Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [adv] do [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Then , as I often did when I was alone at sea , I began to recite Shakespeare . |
| 3 | When I listened though , as I often did when my curiosity over-ran my actions , he was different from the rest . |
| 4 | I slightly lengthened my stride , feeling self-conscious as I always do if I find myself marching in step with martial music , when I deliberately break step and try to walk between the beats , as it were , in as unmilitary a way as possible . |
| 5 | Nutty thought she was on to a good idea and went home happily , taking over from her mother in the shop as she usually did while her mother started to get the tea . |
| 6 | When he asked , what did she mean , ‘ taunting ’ , she resorted , as she always did when they argued , to silence . |
| 7 | She stood in the doorway with her hand on her hip as she always did when she was angry . |
| 8 | She stood in the doorway with her hand on her hip as she always did when she was angry . |
| 9 | Then Mum changed her tone , as she always did when she wanted to wheedle something out of somebody . |
| 10 | She began to pray to God herself , seeing God quite clearly , as she always did when she said prayers , a robed , long-haired , bearded figure , partly obscured by clouds . |
| 11 | For example if you had the London Mozart players here as we frequently did and frequently played to full houses , then even with a hundred percent house there was a subsidy required of something like seven or eight pounds per seat , in order to meet the cost of presenting that particular concert and we 've done it for years but sadly when we had to make cuts that was one of things the board decided they had to cut up they had to save money somehow . |
| 12 | It is interesting to note that when they do discover some titbit amongst the bottom debris , they very rarely charge off with it as they normally do when picking up our hookbaits . |
| 13 | When string ensembles played in four parts , as they sometimes did if circumstances limited the number of players available , they simply left out the quinte . |
| 14 | His two thumbs rotated about one another as they always did when he was agitated and looking for a way to strike . |
| 15 | She broke off abruptly , as they always did when they felt themselves nearing the forbidden topic . |
| 16 | They were sitting as they always did when her father was home , in the large airy dining room which looked out on the stone patio where in the summer clematis bloomed white and purple . |
| 17 | The night before the wedding the girls hardly slept at all and they did not chatter to one another as they usually did until they found sleep . |
| 18 | The real power in Aquitaine , in the sense of the power to appoint men or collect and transfer money , lay , of course , with Henry — as it always did when he was on the Continent and chose to exercise it . |
| 19 | Intrigued , and a little afraid of the gyrating shadows that loomed like feathery figures on the walls beside them , the boy kept close to the bent figure , curiosity alive in him , and a strange excitement driving him on as it always did when he was with the old man . |
| 20 | It tinkled furiously , as it always did when he became agitated for any reason . |
| 21 | She threw up until the nausea passed , just as it always did if she drank alcohol , but now it was almost as if her body already knew alcohol was bad for the tiny life growing inside her . |
| 22 | Fascination with the older girls won just as it always did and she crossed the landing , an expanse of lino dotted with what her mother referred to as ‘ slip mats ’ , pushed open the door and went in . |
| 23 | In no time at all the rib was ‘ tucking ’ — not on the main bed , as it usually does if it is going to have a fit of tucking , but this time on the ribber bed . |
| 24 | There 's no danger of the river rising so fast it floods the course as it sometimes does but sadly as you can see , rain overnight and it 's raining now . |
| 25 | Mister Johnny sat quiet and still as he always did when she talked , watching her mouth and moving his own as if he were trying to copy her . |
| 26 | Cranston tightened his lips , blinking his eyes furiously as he always did when the tears threatened to return . |
| 27 | He had reverted to being her youthful charge , as he always did when she was worried about him , and McAllister uttered a fervent inward Amen . |
| 28 | Mr McWhirter had summoned a taxi to take him home , as he often did when afflicted with the snap and bite of chilblain pains . |
| 29 | He had forgotten all about Gina , as he usually did when he chatted up pretty girls . |
| 30 | He came in looking sour as he usually did when he found Wycliffe conferring with Lucy Lane . |