Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [vb past] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only had it removed Russia from the war , but its call for international revolution and the threatened collapse of the ruling class in much of central and eastern Europe in 1918 , combined with an increase in working-class militancy at home , frightened many in the middle classes even outside the radical right . |
| 2 | As inspirational pronouncement rather than an operational blueprint , not only did it give expression to and authority for the idea that a fairer , juster society should be created , as the inalienable rights of man required ; but more , it asserted that thanks to machinery powered by steam it could be . |
| 3 | Not only did it give prestige and add a sense of urgency to an undertaking , it also exerted the pressure of old feudal practice upon vassals to join their lord in person . |
| 4 | Not only did it increase understanding of both quantitative and qualitative indicators , it also focused teachers ' attention on issues of quality in their work . |
| 5 | Not only did it have bundles of games and demos ( the only games I have enough money to buy ) but also pages of reviews ! |
| 6 | I walked inside and it was just like my granny 's sitting room Not only did it sell teddy boy clothes but there was also a fifties radiogram and fifties wallpaper . |