Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Ma was always at her most unreasonable on do-days , and I must have known it was a do-day because not only did we have extra help in the house , but Nanny had been co-opted into the kitchen to make pastry .
2 Their resources were considerable ; not only did they have vast incomes from taxation and from their own estates , but also they could expect considerable quantities of tribute from the subject peoples east of the Rhine and elsewhere .
3 Not only did she have that reporter to cope with in the morning , but if those rumours about the Russians planning to dump some of their copper stocks on the London market were true … ?
4 Erm , so did you have any friends when on the estate at first ?
5 I remember terrible arguments when shopping for shoes — I wanted to have fashion shoes ( high heels , pointed toes ) like my friends , but Mum always made me have sensible shoes .
6 They said , well did you have any warning about it ?
7 Why did I have this feeling ?
8 When did you have this accident ? ’
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