Example sentences of "as did a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Cynthia Jarrett died during a police search of her home in October 1985 , as did a five-year-old boy , John Shorthouse , when a police gun went off accidentally during a search of his home . |
| 2 | Students from Tibet studying in the capital held a brief demonstration against the Han Chinese treatment of their nation and people , as did a group of Uighurs from Xinjiang province . |
| 3 | Investigations carried out by ILEA in the 1960s tended to bear out this anxiety ( Little , 1975 ) , as did a variety of other surveys ( for a useful review see Tomlinson , 1983 , pp. 27–59 ) . |
| 4 | Her baby and the parish , like water flooding slowly across low-lying land , began to claim her , as did a new and unwelcome preoccupation with money . |
| 5 | This is because MouseMan Cordless has its roller ball sited further forward , virtually under one 's forefinger and it took a bit of time getting used to , as did a small but perceptible response lag . |
| 6 | Does he further agree that it is sheer hypocrisy to oppose privatisation in principle and to promise more nationalisation , yet to claim that there will still be privatisation proceeds to spend , as did a Labour Front-Bench Treasury spokesperson this morning ? |
| 7 | Some 30 Conservatives abstained , as did a significant number of Labour backbenchers . |
| 8 | Its accelerated transfer of four Iroquois helicopters to the PNG Defence Force in mid-1989 represented a major contribution to the government 's campaign against the BRA , as did a subsequent major shipment of small arms and ammunition . |
| 9 | They were not numerous : only a minority of lay office-holders refused the oaths of allegiance to William and Mary ( although they included ten peers and sixty-one present or former MPs ) , as did a little under 400 clergymen ( 3.5 per cent of a total clerical estate of at least 12,000 ) . |
| 10 | We left , as did a few others . |
| 11 | All the candidates of these parties lost their deposits , as did a few scattered independents and other candidates standing under rather esoteric banners . |