Example sentences of "[adv] do 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 | And if everybody starts getting very large discounts and the vendor loses control of the market , not only do the buyers lose all their advantage , but the vendor loses its corporate shirt . |
| 5 | So does the colour make any difference ? |
| 6 | Not only does the Report address this group , it attempts to consolidate conditions for their functioning as national intellectuals , and to enhance their sense of identity . |
| 7 | Not only does the programme require that new sources of pollution must use the ‘ best available control technology ’ ( BACT ) to minimize their impact on air quality , but it also limits the additional pollution which can be added to the air . |
| 8 | let's just do the diagram like that . |
| 9 | And well did the gentry know that too . |
| 10 | However , very seldom does the program have any documentation or a comprehensible system of control . |