Example sentences of "[adv] do it [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Not only did it work perfectly , but the output was indistinguishable from the 550C . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Nonetheless I must stand my ground and restate that not only did it happen then , but it is getting worse ! |
| 5 | ‘ 'Ow did it 'appen then ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ How long did it go on for ? ’ |
| 7 | How long did it go on ? |
| 8 | How much weight do you remember losing on each , and for how long did it stay off ? |
| 9 | So did it go deeper than that ? |
| 10 | So does it work quite well for them ? |
| 11 | For not only does it burn off on average up to 100 calories for every 15 minutes of activity , but the raised BMR can continue to burn off calories for several hours after exercising is over . |
| 12 | Not only does it go faster but it is also more controllable and better-protected . |
| 13 | Yet not only does it summon up that tradition , it physically presents it . |
| 14 | Loud noise from passing vehicles is doubly unwelcome because , not only does it drown out the wanted sound , but it also causes the camcorder 's automatic gain control to lower the recording level ; this generally takes some seconds to return to normal after the disturbance , during which time the wanted sound is not recorded properly . |
| 15 | For how long does it stay off ? |
| 16 | The date , for God 's sake , on the top letter from Ash , was it the same , why were they all together , how long does it go on , — how did she answer , what about Blanche and the Prowler … |
| 17 | How long does it go on for ? |
| 18 | How long does it take about ? |
| 19 | At an average of 50 m.p.h. ( 80 k.p.h. ) how long does it take now , using the motorways ? |
| 20 | How long does it take roughly ? |
| 21 | No sooner does it fall back and hit the water than the whale flicks it into the air again with a blow of its tail or seizes it with its jaws and thrashes it on the water . |
| 22 | Of course that had always been the case , the young always did set the fashion ; but never before did it change so rapidly , never before were the older generation so pathetically afraid of being left behind . |
| 23 | Now does it add up ? |
| 24 | World population , erm probably what I 'm gon na have to do is , although they , they said you ca n't do it do n't get any ideas about doing it with because it 's not possible . |
| 25 | There is n't , you know , there is n't one thing is that we need to , with the short-term programmes we did n't do it work out the financial we need to go one stage further identify where the labour is |
| 26 | If I speak loudly does it flash even more ? |
| 27 | Well does it follow then that both of you went over to the bed , that 's what I 'm getting at . |
| 28 | I 've told you that , I mean today she was asking , she , she was standing there while I loaded the dishwasher she says I 've got to learn how to do it have n't I ? |
| 29 | ' How did it go on ? |
| 30 | ‘ How did it go today at school ? ’ |