Example sentences of "and he did [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They rushed out into Regent 's Park — out of earshot — and Simon told her , yes of course he was forcing her hand , it was blackmail : he did love her so , she was the right one for him and he 'd take her tomorrow on five hundred pounds , if someone would lend them to him , and he did rather fancy himself as a married man at twenty-one . |
| 2 | Her intimacy seemed completely impersonal , and he did rather like being appreciated for himself . |
| 3 | Now up to that moment I had never heard of John Searby , one of Gibson 's flight commanders , and he did not appear on " Cocky's ' list . |
| 4 | His mother was tight-fisted with the money from the brewery and he did not marry until after her death . |
| 5 | He was and is extremely honest about his feelings towards the use of drugs , and he did not hold back when questioned on this highly emotive topic . |
| 6 | A kiss where she raised her lips to his , and he did not hold back from moving his head down to hers , and , as her heart started to sing , so her arms went up and around him . |
| 7 | His dark face looked stern , and he did not speak . |
| 8 | His hands dropped from her shoulders , and he did not speak , merely took her hand and pulled her after him , striding back up the path at a rapid pace so that she was hard pressed to keep up . |
| 9 | European leaders who had feared since Korea that America 's relentless anti-Communism would end in disaster gave Johnson little support and he did not stand for re-election in 1968 . |
| 10 | joined us just as we were ready to go overseas , he had just come out of er Flight School and of course his heart was set on being a fighter pilot and here he became a co-pilot so he was a very disappointed man and he did not stand up well in combat so there were n't too many missions , about five and I bounced him off the crew and would n't fly with him any more and got then other co-pilots to fly with me from our Squadron . |
| 11 | The next upset came when he was chosen for the 1948–9 tour of India but asked , as a professional , to be paid £250 ; the WICBC refused , Worrell declined to back down , and he did not go . |
| 12 | He had become president largely because his predecessor and opponent , Jimmy Carter , had failed to resolve a hostage crisis , and he did not forget it . |
| 13 | Ewias had performed that service for Osbern , and he did not forget it . |
| 14 | Leslie had an aunt in Durban , but by great misfortune disembarkation was on this occasion not allowed , and he did not meet the relative who had last seen him as a little boy in Scotland . |
| 15 | At lunch-time it was noticed that the ‘ patient ’ had disappeared , and he did not return for the start of the afternoon session . |
| 16 | It was while he was still at Seletar that England declared war on Germany on September 3 , 1939 and he did not return to England until February , 1940 . |
| 17 | He taught her the words of the Angelus , the Hail Mary ; though he said that he could not quite use all the words himself literally , but he respected those who could , and he did not think there was anything in it which made Mary take the place of her Son . |
| 18 | But he had no precise idea where Adam was and he did not think Adam 's travel agent ( a personal friend of the young Verne-Smiths ) would tell him . |
| 19 | He was quite prepared to find her guilty , and he did not care . |
| 20 | he saw from the start that Piggy was a clever boy with many qualities , and he did not care about what Piggy looked like , but he knew as well that Piggy was evil like the rest of them . |
| 21 | His eyes were closed and he did not move when they reached him . |
| 22 | He was lying close by and he did not move . |
| 23 | Boy did not throw these letters away ; he kept them all , and indeed read them not only on the day that they arrived but again and again during the week before the arrival of the next one , but he did not keep these letters in his box , and he did not reply to them either . |
| 24 | Talking to reporters in Magherafelt , the scene of the latest bombing last night , Sir Patrick said he was satisfied the present security policy was adequate and he did not anticipate many changes . |
| 25 | He believed in the chain of command : he communicated with civil servants through their ministers and ( with occasional exceptions ) with ministers through the prime minister ; and he did not regard it as his function to supervise the actual process of implementing decisions . |
| 26 | He said the battle over the motorway extension was important for the whole of Europe , and he did not rule out a further legal challenge . |
| 27 | Considering his almost round physique he showed an astonishing turn of speed , his little legs pistoning , and he did not pause till he disappeared into the shop at the far end of the village . |
| 28 | James Christie , in addition to his civic duties , was a clothier and merchant , and he did not miss the opportunity to translate political connections into contracts . |
| 29 | She eased herself out of Nick 's embrace and he did not stir . |
| 30 | The plaintiff got into financial difficulties because the price was too low and he did not supervise the work properly . |