Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went to Italy on his own and eventually made himself pick up a girl in Rome , mostly for the sake of having someone to speak his new Italian to , but she thought his intense shyness some sort of perversion and kicked him out . |
| 2 | It only made them laugh more . |
| 3 | ‘ He only made me cry once , ’ she mumbled against his sweater . |
| 4 | During the evening , not only did we sit down to an excellent meal but we were also entertained . |
| 5 | But in nineteen ninety in London not only did they hold on , they won dramatic victories in a number of London boroughs . |
| 6 | Not only did they raise more than £1,000 but they also succeeded in helping to recruit men for a battalion of the Green Howards that was being formed at Northallerton . |
| 7 | Not only did they need somewhere to put up visiting employees ( and , increasingly , the necessary but not always welcome journalists ) they now needed a showcase for their home furnishing ideas . |
| 8 | Not only did she write boldly about religious questions , she was a zealous evangelist . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Not only did it work perfectly , but the output was indistinguishable from the 550C . |
| 11 | Not only did it emerge largely intact , it has been busy setting up shadowy ‘ national salvation committees ’ in whose name the army has been operating . |
| 12 | Nonetheless I must stand my ground and restate that not only did it happen then , but it is getting worse ! |
| 13 | Not only did he do so , one-handed , but he scored a four , and allowed Gomes to reach his century . |
| 14 | Not only did he go on to lose at Waterloo : he suffered the final indignity of living and dying in a house called The Briars on St Helena , far down in the South Atlantic . |
| 15 | Not only did he take about half a dozen players , he took the manager , the tea lady and the backroom staff , and for all I know , the main stand , because that 's not at Banbury any more . |
| 16 | Not only did he look very pleased , but he did the ‘ show the shirt ’ routine to the crowd … as if to say — look boys , Im a Leeds Utd player — and proud of it . |
| 17 | ‘ 'Ow did it 'appen then ? ’ |
| 18 | How long did you stay in ? |
| 19 | How long did you go over with her ? |
| 20 | So how long did you live in for ? |
| 21 | Can you remember much about the house , how , how long did you live there for ? |
| 22 | I see and how long did you live there up Road ? |
| 23 | How long did you live there for ? |
| 24 | How long did you live there , at Battersea ? |
| 25 | d ) How long did she take on her journey home ? |
| 26 | ‘ How long did it go on for ? ’ |
| 27 | How long did it go on ? |
| 28 | How much weight do you remember losing on each , and for how long did it stay off ? |
| 29 | ‘ How long did he spend there on that occasion ? ’ |
| 30 | How long did he come in then after I phoned ? |