Example sentences of "but he did [verb] that " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 But he did recognize that there was strong pro-social currents in the , in the ego , and the resulting view , I think , is what I would call a realistic view of human nature .
2 But he did confirm that he was ‘ 95 per cent ’ of the way to reaching final agreement with an unnamed challenger .
3 But he did discover that ‘ if you pull the stick back too far , too fast , it will stall and flick , and you need quick responses to recover , without losing height . ’
4 What the cracks were like and how they got there he did not say , but he did show that , if they existed , which was not unreasonable , they would account for the weakness of ordinary glass .
5 But he did indicate that his eight-year relationship with Coppell had become strained by Palace 's nose-diving fortunes .
6 But he did divulge that his own household fridge is not one of those on the Which recommended list .
7 He was not prepared to preach to the British — ‘ I do n't really know too much about them ’ — but he did say that no one could expect success without putting in a great deal of hard work .
8 Erm but he did say that he 's actually writing a leaflet which they can run to seven or eight pages .
9 But he did say that er it 'll take three weeks before he can get back to me about sending me to the Law
10 But he did say that February 's increase was significantly lower than that recorded in January .
11 Yeah I know but he did say that even though agents I 'm not giving you this and then he showed me all the things you know to sort of prove that he was doing it .
12 His knowledge of Paris was confined to the underworld , but he did know that the bandit , Chicot , had a mistress who was said to be British .
13 In reply to yet another question from the impromptu baby-sitter , he said that he did not know where his wife was , but he did believe that poor Maria had left him .
14 Indeed Welford Beaton , like many other Hollywood figures , thought that Vidor had carried ‘ realism just a little farther than the public will prove willing to follow ’ and he brilliantly argued that films had to give hope and to show a way forward , but he did conceded that The Crowd was one of the best films ever made and he hoped that it would inspire further ventures into realism .
15 But he did see that his usually tough , self-sufficient male parent was , for once , looking as if he needed bolstering up .
  Next page