Example sentences of "and he did [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , but , he did win four tournaments , he did finish second to Norman on the money list , and he did end his season with a startlingly brilliant final round , an 8-under par 63 at the Champions course in Houston to give him third place in the rich Nabisco Championships . |
| 2 | And the vicar did pick this up in his sermon and he did mention the Co-op Womens ' Guild and so we were very proud that we 'd been mentioned you see , you know . |
| 3 | ‘ And he did do the alpha-fetoprotein screening this week ? ’ |
| 4 | Last night she trotted to bed , and he did sleep all night long , but he did n't go till half past ten cos Marie do n't put him to bed . |
| 5 | And he did love her , ’ said David and then was silent . |
| 6 | And he did smell of drink . |
| 7 | No I did visit Lawrence in prison after he was recaptured er and spoke to him about various things , including this er this incident and he did confirm that he had been at flat er for a couple of days er befo before the actual search . |
| 8 | and he did decide that I would like a cup of tea |
| 9 | At every gig we went to , there was a woman there — that 's what we wanted , we liked to see women hanging around the star attraction of the group because he was good-looking and he did stand out and look good on stage . |
| 10 | And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food , and that it was a delight to the eyes , and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise , she took of the fruit thereof , and did eat ; and she gave also unto her husband with her , and he did eat … |
| 11 | His contribution can not be understated and he did sign Gough , Mark Hateley and , most importantly of all , his successor as manager Walter Smith . |
| 12 | The abolition on stamp duty for house purchases was n't made permanent , as I thought it might be , but inheritance tax was ameliorated and he did bring in transferable tax allowances between spouses . |
| 13 | But when he came into the picture it had been cast and the script had been done , and he did bring about a lot of changes . |
| 14 | The passing years took their toll , of course , and he did go into a decline when Grandmother died . |
| 15 | And I said ‘ All right then ’ and I cracked a joke and he did go to the supervisor . |
| 16 | After the battering the team had taken in Australia , he realized that the first job was to restore morale , and he did manage to instil some of his own determination into his players . |
| 17 | Carrie said , and he did laugh at her then . |
| 18 | Here was Red Leader and the new recruit ; and he did care ; he did have an almost fatherly concern . |
| 19 | Friends , as we speak today about South Africa , we speak about transition transition from February nineteen ninety when De Klerk said that he would change things and he did change things and they were dramatic changes and then we had apartheid with a liberal dispensation . |
| 20 | In the first two reports of the Commissioner , he drew attention to a few technical problems , such as wrong numbers being intercepted , and he did make recommendations as to how the procedures should be modified , describing these as being of ‘ no great importance ’ . |
| 21 | Not to his face , you understand , and he did make up for it by giving lavishly to the church … ’ |
| 22 | Mr Jones said : ‘ He did make reference to the letter in the speech that he made and he did make positive noises but whether they will translate into positive actions we 'll have to wait and see . ’ |
| 23 | And he did want to hear it from her mouth . |
| 24 | And he did turn water into wine . ’ |
| 25 | I used to go to him and say , ‘ Bill , please try and get them to do this ’ , and he did fight for me quite a lot , but it was an uphill struggle all the way . |
| 26 | Yet he too was also at least a little famished ; and he did appreciate cuisine . |
| 27 | When she occasionally visited him in London or Stuttgart , she always found him busy , although he would certainly have made time for a new lover , and he did put himself out to entertain his cousin Petrie who , with his wife , turned up unexpectedly in Stuttgart during a travelling holiday . |
| 28 | and he did enjoy that |
| 29 | I watched it done before , once , as a student , and it turned my stomach , and it was very distressing to me , and in the end Carrington was going to die , and he did die , but I asked him if he would do it my way . |
| 30 | And he did become a chief inspector in eight years . |