Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only did it give prestige and add a sense of urgency to an undertaking , it also exerted the pressure of old feudal practice upon vassals to join their lord in person . |
| 2 | As inspirational pronouncement rather than an operational blueprint , not only did it give expression to and authority for the idea that a fairer , juster society should be created , as the inalienable rights of man required ; but more , it asserted that thanks to machinery powered by steam it could be . |
| 3 | I walked inside and it was just like my granny 's sitting room Not only did it sell teddy boy clothes but there was also a fifties radiogram and fifties wallpaper . |
| 4 | Not only did it increase understanding of both quantitative and qualitative indicators , it also focused teachers ' attention on issues of quality in their work . |
| 5 | Not only did it have bundles of games and demos ( the only games I have enough money to buy ) but also pages of reviews ! |
| 6 | how , how long did it take Mick to sort it out ? |
| 7 | How long did it take Mick to sort a route out ? |
| 8 | How long did it take lightning to strike ? |
| 9 | where you 're going , I mean I did Nottingham to Peterborough , how long did it take Nottingham to Peterborough ? |
| 10 | Not only had it removed Russia from the war , but its call for international revolution and the threatened collapse of the ruling class in much of central and eastern Europe in 1918 , combined with an increase in working-class militancy at home , frightened many in the middle classes even outside the radical right . |
| 11 | I only just made it last time . ’ |
| 12 | In 1804 , aged 22 , he moved to a clerical post in London but soon left it to study law in the city . |
| 13 | Never once had it crossed Jasper 's or Bert 's mind that they might be refused . |
| 14 | He wrote out cheques from the account to pay his credit card debts , rent arrears and he also used it to clear phone bills and part of £500 taxi bill . |
| 15 | First he sought to use it to spread the gospel of trade unionism elsewhere in the north-east and eventually persuaded it to establish branches at Middlesbrough , Hartlepool , Seaham Harbour and in North and South Shields . |
| 16 | We simply did it to amuse people . |
| 17 | How did it feel Jenny asking a load of questions ? |
| 18 | Why did it allow nomads to raid land-trains , and scumniks to raid techs , and upper-hab brats to descend wreaking wanton mischief ? |
| 19 | well when did it take place ? this decision to update once a year |
| 20 | But if the advance was not the result of evolutionary laws , why had it taken place ? |