Example sentences of "[adv] did she [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the window was Mum 's treadle Singer Sewing Machine , always in use , for not only did she make much of the family 's clothes but also dresses and coats for friends , which helped the household purse . |
| 2 | Rosie Milburn was a joker ; besides which , not only did she keep the house spotless but also she was a good cook . |
| 3 | Not only did she need Vitor 's goodwill now , but she could need it some time in the future ; so turning him into an outright no-holds-barred enemy was shortsighted … and potentially dangerous . |
| 4 | Not only did she find Charles 's brand of ignorance excessively boring , but she would like to warn him … that from now on , he would be hearing the Hörst Wessel Song every morning … that both blocks of flats would too … every morning … 7 a.m . |
| 5 | Ianthe was glad when the woman and her child got out at the next station , for not only did she find the conversation embarrassing but she also wanted to think about the moments before her unexpected meeting with Agnes Dalby — moments which she had so far had no chance of reliving or considering . |
| 6 | Not only did she hate him , it was the exact thing he wanted — a sign that she was the little scrubber he believed she was . |
| 7 | But not only did she see herself , small , sitting there ; she also saw through herself ( because the telescope , with its hollow inside , was her ) and she saw that she was hollow . |
| 8 | Not only did she receive them quickly , but her answers arrived back in no time . |
| 9 | ‘ She was running up debts , and when her full-time employment ceased not only did she have her alcohol problem but also had a number of clothing clubs pursuing her . ’ |
| 10 | And then I thought I would write and suggest that she should suggest herself to tea one day and not only did she have the effrontery to do so but she brought her husband . |
| 11 | We , too , should be grateful to Elizabeth ; not only did she have the foresight to bequeath a will for posterity to read , she also had the good taste — so rare in the family , alas — to be buried beneath a headstone which would retain its legibility over the years . |
| 12 | Not only did she have that reporter to cope with in the morning , but if those rumours about the Russians planning to dump some of their copper stocks on the London market were true … ? |
| 13 | Not only did she write boldly about religious questions , she was a zealous evangelist . |
| 14 | But still less did she want to make a scene or create any kind of curiosity amongst the people she had just left , so she allowed him to lead her from the room , saying , ‘ Yes , we needed to discuss those — er — charts , did n't we , Dr Russell ? ’ in case anyone was still listening . |
| 15 | How long did she think you were gon na bloody tape like ? |
| 16 | How long did she live after the stroke ? |
| 17 | d ) How long did she take on her journey home ? |
| 18 | So did she say she 's made her mind up ? |
| 19 | So did she say she could get some ? |
| 20 | And how exactly did she acquire her charming little son ? |
| 21 | And where exactly did she think she was running to ? |
| 22 | ‘ What exactly did she say ? |
| 23 | ‘ What exactly did she say ? ’ |
| 24 | No sooner did she set eyes on the gentleman than she recognised his pecuniary position to be merely temporary . |
| 25 | Only gradually did she perceive the extent of his coldness . |
| 26 | Even more did she rely on the guidance of Sir Keith Joseph , another rebel against the Heath interlude , whose speeches in 1974 first traced the clear lines of monetarism and market strategy which by 1979 had become the orthodoxy in many Conservative circles . |
| 27 | If she loved the sad victim of despair and betrayal , even more did she love the brave idealist . |
| 28 | Only once did she think of Johnny , when , as the morning wore away , one of the mothers , who was sitting reading while father jumped the waves with the children at the water 's edge , closed her book , and spreading a cloth on the sand , began to set out the picnic . |
| 29 | Not once did she protest at the unfairness . |
| 30 | He watched as she poured water from the jug into the bowl and quickly washed and then dressed ; not once did she look at him or speak one word . |