Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 The move to the capital was a great upheaval for the Manchester girls , for not only did they now have to rehearse in Sin City as they called it , but they also had to work with Londoners .
2 Not only did he immediately assume overall direction of the battle , organizing his forces and ever-increasing artillery power , but he at once ordered the reoccupation and rearming of the outlying forts , to each of which two weeks ' supply of food and water for every man was dispatched .
3 Not only did he needlessly place himself in danger , but no charges were brought against his prisoners .
4 And how long did you actually do that job for ?
5 How long did you actually leave the er how long were you away from the car for ?
6 Erm how long did you actually work at this same place for ?
7 How long did you actually live here as a child ?
8 How long did it actually take you to get out of there ?
9 So did they just keep the hotel open all year for these visitors ?
10 So did they just have you on right away ?
11 So did you generally have a , a daily lady to come and help or
12 So did you actually decide you wanted to come to the flats , was it was it a decision
13 Teacher : So did he actually become a sportsman ?
14 So did anybody else have that experience of of of caring for children and parents , or or parents-in-law at the same time ?
15 After the end of the First World War and when the motor car came in did they still come along on horses ?
16 It was sweet of you to go ; I just thought I better get something but once these attacks start it 's a bit too late to take anything really .
17 Soon did they soon take up enough he used to go on board with his book and get it signed by the mate or the er captain of the ship .
18 Her expression remained enigmatic , and it was quickly noticed that not once did she publicly smile or acknowledge the man who was now her husband .
19 Clyde , obviously a fairly tense type , confessed to feelings of hostility towards his mother : ‘ Not once did she ever tell me she loved me . ’
20 In the seven years we lived there , only once did I ever meet another fisherman on my favourite part of the river ; and over the years I came to know the South Tyne and its wildlife as well as Mole or Rat in Wind and the Willows ever knew their water .
21 Out of the hundreds of people I interviewed , only once did I genuinely fear for my job .
22 In consequence in my childhood memories she does not feature as much as my father ; only later did I fully appreciate her forceful yet lovable character .
23 For the sake of a quiet life he had given in to an unreasonable request and only now did he fully realize what it meant .
24 And smoothly did they now dress .
25 Familiarity Rating : ‘ How well did you previously know the junction ?
26 Well did you ever go , what did you say
27 Well did it really have time to do that ?
28 But she frowned now , for how well did she really know him after all ?
29 Right did we actually do the susceptible babies ?
30 How did they actually do it ?
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