Example sentences of "[adj] not [adv] did " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Another interesting factor was that not only did hips and thighs diminish but waist measurements reduced amazingly too . |
| 2 | However , I could see his logic , which was that not only did it burn about three times as much wood as an enclosed stove but the draught from the chimney sucked up a considerable amount of the underfloor heating , and even though it cost us nothing , it was poor economics . |
| 3 | It is not surprising , therefore , that not only did he consider that he alone would set the pace , but also that the pace he chose to set was that of a dilatory gastropod . |
| 4 | ‘ I knew , the moment I put the phone down from making that call to England , that not only did I love you with every breath of my being , but there was no way that I could take your being married to anyone but me . ’ |
| 5 | Queen Victoria went there for the first , very influential time in 1889 , though even before that the surprisingly large English community in Pau had begun to colonize it , to such an extent that by the 1870s not only did the Church of England have congregations in Biarritz but they were already schismatic and the Archbishop of Canterbury had to travel out on a pastoral visit to try and stifle the factionalism . |
| 6 | By the end of 1988 only Manitoba and New Brunswick had not ratified the Accord , but during 1989 not only did these two provinces continue to withhold ratification , but several others suggested that they might withdraw their earlier support for the Accord . |