Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] did [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " 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 | Oh never mind , we 'll do it and pop down later did we not do it before ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Only then did I properly examine what lay before me . |
| 7 | Only then did she briefly introduce herself . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ? ’ |
| 11 | So when did he suddenly become so buddy-buddy with her ? |
| 12 | So when did you actually move on to the flats ? |
| 13 | So why did she now feel this frightening apprehension — a deep , numbing fear of what lay ahead ? |
| 14 | So why did she suddenly feel so close to tears ? |
| 15 | It was an innocuous question , so why did she suddenly feel as if she were facing the Inquisition ? |
| 16 | So why did he not sort it out three years ago ? |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | Well my Lord , all we know is that erm when the report was served on the defendant it then came through court they were going to have to call Mr and then last week it was suggested er that er not only did they not agree but that they were going to try to prevent it being admitted in evidence . |
| 19 | But so extreme was the sodomite 's construction that most of those actually engaging in ‘ homo/sexuality , did not identify themselves with it ; not only did they not have our modern categories , but the prevailing categories were so tar removed from how they saw themselves , that apparently the connection was not made . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Not only did it not find the islands but it could n't find the way home . |
| 22 | Legal advice recommended that , as Mrs. X was unable to remember anything of the alleged incident and that , as it may not be possible to prove beyond reasonable doubt that , not only did she not consent , but also that XYZ knew that she was not consenting , the case should be dealt with summarily by the Commanding Officer . ’ |
| 23 | Not only did she not read the charge but the folding back of the pages would have tended to discourage her from doing so . |
| 24 | Not only did she not help ; in the time when she could have been helping she did things like lining the kitchen cupboards with flowery paper , polishing the brass door knocker , ironing tea-towels and shampooing the TV room carpet . |
| 25 | Not only did I not want surgery or drugs , but I hoped that in refusing them I would not be offending my surgeon ! |
| 26 | Not only did I not know how the apple had come to be on the bookcase , or in the house for that matter ; but how could it be perfect in every way . |
| 27 | Taking the binoculars from round my neck , I proffered them , saying , ‘ You observe how amateur my lurking was — not only did I not conceal myself , but I did not use my chief lurking weapon . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Not only did he needlessly place himself in danger , but no charges were brought against his prisoners . |
| 30 | Clyde , obviously a fairly tense type , confessed to feelings of hostility towards his mother : ‘ Not once did she ever tell me she loved me . ’ |