Example sentences of "did [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | And she did narf she did narf shit on Linda ! |
2 | But they reckon when they did obviously it 's a set that probably someone had to say the same thing doing or the same person went through so many functions and it was worked using different ways of saying . |
3 | I do n't think he did so it 's the only one you missed out , probably find the the video that 's not , not applicable but yeah . |
4 | As I did so I became aware of a youngish man with long hair looking at me from the pavemented walk on the Hammersmith side of the river . |
5 | In a fog I crawled out of bed to pick up a blanket which had fallen on the floor , and as I did so I glanced through into the living room and made out , in the darkness , Changez Lying on his camp-bed watching me . |
6 | As I did so I grabbed the banister to save myself . |
7 | The watery fluid plashed against my cheeks ; as it did so I felt a novel sensation , a sloughing , pulling and slipping of the skin . |
8 | Well my husband was out o on strike and I 'd erm got two babies , a year and ten months , and I felt that I had to go and get a job and I was desperate so I 'd heard people talking about these things as they did so I thought well I 've got to do something . |
9 | so fortunately I was at home before he did so I thought we 'll have something quick then , just had a roll , you know , and I thought well I , i it 's not worth worrying about it and sort of |
10 | I know mine is wrong , I know , I did so I put it right |
11 | As she did so she realised she did not yet know the name of their unexpected guest . |
12 | Agnes was nodding her head now , and as she did so she was thinking , I only hope your father does n't find him there when he comes back from one of his trips . |
13 | Mr Barnet — it was clearly he — continued to look at her , and while he did so she could not look away . |
14 | She looked up quickly , and as she did so she felt a sharp tug at her neck . |
15 | She eased it free from the restraining material , and as she did so she felt his body tense and a shot rang out . |
16 | As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time . |
17 | As she did so she was conscious of voices by his front gate . |
18 | She seated herself in the row in front of me , but before she did so she looked round , perhaps to see if after all there was anyone present whom she recognised . |
19 | As she did so she noticed a second man , who peered with interest from the passenger seat of the utility . |
20 | As she did so she glanced towards the entrance of A and E , checking automatically for Jim Harris 's car — except it would n't be there , she remembered with a twinge of regret . |
21 | The moment she did so he was on her , grabbing her by the arm , so that the tray shook violently in her slippery hands , trying to drag her to the clock as he screamed , ‘ Look ! |
22 | ‘ For if he did so he 'd be proving my word worthless . |
23 | He flicked back the cuff of his jacket to glance at his watch and as he did so he saw that he was still carrying Maidstone 's hat . |
24 | He concluded the dance with a double spin , springing sideways in the air and kicking his feet sharply together and as he did so he landed in a heap on the bed . |
25 | Not for the first time he wished he believed in something as much as Gurder did so he could complain to it about his life . |
26 | As we did so he explained he had taken the day off , instead of next Sunday , which would have been part of his free week-end . |
27 | One morning when he did so he found Harriet cleaning two newborn cubs . |
28 | Hugh gave her its regular after-lunch kiss , and as he did so he saw , out of the corner of his wary eye , the extremely unwelcome figure of his father-in-law coming down Chancery Lane , carrying a walking-stick and an armful of newspapers . |
29 | As he did so he moved in the dreamy way of a man in a state of shock . |
30 | He explained without the slightest embarrassment , and while he did so he looped lengths of the rope clothes ' line by his feet . |