Example sentences of "[adv] do [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | In so doing I depart somewhat from studies of working-class involvement in the formal political sphere during the twentieth century . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Not only did she write boldly about religious questions , she was a zealous evangelist . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Not only did it work perfectly , but the output was indistinguishable from the 550C . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Nonetheless I must stand my ground and restate that not only did it happen then , but it is getting worse ! |
9 | Not only did he do so , one-handed , but he scored a four , and allowed Gomes to reach his century . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | ‘ 'Ow did it 'appen then ? ’ |
13 | So do you so do you go together , a few of you together or do you go . |
14 | So do you budget quite tightly then ? |
15 | So do you pay as much attention to your body as you do to your face ? |
16 | So do you have quite a few famous connections round here ? |
17 | So do you deal only with under-developed countries ? |
18 | Not only do they defecate communally in special latrine areas , but they ‘ paste ’ . |
19 | Not only do they consume more natural resources , they also produce more pollution . |
20 | G. is pleased with the response at the company — not only do they report as soon as possible when they 've got a pollution , they let him know about the progress they make : ‘ I 've got them so well trained now they 'll be phoning half an hour before they have a discharge . ’ |
21 | The prime purpose is to enable the recipients of the cards to know the other 's status so that not only do they bow correctly , but also use the proper form of language . |
22 | Well I know , I only do they did tonight . |
23 | Not only do we display even two or three surplus pounds in the form of an enormous bulge-tall people can often carry a surplus stone without showing it — but we also tend to burn up fewer calories than people of larger height and frame . |
24 | The advantage of budgeting is that not only do you know exactly where you stand — or perhaps stagger ? — today , but that you can make sensible judgements about , for , how much more saving you can undertake , or whether you can afford to increase your borrowing still further . |
25 | Can you remember much about the house , how , how long did you live there for ? |
26 | I see and how long did you live there up Road ? |
27 | How long did you live there for ? |
28 | How long did you live there , at Battersea ? |
29 | ‘ How long did he spend there on that occasion ? ’ |
30 | The Executive elected at that Conference was packed with diehards , and " a debate on cooperation against Labour revealed the depth of division : a motion calling for closer collaboration met strong opposition , but so did one calling simply for a Unionist government : They must turn out the man who was the greatest danger to the Conservative Party " , ( a voice — " Lloyd George " ) . |