Example sentences of "as i [adv] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | No envelopes that I had brought were suitable , so that night I made several of them , as I regularly did , strengthening ordinary ones with sticky tape , and making reusable fasteners out of wire from abandoned tyres . |
| 2 | ‘ He has lately recovered his childhood faith , ’ Everard explained , ‘ as I also did some years ago . ’ |
| 3 | It took a great deal of effort not to wriggle about as much as I normally did , but I feared him panicking more than the physical discomfort . |
| 4 | To go out at midnight in heavy rain or frost , as I sometimes did , when I would be working next morning and when I had hardly seen my wife all day , almost broke me . |
| 5 | First , never drink and gamble ; secondly , never drink and gamble with strangers ; thirdly , if you do fall into temptation , as I sometimes did , make sure you know where the wine comes from . |
| 6 | Perhaps , if things improve they will go into industry , as I once did . |
| 7 | She looked at her hands , knobbling with rheumatism , " I ca n't use 'em as I once did . " |
| 8 | I could walk as fast as I ever did but I tended to roll my shoulders and turn my three-toed foot in as I did so . |
| 9 | That was not really convenient for me as I often did not know at what time I would return from saying Mass in the outstations . |
| 10 | When I was small , if I happened to say ‘ It 's not fair ’ , as I often did , then my mother 's stock reply was , ‘ No , and it wo n't be till next October . ’ |
| 11 | Then , as I often did when I was alone at sea , I began to recite Shakespeare . |
| 12 | When I listened though , as I often did when my curiosity over-ran my actions , he was different from the rest . |
| 13 | I stared into the mirror , expecting to see huge marks like red flowers blazing on my mouth where I had been kissed , but I looked just the same as I always did . |
| 14 | Finally , a very sweet nurse came along and asked what I was doing there , as I obviously did not belong . ’ |