Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] we [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only once we were inside did we appreciate the immense scale of Wolio . |
| 2 | During the evening , not only did we sit down to an excellent meal but we were also entertained . |
| 3 | Not only did we want to improve something but we have created the wealth to make more resources and improvements available for social needs . |
| 4 | Not only did we care , we did something about it . |
| 5 | Not only did we call for a ‘ Welsh Centre for Sustainability ’ to help translate global commitments to sustainable development into practical action suited to Wales , but we also ran many persuasive campaigns highlighting the true environmental costs of a range of development proposals . |
| 6 | Ma was always at her most unreasonable on do-days , and I must have known it was a do-day because not only did we have extra help in the house , but Nanny had been co-opted into the kitchen to make pastry . |
| 7 | ‘ Not only did we have to show that economically our project needed a reasonable gas price , but we also had to demonstrate that this new policy did not result in huge changes in Pakistan 's domestic consumer price . ’ |
| 8 | Davidson emphasises above his own role in Provincial 's response a team effort , not only in the sense that he had to delegate a great deal in such a multi-faceted role — although ‘ logically planning goes together with finance and not only did we have the capacity to take on overseas but control of subsidiaries fits too ’ — to his deputies , and , but that the whole company was involved . |
| 9 | Not only did we try to influence the views of those in positions of power through detailed submissions and meetings , we also sought to mobilise public opinion through the news media and our own publications . |
| 10 | Just as Adam stands between the forces of good and evil , so do we stand between the heroic action and qualities of Christ and the fallen Angel of Light , and just as man did in the beginning , we too , as humans , fall prey to the tempter at each individual reading of the epic . |
| 11 | So do we stand the cramping ? |
| 12 | So do we speak the same language ? |
| 13 | So do we want to take the preamble and then and go through one by one . |
| 14 | Oh so do we want three weeks in France ? |
| 15 | So do we phone them once we get to the hotel or do they contact us ? |
| 16 | So do we know why we 've got the shortage , is it because th |
| 17 | So do we need to write |
| 18 | So do we count it , do we put it ? |
| 19 | ‘ So do we accept that she did merely close it later ? |
| 20 | So do we understand from that that in the event it made only a few seconds difference , if at all ? |
| 21 | Jack Tinker wrote in the Daily Mail , ‘ Not only do we grow to know the entire family environments of George and Doris ( well , even names like that deserve romance ) but we see the passing parade of America 's social life over quarter of a century . |
| 22 | In process work , not only do we talk about addictions , we also help people to go out and do things in the world . ’ |
| 23 | Not only do we do that at United Biscuits , we also second one manager for every two thousand employees . |
| 24 | And world market prices also tend to fall because these erm sort of protectionist programmes are often too successful , so not only do we reach self sufficiency , but you reach the status of net exporter . |
| 25 | If we are going to make this real effort for 28 days , not only do we want to quantify the difference on the bathroom scales , we also want to actually see the difference in the mirror and with the tape measure . |
| 26 | Alright , as we tend to , as each is observed empirically , as we , as we get wealthier , not only do we want to consume more of some good , but we want to consume different varieties of some , of some good . |
| 27 | ‘ Not only do we measure the movement by the time , but also the time by the movement , because they define each other . |
| 28 | It is a continuous process that those blacks like myself , who have moved up ( in a manner of speaking ) in society , have very often to contend with the labels that not only do we carry ‘ chips on our shoulders ’ , but we are over-sensitive to racial issues … . |
| 29 | Not only do we feel disorientated with respect to our habits but also there are more objective measurements to indicate that the flight has disorganized us . |
| 30 | Mak sees it as part of her job to raise the expectations of the community , while Lukey says : ‘ Not only do we hope to discover unmet needs , but we want to generate more demand . |