Example sentences of "i did so " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , such a day , and to stroll along as I did so many times in the old days . |
| 2 | It was quite some time since I had last played and , inhaling huge lungfuls of air as I did so , I looked forward keenly to demolishing my opponent with my supra-sonic service , my cunning topspins , bottomspins , sidespins , every-this-and-thatspins . |
| 3 | I did so . |
| 4 | And I did so want to dig up a few artichokes this evening . |
| 5 | I do not remember now how or why I did so , because despite my infatuation I still sometimes thought Dana was a Franco spy , or from the FBI or the CIA or even the CID or the KGB . |
| 6 | But I can not abandon my identity now as I did so freely in those days of my youth . |
| 7 | ‘ I did so want Isabel to come , too . |
| 8 | As I did so I became aware of a youngish man with long hair looking at me from the pavemented walk on the Hammersmith side of the river . |
| 9 | I did so and , afterwards , Andrew asked me to take over the bulk of the manufacturing for them . ’ |
| 10 | When I joined the NCT , like most members , I did so because I wanted the best antenatal classes possible and it seemed that I would have the chance to meet new mothers and make new friends after the birth too . |
| 11 | And I did so : the Ancient Mariner but without his enthusiasm , knowing that my story would spread out in waves , carried by travellers inside and outside South America . |
| 12 | And even when I had assured myself I was on the right road , I felt compelled to stop the car a moment to take stock , as it were , I decided to step out and stretch my legs a little and when I did so , I received a stronger impression than ever of being perched on the side of a hill . |
| 13 | In any case , I am very glad I did so . |
| 14 | But when I did so , the words I uttered for the record were that I could not accept that the proper constitutional practices , as I understood them , were being observed . |
| 15 | As I did so , Karen unzipped my fly . |
| 16 | In a fog I crawled out of bed to pick up a blanket which had fallen on the floor , and as I did so I glanced through into the living room and made out , in the darkness , Changez Lying on his camp-bed watching me . |
| 17 | ‘ I did so at the duchess your mother 's suggestion . ’ |
| 18 | ( Although I have twice referred to Milton myself , I did so because I was grasping for images to convey something of the reality of the Devil . |
| 19 | When I did so , tears of pain and relief broke out . |
| 20 | I did so and after a few minutes he said , ‘ Good enough , now you can continue in English . ’ |
| 21 | As I did so I grabbed the banister to save myself . |
| 22 | On the one occasion on which I did so ( according to my diary ) the other girls laughed , and the teacher became annoyed , accusing me of being deliberately provocative . |
| 23 | And as I did so the abuse gathered pace . |
| 24 | They were changing their shape and form as I did so , and some , the McEnroes of the plot , were becoming very ugly indeed in their behaviour . |
| 25 | When I did so , I was told there was no charge . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh dear , ’ Louise said , unhappily , ‘ I did so hope that you two would make a go of it , but with all the rows I do n't really know , I 'm sure … ’ |
| 27 | I did so , outwardly . |
| 28 | I did so by dropping some more blobs of gold onto the edges of the canvas directly from the stem of the diffuser and , whilst these remained wet , I sprayed on the next two colours . |
| 29 | He used to tell me I was going to fail but I did so much work at home it was my best subject . |
| 30 | " All right , " said I , " I turn the other cheek " and I did so . |