Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] as [pron] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was n't trying to start a riot or anything like that when I reacted as I did . |
| 2 | If your guilt is due to harming others — or harming yourself — then try to understand why you behaved as you did . |
| 3 | I must ask Queen Yolande why she acted as she did . ’ |
| 4 | She looked as you do , hungry for ghosts . ’ |
| 5 | And I thought you felt as I did , that it was impossible for you to have a child . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I must n't drink it , ’ she said as she did . |
| 7 | It was a shame we finished as we did . |
| 8 | It seems extraordinary now to look back and remember how we improvised as we did during the war . |
| 9 | And just lately they got as they do er whatsername . |
| 10 | The test is not what the defendants contemplated as a likely or even an inevitable consequence of their conduct ; it is ‘ what is in truth the object in the minds of the combiners when they acted as they did ? ’ |
| 11 | They hint at how people thought and felt , at why they acted as they did . |
| 12 | " I do n't know why he acted as he did . |
| 13 | He yawned as he did it , and banged about a bit , so I felt that I had to go . |
| 14 | We received … 300 ammo later but never found out if it worked as we did not fire the rifles , even on a range . |
| 15 | He grinned at her engagingly , and she thought how very attractive he was , particularly when he looked as he did now ; happy and smiling . |
| 16 | But there was no er pointing this out and pointing that out , that 's wrong , as he did As they did in the pre-nationalization days . |
| 17 | Although he dressed as they did and walked among them , sullen glances were all he got . |
| 18 | He whistled as he did so . |