Example sentences of "did [adv] [pron] " 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 did only what Lachlan wished !
4 There were no set meals ; the whole Smith family was deeply affected and Mary and Helen did only what was absolutely necessary .
5 Festa was a much more considerable church composer and Willaert also did perhaps his greatest work in this field .
6 I nearly did so myself .
7 Harry slipped the book into his pocket , wondering as he did so which previous patron of the Skein of Geese had handed such a thing on to Heather .
8 They waited for the priest to pass along with the thin wafer of bread and while they did so their hands were like this , cupped and raised in a gesture that might be offering or receiving .
9 Yet as she did so their eyes met , and it was all there in those brown depths .
10 There was no point telling Mom that , because whenever she did so her mother just told her that everyone needed to study and her grades would drop if she stopped .
11 The pope now did so himself .
12 ‘ Ruthven did so himself .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 As I did so I grabbed the banister to save myself .
17 The watery fluid plashed against my cheeks ; as it did so I felt a novel sensation , a sloughing , pulling and slipping of the skin .
18 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 .
19 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
20 I know mine is wrong , I know , I did so I put it right
21 As she did so she realised she did not yet know the name of their unexpected guest .
22 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 .
23 Mr Barnet — it was clearly he — continued to look at her , and while he did so she could not look away .
24 She looked up quickly , and as she did so she felt a sharp tug at her neck .
25 She eased it free from the restraining material , and as she did so she felt his body tense and a shot rang out .
26 As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time .
27 As she did so she was conscious of voices by his front gate .
28 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 .
29 As she did so she noticed a second man , who peered with interest from the passenger seat of the utility .
30 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 .
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