Example sentences of "he usually did " in BNC.
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| 1 | This he usually did , and often it was his eldest son . |
| 2 | He had forgotten all about Gina , as he usually did when he chatted up pretty girls . |
| 3 | Instead of tracing the pages with his finger as he usually did , he was staring vacantly into space . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , Mr Algernon ! ’ exclaimed Mildred with relief , and before he had time to hide away under a stone , as he usually did , she shot a hand into the water and scooped him up . |
| 5 | Churchill had a great time in leading for the Opposition and made what I thought was a splendid speech — but then he usually did . |
| 6 | He let out the incredulous , admiring little snort of laughter he usually did when mentioning the stationer 's : " Greeting cards ! |
| 7 | He did n't wander over to the rack of imported American comic books as he usually did , but he seemed to be watching the street outside . |
| 8 | Too shy ( and now , he smiled at the word shy ever applying to him ) to approach her directly in the way that he usually did with women he found attractive . |
| 9 | If Lorrimer worked late tonight — and he usually did — the blood analysis might even be available by tomorrow . |
| 10 | He came in looking sour as he usually did when he found Wycliffe conferring with Lucy Lane . |
| 11 | He would n't , of course , as he usually did , have to spend the months in Purley worrying about Rochester , and wondering whether she was getting knocked about by flotsam in his absence . |
| 12 | As for Eliot himself , he seemed to make himself absolutely at home , as he usually did in a small gathering , and he swung his leg over the arm of the comfortable chair , where it reposed throughout the visit . |
| 13 | True , this was a meal of which he was very fond ; but on the other hand he usually did the bulk of his office work in the afternoon , and I was conscious of having been instrumental in seriously holding this up . |
| 14 | Ianthe spoke perfunctorily , for she was walking away from the library with John who had not left her as he usually did to go to his bus stop . |
| 15 | Pete ran ahead and opened the big glass doors as he usually did and Mum lifted him up to press the button for the lift . |
| 16 | Instead of going to the Club as he usually did for lunch , Owen went to Zeinab 's apartment . |
| 17 | It seemed to her that when he spotted her he usually did a quick about-face , which , to be fair , was also how she responded to seeing him . |