Example sentences of "as [pron] [was/were] tell [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was in charge of what is known as the governor , which I felt might be an error , but I did exactly as I was told and all went well . |
| 2 | I did as I was told and flopped down on a chair , but it gradually got worse and worse , and I felt as if I was going to be sick . |
| 3 | So being just do as your told , did as I was told and up we went , onto this crane overhead and the job was running up and down th er picking the boxes up , whatever the chappies want , the , and lowering them and doing exactly what they wanted . |
| 4 | The 1920s girl did as she was told and came home . |
| 5 | They did as they were told but the robber still opened fire , hitting 27-year-old Julie and narrowly missing Mr Ellis . |
| 6 | They despised the rest of the school population who passively did as they were told and called these the ‘ ear'oles ’ . |
| 7 | and they had to they had to sit in rows and they had to do as they were told and they were n't allowed |
| 8 | He was probably as glad as Dad to do as he was told and leave and I noticed that Mary 's two buxom friends slipped out after them . |
| 9 | Tony did as he was told and finally saw the large area of waste ground ahead . |
| 10 | Farrell did as he was told and retched violently , falling away from Dashwood , feeling his stomach churn , eager to be rid of the disgusting matter inside it . |