Example sentences of "he did come " in BNC.

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1 A couple of months later he did come to the Hammersmith Odeon with Bernie and me to see them play I could seethe relief on his face when he realised they really were a band .
2 I do n't like doing movies anymore but I really enjoyed this , ’ and he did come up with a very eloquent retraction , which no one printed . ’
3 But he did come upon the little house that was waiting for him , in a clearing in the depths , and was cheered by the lines of yellow light he could see between and under the shutters .
4 He took about sixteen hours to come , and when he did come ( tall and spindly and ginger haired ) all he said was , ‘ From the Job Centre , are you ?
5 For all that he could be expected to stay in the Lorrimores , car for at least fifteen more minutes I felt decidedly jittery , and I left the door open so that if he did come back unexpectedly I could say I was merely checking that everything was in order .
6 When he did come into the kitchen , it was to see Annie and the visitor tucking into tea and jam tarts .
7 He did come roaring back .
8 Ten years later , of course , he did come out after a rather agonizing process and he is now a gay activist himself in South London and the Labour Party .
9 We could n't get an address out of him , and when he did come up with one it was wrong , a non-existent road .
10 She fell into the habit of feeding the boys early , and continued it even on nights when he did come home .
11 I had decided that I had to face up to the fact that John might not come back or he might be gone for a long time and that when he did come back we might not love one another .
12 Poppa , if … if he did come to feel the same way about me , would you mind ?
13 But what he did come to recognise was the inadequacy of existing literature : ‘ I realised that the main writers on history and statistics at the time had done very little research and were relying on a few books .
14 The counsellor feared that would be the last she heard from him so she was pleasantly surprised when he did come the following week , bearing a letter from Susie in Denmark .
15 Surprisingly for a royal justice of this period , there is no evidence of Rothbury accumulating lands or other property , although he did come to hold a number of benefices and in 1306 and 1307 received papal dispensation to do so .
16 I know he did come back because of the new tape on the Ansaphone . ’
17 Oh he , he did n't come over by , oh he did come by the quarry .
18 Claudia walked slowly back to the hotel ; she could leave Alnwick now before Roman came back , if he did come back .
19 He did come back once .
20 But then when he did come home much later in the evenings she was often brusque and cross with him .
21 He did come on as a substitute against er Oxford in midweek and Frank Clarke 's first signing injured his shoulder in this collision with Speedy .
22 If he did come back to life , he was in real problems with the bank .
23 comments fair that he did , he did come in twice and se the third time he said I 'm sorry I had to .
24 He did come close to going on pension once at the age of 75 he sent off a perfunctory letter asking for retirement .
25 He did come to her last Friday , he gave her something for her mouth , you know her
26 I do n't know , he come , he said to me er we we well he come over , you see when I come home from hospital he sa , he had to report to come and see me he was a long while before he did come !
27 She has got a son , yeah , I do n't think she sees him much now , he did come here
28 So that 's it so he did come .
29 He , he did come .
30 Yes , no no no no no no , he did come up but he said that he told Ian
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