Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] did i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only once during the dispute did I hear the woman worker 's point of view publicly debated . |
| 2 | But only when I reached the washed sky of the Thames did I dare to pull over and negotiate my fear . |
| 3 | The field was laid out in strips about two feet apart and only after pushing into the crop did I realize that the plants were trained up a trellis of almost invisible wires and that I was in a hop field — a ‘ beer field ’ , as Duncan would have called it . |
| 4 | ‘ Only when it was in the net did I realise what size it was and it weighed 26 ob 8 oz , ’ added John who went on to bank five other pike , two of 8 lb 8 oz , and others of 10 lb , 11lb and 14 lb . |
| 5 | Only in the evenings did I spend some time with Mr Rochester , and I was careful not to allow him to hold me in his arms or kiss me . |