Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] the [noun] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant that not only did the boots weigh more than a small car , but I was obliged to wear four pairs of socks to stop my feet moving about in them and turning my heels into chilli con carne . |
| 2 | Part of the strategic significance of the English occupation of Normandy , and of the alliance with the dukes of Burgundy , lay in the zone of control which was thereby created : for not only did the English rule both sides of the Channel and the Seine below Paris , but their Burgundian allies controlled the upper reaches above the capital . |
| 3 | Not only did the Tories win more votes than seemed possible when the election was announced , but they improved their position relative to Labour on 13 of the 14 issues that Gallup monitored during the campaign . |
| 4 | The war also saw the BBC staff more than double in size , from about 5,000 in 1938 to 11,000 in 1946 . |
| 5 | And well did the gentry know that too . |