Example sentences of "as did [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main sequence of recordings began in 1916 as did her spectacular career in Vienna . |
| 2 | Teenagers , even imaginative ones , are n't good at making connections and the occasional smoker of hash felt as remote from those images of heroin addiction as did her sherry-sipping uncle . |
| 3 | But the woman 's insults rankled , as did her earlier insolence — for her contemptuous glance had raked Theda 's person when she had dared to ask at the Feathers for a room for the night . |
| 4 | There were women present who were more beautiful than she was , notably the blonde beside Luke Scott and Nicky Kai , the world-famous Taiwanese ex-model , but the languid sway of Maria 's hips above long slim legs drew attention , as did her unusual colouring , an exotic combination of olive-toned skin , streaky brown and blonde hair and eyes that could be anything from copper to amber , depending on her mood . |
| 5 | The Norfolk county gentry began to build fine houses in the town , and to cater for their needs and those of the affluent merchants a new group of professional men , notably attorneys , architects and physicians , set up trade and flourished , as did their fellow professionals in other provincial towns . |
| 6 | Newcastle 's major share of possession before half-time produced a crop of openings , as did their late pressure . |
| 7 | Since so much capital has external sources , the bourgeoisie have not come through the same phase of saving and investment , as did their European counterparts , but have moved straight to a consumption stage . |
| 8 | All the cost-cutting tricks which the Reichmanns had learnt on warehouses served them well , as did their single-minded determination to give their customers what they wanted . |
| 9 | Our lookout man on the forecastle reported her as close to our port bow , where also the officer of the watch from the bridge clearly saw her as did our quarter-deck midshipman , who was sent forward at once to the forecastle to report back . |
| 10 | My natural reserve made me recoil at this blatant approach , as did my total commitment and loyalty to Leslie . |
| 11 | Adding that he would not allow himself to be intimidated , he pointed out ’ — as did my hon. Friend the Member for Dewsbury — ’ that legal proceedings were pending against ten of the twelve EC countries for failure to respect EC rules on the assessment of large-scale works . ’ |
| 12 | He went to a Jesuit school , served as an altar boy ( as did his future enemies the Snowman and the Falcon , both now doing time for espionage against the United States ) , and read law at Fordham . |
| 13 | The secretary of state for foreign affairs still retained , as did his fellow secretaries for war , the navy and the maison du roi , ultimate responsibility for the administration of a group of French provinces ; and each of the four still acted as general secretary to the king , in the drawing up and despatching of official documents of all kinds , for three months in the year . |
| 14 | His Analysis of a Course of Lectures in Experimental Philosophy ( 5th edn. 1767 ) , ranging over the whole of the natural sciences , went through many editions , as did his Concise Essays upon Various Philosophical and Chemical Subjects ( 1770 ? ) |
| 15 | He tells us that the Foreign Secretary occupied a first-floor room overlooking the park , as did his private secretary and the Précis Writer . |
| 16 | Cadbury 's financial support continued to his death as did his two stipulations : the movement should avoid politics if possible ( it was not possible ) and it should try to create Free Church parishes to end ‘ overlapping ’ between denominations ( it did so but to little effect ) . |
| 17 | Ike ( left ) who won the Battle Of The Bulge , as did his famous wife Tina |
| 18 | Nathan Cohen was one of them , and he had just cause to fear the upturn of the events , as did his younger brother , Horace . |
| 19 | His brother Baruch ( Benedict ) , his sister 's husband , Jacob , and their son , Baruch ( Benedict ) , also participated in Aaron 's business dealings , as did his own sons . |