Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] did [pron] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the seven years we lived there , only once did I ever meet another fisherman on my favourite part of the river ; and over the years I came to know the South Tyne and its wildlife as well as Mole or Rat in Wind and the Willows ever knew their water . |
| 2 | Out of the hundreds of people I interviewed , only once did I genuinely fear for my job . |
| 3 | In consequence in my childhood memories she does not feature as much as my father ; only later did I fully appreciate her forceful yet lovable character . |
| 4 | For the sake of a quiet life he had given in to an unreasonable request and only now did he fully realize what it meant . |
| 5 | Only then did I properly examine what lay before me . |
| 6 | Only then did she briefly introduce herself . |
| 7 | Only then did she fully realise that if she had been five minutes later the watchers keeping a lookout for a stray boy might , tomorrow , have been hauling ashore the sodden body of Gus Hambro . |
| 8 | Only then did he fully realize that he had been experiencing a mild dull pressure in the head , as well as the nausea , physical and mental fatigue . |
| 9 | I know Rosie told me , soon after the wedding , that his bank would n't give him any help , so how did he finally raise the money ? ’ |
| 10 | So when did he suddenly become so buddy-buddy with her ? |
| 11 | So when did you actually move on to the flats ? |
| 12 | So why did she now feel this frightening apprehension — a deep , numbing fear of what lay ahead ? |
| 13 | So why did she suddenly feel so close to tears ? |
| 14 | It was an innocuous question , so why did she suddenly feel as if she were facing the Inquisition ? |
| 15 | At times Anne felt sure that he was attracted to her , but if so why did he never ask to meet her , and why did he conceal these chance meetings from his family ? |
| 16 | The move to the capital was a great upheaval for the Manchester girls , for not only did they now have to rehearse in Sin City as they called it , but they also had to work with Londoners . |
| 17 | Not only did he immediately assume overall direction of the battle , organizing his forces and ever-increasing artillery power , but he at once ordered the reoccupation and rearming of the outlying forts , to each of which two weeks ' supply of food and water for every man was dispatched . |
| 18 | Not only did he needlessly place himself in danger , but no charges were brought against his prisoners . |
| 19 | Clyde , obviously a fairly tense type , confessed to feelings of hostility towards his mother : ‘ Not once did she ever tell me she loved me . ’ |
| 20 | Her expression remained enigmatic , and it was quickly noticed that not once did she publicly smile or acknowledge the man who was now her husband . |
| 21 | Er now why did you actually move to the flats ? |
| 22 | Of course , if she found the right man , and she loved him — Now why did she suddenly think of David Kent ? |
| 23 | How long did it actually take you to get out of there ? |
| 24 | And how long did you actually do that job for ? |
| 25 | How long did you actually leave the er how long were you away from the car for ? |
| 26 | How long did you actually live here as a child ? |
| 27 | Erm how long did you actually work at this same place for ? |
| 28 | Familiarity Rating : ‘ How well did you previously know the junction ? |
| 29 | But she frowned now , for how well did she really know him after all ? |