Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] i [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
2 | Hugh liked him from the first ; and so do I like him , I like him very well . |
3 | I must mention one member — Angela ( nee Feetenby ) — for her help to me has been second to none — not only do I congratulate her for that but on your behalf I want to wish her every happiness in her new life — she was married last July to Harry Bell . |
4 | ‘ Not only do I bite my nails , ’ he sighs , ‘ but the skin all around them . ’ |
5 | ‘ Not only do I find you quite extraordinarily beautiful , but I also feel that I have known you all my life . |
6 | How long do I want it to last my child and will it be sturdy enough to take the punishment a toddler metes out without keeling over ? |
7 | But how long do I let them struggle with a complicated example before intervening ? |
8 | So did I hear you say to your Mum that there 's gon na be a ra exactly the same rap at a |
9 | Oh ah yes I bought it in Did I bring you four ? |
10 | I feel neither shame or embarrassment at my feelings , not do I think they should be ignored . |
11 | Only later did I appreciate what sacrifices my mother made to give it to us , and how lonely she must often have been when we were all away at school ; after our father 's death she became almost possessively devoted to us . |
12 | get on 'em now did I tell ya ? |
13 | And if they 're not prepared to pl play the game or pay the going rate well then you review it and think how far do I push them on this ? |
14 | Now do I do it over the music across the north I do it over the music Okay right here we go . |
15 | Only now do I realise my series of mistakes . |
16 | Q. How often do I make my donations ? |
17 | I do n't think I think I have set a new Ashmore record . |
18 | I did n't hear I mean I could hear . |
19 | Well did I tell you we had to do this , I did tell you , we had to do this erm competition ? |
20 | Yeah , well did I leave you one of them catalogues with all the good tools ? |
21 | What are you saying well did I ring you ? |
22 | Well do I know you 've gone to these lengths only to spite me . |
23 | Well that 's right , yeah , cos then he asked me ages ago did I think he was being selfish , I said yes |
24 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
25 | It is different from country to country , and I sometimes feel I mean I 'm not sure whether I 'm being unfair to our industry here , but it does seem to me that perhaps we have n't quite got our act together yet , we 're going in the right direction , but we have n't quite got there . |
26 | And there are people , places , history in this country I 'd never even guessed at , though I sometimes feel I know them anyway . ’ |
27 | ‘ How did I do what ? ’ asked I. |
28 | now how did I do it ? not like that obviously oh that 's it , I 'm getting a fifty percent success rate of whole ones to small ones here |
29 | How did I encompass it , this other-worldly emanation ? |
30 | what went well , how did I utilise my strengths and what results did they produce ? |