Example sentences of "[coord] i did it [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I knew I could do well academically and I did it as a challenge to the conventional idea of the black kid who 's good at sports , yet with no brains .
2 ‘ It takes , they say , seven years to make an electrician ; and I did it in a fortnight . ’
3 And if some , er , jus it was very thin slices of beef , topside of well I thought I 'll get some beef out , and I did it in the microwave and it cooked but it was it was quite tough .
4 But I did it with a heavy heart , I can tell you .
5 But I did it through the love , fo , that I had for the couple , and that because they had waited sixteen year before they eventually found out they could n't have children !
6 I know I should n't have gone near the sea , but I did it as a protest .
7 Er but I did it at a scale like erm one centimetre for o for every hour it 's blowing in that direction .
8 He said it 's my fault ; but I did it for the best . ’
9 ‘ It would have taken forty-five minutes by bus , but I did it in a quarter of an hour by bike , ’ he said .
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