Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] i [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only did I not want surgery or drugs , but I hoped that in refusing them I would not be offending my surgeon ! |
| 2 | Not only did I not know how the apple had come to be on the bookcase , or in the house for that matter ; but how could it be perfect in every way . |
| 3 | Taking the binoculars from round my neck , I proffered them , saying , ‘ You observe how amateur my lurking was — not only did I not conceal myself , but I did not use my chief lurking weapon . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Out of the hundreds of people I interviewed , only once did I genuinely fear for my job . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He prefaced a book called Bringing Up Children In A Difficult Time with a ‘ Statement of an anti-permissive author ’ : ‘ How did I ever get the reputation of being an advocate of excessive permissiveness ? ’ he asked plaintively and disingenuously . |
| 9 | How did I ever fall for a paper-clip ? |
| 10 | Costa and Costa1 argue that word processing programs on microcomputers " have a way of transforming even computerphobes into dedicated believers of the " how did I ever live without it " variety " and , such is the difference in quality of output between documents produced on a word processor and those handwritten or typed on a conventional typewriter , that school librarians , teachers and pupils quickly become convinced of the need for and extensive uses of such programs . |
| 11 | How did I really know ? |
| 12 | I mean how did I really know I could trust adults ? |
| 13 | Only then did I properly examine what lay before me . |
| 14 | Why did I not think of that , then ? |
| 15 | Even so , you will wonder , why did I not respond ? |
| 16 | Why did I not die there and then ? |
| 17 | Why did I just know I was n't going to like this ? ’ |
| 18 | And why Did I ever tell you , as though I were an old friend ? |
| 19 | Why , why did I ever leave my home ? |
| 20 | Oh , Christ , why did I ever get into this business ? |
| 21 | Why did I never think of this before ? she wondered blankly . |
| 22 | ‘ Why did I never hear of this ? ’ |
| 23 | When did I ever ask to see the Chief Rabbit before ? " |
| 24 | When did I ever mess your things ? " |
| 25 | And as her heart turned over , so she again remembered his , ‘ Believe me , I would n't take you anywhere did I not want to ’ of yesterday . |