to take Mister Johnny but he made it clear he did n't really want him . |
| 11 | He slightly shook his head , making it clear he did n't intend to exorcize devils . |
| 12 | His dismissive gesture made it clear he did n't want sympathy . |
| 13 | The man decided Tim was queer and made it clear he did n't tolerate those too easily . |
| 14 | He said something — I forget what , but it was pretty clear he did n't trust me . |
| 15 | His face was without the offensively avuncular smile that usually accompanies such trite statements ; and something intent about the look he gave me made it clear he did not mean it tritely . |
| 16 | Talking to Glenn before his contest with Averil Marshall it was clear he did not like losing . |
| 17 | Funny he did n't mention that people would be spending their 15 minutes of glory naked , sweaty and panting . |
| 18 | Funny he did n't mention , said her mother . |
| 19 | Funny he did n't give himself a new name , but maybe he felt there was no reason why he should . |
| 20 | His spirits were so high he did n't detect the chill of fear in Lucy . |
| 21 | Apparently he did use it but with a different he did n't put nutrients in it did he . |
| 22 | In this case it was fortunate he did not break his neck . |
| 23 | But she knew now that he lived in a state near total despair , his life so meaningless he did n't know how to live it , his one certainty that he had to find Jake and Fincara . |
| 24 | His speed was such he did n't approach it at a speed where he could erm er l lay off and er let something happen . |
| 25 | He weighed 196lb and , when wishing to indulge in a man-to-man talk ( I say man-to-man because I became convinced he did n't believe he was a dog at all ) he would rear up and rest his forepaws on my shoulders and look down into my eyes , which are a rather attractive dark brown and reside about five feet two inches above sea level . |
| 26 | He did not know Dinah 's handwriting ; there was so much he did not know about her , he told himself , tearing the envelope open urgently . |
| 27 | But there was much he did not own . |
| 28 | There was much he did not know . |
| 29 | ‘ I was glad 'e did n't get that site where our Carrie 's got 'er cafe , ’ she remarked . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm glad he did n't that night . ’ |