Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] he [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Not only did he needlessly place himself in danger , but no charges were brought against his prisoners . |
| 3 | Teacher : So did he actually become a sportsman ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I know Rosie told me , soon after the wedding , that his bank would n't give him any help , so how did he finally raise the money ? ’ |
| 6 | Old , old jeans , worn-out shirt ; how did he still manage to look so devastating ? |
| 7 | How did he always manage to turn the tables on her like that ? |
| 8 | ‘ How did he ever settle ? ’ |
| 9 | Only then did he fully realize that he had been experiencing a mild dull pressure in the head , as well as the nausea , physical and mental fatigue . |
| 10 | Only once or twice did he ever become aroused enough for them to make love . |
| 11 | Only when she had managed to stop crying and he had dried her face completely did he even attempt to answer . |
| 12 | Why did he rather walk entirely unprotected , apart from the body armour . |
| 13 | Why did he always feel so intimidated by Viola Machin ? |
| 14 | Why did he always make her want to cry ? |
| 15 | Why did he always want to go the long way round . |
| 16 | Why did he always choose to lose his temper over issues in which he was in the wrong ? |
| 17 | Why did he always go for those parts , those double entendres ? |
| 18 | Why did he always have to work alone ? |
| 19 | Why did he now want it back ? |
| 20 | ‘ Why did he never want to marry me ? ’ |
| 21 | At times Anne felt sure that he was attracted to her , but if so why did he never ask to meet her , and why did he conceal these chance meetings from his family ? |
| 22 | They said at the trial that he was a kind husband , a good neighbour — why did he suddenly do this terrible thing ? |
| 23 | Why did he suddenly do that ? |
| 24 | So when did he suddenly become so buddy-buddy with her ? |