Example sentences of "[adv] do he [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry was an exacting master , possessed of so much energy that it was popularly rumoured that he could fly , so swiftly did he travel from place to place . |
| 2 | Not only did he vote against the proposals but asked that his objections be publicly recognised . |
| 3 | Not only did he know of it , he also knew she was involved . |
| 4 | Not only did he embark upon freeing the serfs as soon as foreign affairs ceased to occupy the bulk of his attention , but also he intervened repeatedly in the process to galvanize his officials and overcome the mistrust of conservatives . |
| 5 | How long did he stay for ? |
| 6 | ‘ How long did he spend at the estate ? ’ |
| 7 | long did he play for them ? |
| 8 | So did he move with it ? |
| 9 | He wondered if Rufus had children and if so did he worry about them coming to terrible harm the way Adam worried ? |
| 10 | Not only does he appear in many guises — far more than the few I have mentioned here — but the Devil seems to be chief of the evil spirits . |
| 11 | Not only does he write with total integrity but also with a respect for the language which is becoming increasingly rare . |
| 12 | When occasions have occurred , as they do in all organizations , where it is necessary to take a ‘ big ’ risk on a young man whose experience and background we think inadequate for the task , nine times out of ten not only does he rise to the occasion but he does even better than we would expect . |
| 13 | Not only does he believe in horoscopes , he thinks we two have X-ray eyes . |
| 14 | What exactly did he mean by that ? |
| 15 | Now what exactly did he mean by that remark ? |
| 16 | What exactly did he see in this patronizing little squirt ? |
| 17 | Only in dealing with the events of 146 B.C. did he move towards the position of a cautious critic of Roman society and its methods of government . |
| 18 | What more did he want from her ? |
| 19 | In my view this restaurant 's three year old is a model of good behaviour : his tantrums are rare and only once did he complain about a lack of attention by peeing on the floor right between my feet and his mother 's . |
| 20 | Sometimes he would tremble for at least an hour , but never once did he confide in me . ’ |
| 21 | And how far did he go into the room at all ? |
| 22 | How far did he run in ten seconds ? |
| 23 | Well it 's , look he passed the hundred and fifty metre mark , ten seconds later he passed the two hundred and fifty metre mark , how far did he run in ten seconds and you 've put down a hundred metres |
| 24 | From the back of the hummock a figure appeared and began moving unhurriedly up the hill on an irregular route , at times coming obliquely towards the Friar , and then abruptly changing direction and seeming to go away from him : thus tacking and weaving the man was as inconspicuous as a partridge on ploughland , so that if the Friar turned his eyes from him for a moment he was difficult to rediscover , so perfectly did he merge with the duns , browns , russets , and half-greens of the wood . |
| 25 | well does he do like the , the blood test the breathalysers and all that ? |
| 26 | Rather did he wallow in a mood of self-pity , taking his son 's desertion as a personal affront . |
| 27 | His standing at the dispatch box stays high , but rarely did he intervene during months of Maastricht debate . |
| 28 | How did he go to pieces , when you say he went to pieces ? |
| 29 | how did he go to pieces ? |
| 30 | How did he cope during the custody cases ? |