Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only had I had three months reprieve , but there had been no confrontation over any further treatment . |
| 2 | No sooner had I completed this act of , shall we say , mercy , than a wonderful feeling of peace and calm came over me . |
| 3 | Not once had she made any attempt to respond to his initiatives . |
| 4 | This bastard , with his bluff ways , merry eyes and welcoming invitations , nearly had me murdered this morning . |
| 5 | Never in her whole life before had she experienced such feelings . |
| 6 | How had he got two jobs ? |
| 7 | But how had he learned that expertise ? |
| 8 | How had she known such things ? |
| 9 | Spirited she was , in those days , and she played one boy off against another , teasing , bold , louche , at times wildly immodest , shocking , provoking , drooping a ciggy from her wide wicked lip , dropping her blouse from bare shoulders , playing cards for forfeits , egging them on to experiment with Ouija , inventing naughty messages from the spirit world : how had she known these things , what models had she copied from films she had never seen , what spirit spoke through her , informing her impatient flesh ? |
| 10 | When had he taken any delight in killing ? |
| 11 | Where had we seen this boy before ? |
| 12 | Where had she heard that pearl of wisdom ? |
| 13 | Where had I heard that voice before ? |
| 14 | Where had he heard that phrase before ? |
| 15 | Not since Paul Alexandre had supported Modigliani eight years previously had anyone shown such excitement and deep interest in his work . |
| 16 | Why had he allowed two days to go by ? |
| 17 | Why had he chosen this subject ? |
| 18 | Why had she uttered one word ? |
| 19 | Why had she done these things ? |
| 20 | Why had she started this conversation ? |
| 21 | He heard Mandru tell all the other Ixmaritians that never had he seen such eloquence of posture , such moving pathos . |
| 22 | Never had he known such rapture . |