Example sentences of "[adv] as i [vb past] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as I had done before , I stumped around Clonmacnoise , surveying each ruined building or ancient cross as I came to it . |
| 2 | Out of school , of course , I continued my birdwatching just as I had done back in Essex , only now there was much more variety . |
| 3 | Needless to say , they went straight to the police , just as I 'd done when I received that first threat . |
| 4 | At last I gained the crest of a rise , and there below me stretched the sloping flat rocks , and yes , the mermaids were there , their fur dry in the sun , their bodies slick and contented , their eyes closed , enjoying the afternoon , exactly as I had done myself . |
| 5 | It gave me a temporary Equity card — mind you they took it away again as soon as I had done the four weeks work . |
| 6 | In a television programme networked from BBC Scotland called The Disunited Kingdom , I addressed the viewer direct as I had done in my Liberal Party general election broadcast . |