Example sentences of "[adv] did it [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Not only did it contain riveting performances from David Threlfall and our own Adrian Dunbar , it also delivered a fast-moving plot involving more twists than Chubby Checker .
2 How long did it take one man .
3 I mean how long did it take that washer a week , if that
4 While this might have been expected , neither did it explore alternative ways of allowing mineworkers to use its educational resources .
5 They were sitting on the terrace outside her curved stables-cottage , watching the sun go down over Capability Brown 's vista , uninterrupted because of the ha-ha ( however did it get that name ? ) — and they were talking , over glasses of wine , about poetry .
6 Never again did it match that apex of prosperity that it reached during the brief nine years that Shah Jehan ruled from the Red Fort .
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