Example sentences of "[pron] did so [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did so and heard Hutton take the call in his office . |
| 2 | A fortnight before leaving home my sister had developed mumps , but with the advice of two Harley Street specialists to proceed , I did so and hoped fate would be kind . |
| 3 | A year after I arrived in Fontanellato I did so and won a scholarship which paid half my school fees . |
| 4 | It took Baba Yaga a long time to struggle through the bushes , — but at last she did so and came after them as before , crying , " Hoo ! |
| 5 | She opened the door , looking away as she did so and listening for a second to the song of a skylark on the wind . |
| 6 | She did so and handed them back to him , her irritation scarcely hidden . |
| 7 | They did so and radioed to confirm their original report . |
| 8 | They did so and informed their clients of what they had discovered ; they then returned the papers . |
| 9 | He did so when play was about to resume after a stoppage early in the last session of the fourth day , with the score 384 for 7 , and he could hardly have timed it more precisely ; 60 for 3 overnight , and , as next morning it looked as though it might rain at any time , Marshall decided to polish the rest off quickly . |
| 10 | He did so and handed the slip of paper to Maurice . |
| 11 | He did so and reaffirmed it . |
| 12 | ‘ We found a few , ’ he told her , answering her question about the mussels , pulling off his jacket as he did so and draping it carelessly over the back of the chair . |
| 13 | He had turned to look at her , slipping off his coat as he did so and tossing it carelessly over the back of one of the armchairs . |