Example sentences of "[noun] so [adv] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | George was a quick thinker so always did the introducing and all of the talking , but George did not talk about himself — he told of how Lennie was as strong as a bull and how he could buck barley all day . |
| 2 | The austere ideal , the man who acts out his principles and endures what is — can you imagine Michel Devaux saying as my father so often did , I 've only got one life and so much time , I ca n't afford to stand back ? |
| 3 | None of the reviews were great , and John Candy is n't one of those must-see stars so why did you bother ? |
| 4 | Perhaps the only thing to do is to make her dance as Elizabeth von Rosen so memorably did for the Royal Danish Ballet decades ago . |
| 5 | Louis 's use of baptismal ritual to suggest his own imperial status vis-à-vis Harald was modelled on Byzantine practice , and Louis was seeking , as his eastern counterparts so often did , to promote imperial interests through intervention in the dynastic conflicts of a barbarian people . |
| 6 | And Clara saw that Mrs Hanney 's ignominy was complete , for this programme , the name of which her mother so evidently did not forget , was considered by her mother to be the very lowest form of entertainment available , designed for the exceptionally stupid and depraved . |