Example sentences of "did so [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whoever was on duty would move gently any part of the affected limb , trying as they did so to persuade Jimbo that now the pain was gone he might — I did not dare to say ‘ would ’ — be free soon to walk normally . |
| 2 | When Alan Cairns and other leading ministers opposed the candidacy of William McCrea and James McClelland they did so to preserve the interests of the Free Church and not to aid the DUP by reducing the public presence of Free Presbyterianism in the lists of candidates . |
| 3 | And the first man who pursued me did so to gouge a small fortune out of my father , to marry his true sweetheart and set himself up in business . |
| 4 | When early Christians adopted the pagan altar they did so to represent the table of the Last Supper and placed upon it a white cloth symbolic of the Shroud . |
| 5 | He claimed he only did so to seal the sale of a barbecue which was damaged . |
| 6 | And the second man who pursued me did so to gain a large fortune , to spend on his long-term mistress and their children , and to laugh at the silly girl and her father who gave it to him . |
| 7 | Most of them did so to make a political point and to gain publicity . |
| 8 | Lord Justice Watkins added : ‘ I would not accept that he did so to deceive his creditors , present or future . ’ |
| 9 | At first I did so to console Maman . |
| 10 | When South Africa suspended its proposed seal hunt in 1990 , it did so to await the results of additional scientific research into questions about ‘ harvesting ’ or ‘ culling ’ Cape fur seals ( see BBC WILDLIFE , October 1990 , p699 ) . |
| 11 | It is doubtful how many of those who bestow gifts of coral on infants appreciate that their forebears did so to protect them from bewitchment . |
| 12 | Most burghers who voted for the right did so to express uncertainty and fear about the looming costs of unification . |
| 13 | There was no time to get back into the right position , take a breath and gently squeeze the trigger ; it was up and bang , and with my whole body unbalanced and both hands on the gun I fell forward , rolling as I did so to keep the gun out the sand . |