Example sentences of "that he did [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was , however , reported by his personal staff that he did manage a smirk when he had been told the story of how his arch rival and competitor had been conned by his countrymen on a flag-flying visit to the auld counthrie . |
| 2 | He confirmed that he did think it would be for the best if I dropped out of family life , and in my heart , I knew he was right . |
| 3 | Kemp had reported to the group that he would be arriving in Oxford at 3 p.m. — and the simple truth is that he did arrive in Oxford at 3 p.m . |
| 4 | I am glad that he did answer it , as I wanted to ask him this : has he learnt any lessons from the report , particularly those related to ability streaming ? |
| 5 | ‘ Mr. Burgess in my judgment was clearly an experienced careful solicitor and I have no hesitation in accepting his evidence that he did form the view that on 26 March 1986 Mr. Winterbone was not capable of making a will for the reasons he stated — namely that he was incoherent and confused in the sense that he was unable to remember names and addresses and he was not at all clear in relation to the names of the people that he wished to benefit . |
| 6 | Caused by a dispute with the film 's producers over money , it 's sorted out now , but Broderick confesses that he did feel angry . |
| 7 | Could it be that he did feel something other than sexual desire for her ? |
| 8 | First , the mere statement by a constable that he did anticipate that there might be a breach of the peace is clearly not enough . |
| 9 | He was telling us that we were all he had left , that he did love me . |
| 10 | Might I just point out that that he did send his apologies , and er he also sent us a a donation of twenty pounds . |
| 11 | His wife Anne says that he DID drink in Saudi , but would never have committed the more serious offence of running a still and selling its produce . |
| 12 | She saw then that saying this had been unpardonable , but the odd thing was that he did pardon her , and laughed , and quietly fished some of the soggy pills out of the sink in case he fancied one later after all . |
| 13 | However , it is only fair to comment that he did place the lives of two of his most valuable NCOs in jeopardy as well as that of an officer whom he could ill afford to lose . |
| 14 | Zakrewski confirmed that he did expect the legislation to hurt its Polish acquisition , DHI , which currently expects to turn over $15m in the market this year , and added ‘ The result will be that there will be some preferred companies who have been doing assembly that will be supported , and they will grow and make a huge amount of money by reselling imports , not by assembling ; it 's a scandal . |
| 15 | It is likely that he did express a preference , for although his collapse was dramatic enough for premature reports of his death to reach at least two cities , he then rallied sufficiently to add codicils to his will . |
| 16 | It is likely that he did express a preference , for although his collapse was dramatic enough for premature reports of his death to reach at least two cities , he then rallied sufficiently to add codicils to his will . |
| 17 | ‘ I suppose you 're right , ’ Lucy sighed , knowing that she herself could be replaced by Doreen within moments of Silas 's discovering that he did care for his ex-girlfriend after all . |
| 18 | He also spoke of the motivation and enjoyment he had derived from Young Enterprise and the confidence he had gained from this knowledge that he did possess significant , relevant abilities school just had not teased them out before . |
| 19 | Little is known of his early life except for his recollection that at the age of nine or ten he ‘ did so offend the Lord that He did scare and terrify me with dreadful visions ’ , and that he was greatly afflicted at that time with thoughts of the Day of Judgement . |
| 20 | There is actual evidence that he did do it in his childhood , and th so they 're not erm , they 're kind of building everything on a single sentence like Leo does , you know , amazingly enough , Leo 's book starts with entry of Who 's Who in a single phrase , where she calls herself daughter of , her father . |
| 21 | It seemed that he did want to , for he answered her question far more fully than he need have done . |
| 22 | The Board 's general counsel , Michael Friend , said afterwards : ‘ The finding was that he did change his scorecard at the qualifying round for the European Tour School last October , but the Board felt the sentence of 10 years was too severe given that it was a first offence . ’ |
| 23 | But Charles had a nagging fear that it was n't that , that Michael Banks really was trying , that he did go through the lines time after time in the evenings , but that his mind could no longer retain them . |
| 24 | He is , after all , the Chairman of that committee but certainly I advised him against that and I thought it was totally wrong er to do it in the way he did and I , I think it was a shame for this Council that he , that he did go ahead , but there you are . |
| 25 | But what he strenuously de nies inventing is that he DID serve Mr Lamont in Praed Street , Paddington , west London , on Monday , November 16 . |
| 26 | That he did discover it , that he had a wonderful self-knowledge — not mere self-analysis — calm and penetrating , never coldly submissive , is a proof that it was not the whole truth . |
| 27 | ‘ Now , it 's perfectly possible that he did discover Nicola was having an affair a couple of weeks ago but only threw out the photos last night . |
| 28 | For example , we do not know exactly how God made the world , but that does n't stop us believing that he DID make the world . |
| 29 | One thing that he did make very clear at the end was that if we thought of other things that he should know about , or it would be helpful for him to know about , we should contact him , so he 's left it very open for us to have an ongoing contact which I thought . |
| 30 | That he did leave behind a after lunch , when you , after you 'd gone , a couple of very useful disks . |