Example sentences of "[adv] did so " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Richard III later reversed the settlement , he apparently did so only as part of his dismantling of Woodville influence and not out of any sense that the disposal of the lands had been inequitable . |
| 2 | Although Richard III later reversed the settlement , he apparently did so only as part of his dismantling of Woodville influence and not out of any sense that the disposal of the lands had been inequitable . |
| 3 | Just over half of those who retired prematurely did so at the same time as their redundancy . |
| 4 | Schools in the sample were asked to provide pupils with scissors for this test , but it was clear that not all did so for in some classes no one used scissors . |
| 5 | In the last decade or so of his reign , approximately 100 mints functioned ( even if not all did so continuously ) : for the volume of the coinage they produced , only a " ball-park estimate " can be given — perhaps tens of millions of coins — but the quality of the coins has recently been very precisely determined : whereas before 864 many coins were debased by up to 50 per cent , after 864 a silver-content of well over 90 per cent was secured across the board . |
| 6 | Observers who have been taken by Paisley 's personal influence over his followers have often missed the point that those who supported Paisley only did so conditionally and the condition was that he continued to articulate traditional unionist positions . |
| 7 | I do n't want to give the impression that we often talked about Shanti 's origins ; we only did so when she obviously wanted to . |
| 8 | He was slow to sign up two aged persons as being of unsound mind , and only did so after they had given a good deal of trouble at the workhouse . |
| 9 | Many refused ; even the town of Dijon , capital of the duchy of Burgundy , only did so when ordered to do so by its duke . |
| 10 | The teacher expressed concern that , although he could write quite well in English , he only did so when writing collaboratively with his friend ( who was absent ) ; she thought that collaboration might be becoming an avoidance strategy , to get out of the frustrating task of attempting to write in English . |
| 11 | I had considerable difficulty in dissuading him from this course and only did so when I was able to convince him that , far from assisting Aitken , it would damage his cause . |
| 12 | Despite himself he had been touched by her fierce defence of him , and although he frequently entertained Mrs Darrell he only did so because she was the widow of his dead friend . |
| 13 | According to the Far Eastern Economic Review of Aug. 22 , Cam was reluctant to accept the post and only did so after Do Muoi personally pressed him . |
| 14 | He claimed he only did so to seal the sale of a barbecue which was damaged . |
| 15 | You obviously did so because you suspected she was going with one of the boys . |
| 16 | At about the same time the Party was attempting to make contact with him and finally did so in the persons of two of its eventually outstanding members , Vo Nguyen Giap and Pham Van Dong . |
| 17 | He was somewhat reluctant to explain , but finally did so , although if the associative method that he used had got to the ears of his victims , it might have been embarrassing . |
| 18 | When he finally did so the impression he made was unforgettable . |
| 19 | But Nietzsche 's motive in opting for classical philology , when he finally did so , was not simple . |
| 20 | It finally did so on Dec. 14 and asked the government to continue in office in a caretaker capacity . |
| 21 | However , support workers who worked with more than one client generally did so sequentially : no one was helping more than two clients ( unless they were giving temporary relief ) at any one time . |
| 22 | Nobody who read the Bible could legitimately doubt that miracles had once occurred ; the question whether they still did so became for doubters a test of their faith . |
| 23 | But when he argued over the great issues of human belief , he still did so in the tone which he reserved for the politics of the pavement and the public baths , the voice pitched somewhere between a sneer and a snarl . |
| 24 | But there was a living to be made in comedy which he still did so well and he got on with it . |
| 25 | Where a ‘ corporate ’ sense of the Church survived it usually did so , as at Holmer 's Green , through the survival of the older , Calvinist tradition which was alien to men like Clifford . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's Ms Lawson , ’ she said , with careful emphasis on the Ms. Loretta was perfectly entitled to call herself Dr Lawson and usually did so . |
| 27 | Janice pulled away ; I could breathe again , and promptly did so . |
| 28 | On the plea that she feared others might intrude , she asked permission to lock the door and promptly did so from the outside . |
| 29 | If an orator , anywhere in the world , publicly challenged the lightning to strike him if he lied , and it promptly did so , we should read about it and be duly impressed . |
| 30 | I later realized that the reason I always did so badly was I just could n't see the blackboard because I was so short-sighted . |