Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] do [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only would this be inefficient and therefore slow , but introspection suggests that only rarely do we consciously ponder the pronunciations of words . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Out of the hundreds of people I interviewed , only once did I genuinely fear for my job . |
| 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 | Not only does it normally require an exceptionally large financial injection , but the rules of company law are considerably more demanding for public companies than for private ones or partnerships . |
| 11 | Not only does it perhaps help in the storage of new memories , but dreaming is actively helping us to solve emotional problems . |
| 12 | Not only does it apparently have the oldest version of the entry for 1020 ( see above ) , but under 1018 it has the death of an Abingdon abbot which is not in C. Other material now in D and E was probably only added after the Abingdon chronicle reached Canterbury . |
| 13 | Sex education draws together much of the Whitehouse ‘ philosophy ’ , for not only does it explicitly focus upon the young , but also it carries at least an implicit stance on the role and utility of the contemporary family . |
| 14 | This is hardly surprising since not only do they still confer enormous discretion on magistrates , but in any case they are only advisory . |
| 15 | Not only do they seldom produce roots for anchorage or absorption of plant foods , but most develop turions , or winter buds , and effectively disappear during the autumn . |
| 16 | Not only do we already have such a statement in the apostle 's creed , but theological it 's in a different realm . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Not only did he needlessly place himself in danger , but no charges were brought against his prisoners . |
| 20 | Clyde , obviously a fairly tense type , confessed to feelings of hostility towards his mother : ‘ Not once did she ever tell me she loved me . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | How long does it usually take you to come up with a solo that meets the demanding criteria you 've just described ? |
| 23 | How long do you usually spend getting ready to go out at night ? |
| 24 | Well sir , I 've recently come across an American sex survey in which a large number of US ladies were asked the question : ‘ How long do you usually like love play to last ? ’ |
| 25 | How long did it actually take you to get out of there ? |
| 26 | And how long did you actually do that job for ? |
| 27 | How long did you actually leave the er how long were you away from the car for ? |
| 28 | How long did you actually live here as a child ? |
| 29 | Erm how long did you actually work at this same place for ? |
| 30 | How often do you really need to know the time to the exact minute ? |