Example sentences of "[vb past] he [verb] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a bully , he flew into rages , but to do what Albert believed he had done he would have to be wicked , and Carrie did n't think he was that . |
| 2 | Even now she felt sorry for him , unable to fix at the front of her mind the full extent of what she believed he had done . |
| 3 | I mean , I can remember seeing an interview with er , John Geilgud and he 'd he 'd done Hamlet many years ago and er but he said he 'd it was in a totally different way you know , different |
| 4 | He 'd he 'd done it all , he was happy enough then . |
| 5 | He reckoned he had done her a service , smashing her dog . |
| 6 | He reckoned he had done well to get away with two cups of tea and forty minutes of reminiscence before an opening arose to thrust in a question . |
| 7 | Last year 's crop of court cases at the Old Bailey reported in national newspapers included : a French master who had a store of pornographic photos of teenage pupils dating back ten years ; a religious education master who simulated sexual intercourse in front of his pupils ( the Old Bailey heard he had done this little party trick dozens of times at different schools ) ; a primary school teacher who was allowed to go on teaching after being found guilty of ‘ lewd , indecent and libidinous practices ’ against ten- and 11-year old boys ; and a music teacher in Sussex who had raped , attempted to rape and indecently assaulted hundreds of girls over many years . |
| 8 | Steve had done several pieces for solo instruments with tape , and he decided he wanted to do one for guitar . |
| 9 | He decided he wanted to do a number on the show , and then knock the piano and the orchestra into bits — destroy the whole lot . |
| 10 | But what made him decide to do something about it ? |
| 11 | This had a marvellous calming effect on him and made him determined to do the job right , especially as it was Molly 's first time . |
| 12 | Charles constantly felt he had done nothing to earn it ; there was no feeling of satisfaction in a job well done . |
| 13 | Wordsworth 's first publications , An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches , appeared in 1793 ; the aim was to bring his name before the public as he felt he had done nothing at university — and , of course , the faint hope of making money . |
| 14 | He might still only be a juvenile who had never flown freely on the wind but he felt he had done nothing to warrant the abuse and fury of an eagle whose name he did not even know . |
| 15 | He felt he had done it absolutely as best he could and there was no way he could repeat the emotion . |
| 16 | It was the fact that he felt he had done it right the first time and not nearly as well the second time . |
| 17 | She supposed because he was ostensibly Lord of the Manor , he felt he had to do it . |
| 18 | ‘ He was n't put on contract because we felt he had to do a bit more to earn one . |
| 19 | It was unnecessary , but he felt he had to do something . |
| 20 | He was so moved by what he saw inside the orphange that he felt he had to do something to give the children a better start . |
| 21 | Liam Murphy knew he had to do something about Nellie . |
| 22 | John did not have his brother Bobby 's ease on a platform but he had more integrity and honesty and he knew he had to do it . |
| 23 | Jack had no idea but he knew he had to do something . |
| 24 | besides a great many sins that he knew he had done that he could not remember . |
| 25 | He had been almost three years in this post , the appointee of the new administration , and he knew he had done well , even though he had to succeed the incomparable Charles Price of the Reagan years . |
| 26 | He knew he had done nothing , knew beyond suggestion 's reach that he had been innocent of action as well as intention . |
| 27 | Clarke 's solicitor said his client knew he 'd done wrong and must be punished , but he said he hoped to make amends to Mr Adams ' family in the future . |
| 28 | On the other hand , it could be claimed with some justification that moral considerations were involved in Gandhi 's decision to fast and that he did what he thought he had to do in those situations . |
| 29 | His last owner found he suffered from many anxiety-induced health problems including cribbing , psychosomatic skin conditions , and chronic colic ; and also behavioural problems including tongue over the bit , reluctance to eat , fear of being in a large yard or paddock , inability to walk , trot , or canter properly , and sheer terror if he thought he had done something wrong ! |
| 30 | All he thought he had done was to assemble a collection of his favourite songs . |