Example sentences of "[adv] as i [verb] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing him for as long as I have done must have worked in my favour . ’ |
| 2 | Just as I had done before , I stumped around Clonmacnoise , surveying each ruined building or ancient cross as I came to it . |
| 3 | Out of school , of course , I continued my birdwatching just as I had done back in Essex , only now there was much more variety . |
| 4 | Needless to say , they went straight to the police , just as I 'd done when I received that first threat . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And even the apparent libertine , if Walter 's My Secret Life is in any way an accurate chronicle , had his own anxieties born of sexual discretion : ‘ Does every man kiss , coax , hint smuttily , then talk bawdily , snatch a feel , smell his fingers , assault and win , exactly as I have done ? ’ |
| 7 | It gave me a temporary Equity card — mind you they took it away again as soon as I had done the four weeks work . |
| 8 | The same thing , if somebody 's annoying you like that , ignore them like I said , I do n't mean I wo n't just let them sit there I 'll touch my brakes a couple of times perhaps do the old bit with the mirror and like I said , normally if they 're if they 're responsible drivers that have just happened , they got a bit close then maybe they 'll drop back as I 've done |
| 9 | LADY DAVERS : You 'll break her spirit quite , brother , you 'll carry your passion as much too far as I have done . |
| 10 | well as I say do n't worry about it cos that first week I wo n't even bother anyway cos I 'll leave up what I 've got |
| 11 | I think the art of moving around as I have done in my career into different products and functions and into various industries is the ability to sum up quickly your close colleagues . |
| 12 | 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 . |