Example sentences of "[adv] did we [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ma was always at her most unreasonable on do-days , and I must have known it was a do-day because not only did we have extra help in the house , but Nanny had been co-opted into the kitchen to make pastry . |
| 2 | Not once did we get that rather unwilling pursed smile , the sly amused look down her nose . |
| 3 | How did we allow these destructive influences to kill our club ? |
| 4 | How did we get this piece . |
| 5 | Only then did we introduce some terminology . |
| 6 | Why did we go this long way ? |
| 7 | erm and I think that if it is pulled down for this new development , in ten year 's time we will look back and we will say ‘ Why did we do this ? |
| 8 | Structured thought which had as its main attributes three themes of course before you had that you had to have a clear objective which helped you to choose what those three themes were , and why why did we choose three as a based on |
| 9 | Where did we go first time ? |
| 10 | It 's a terrible name for me , where did we go last week ? |
| 11 | Except , more often than not , the Second Mrs Tanqueray reveals herself to be a carbon-copy of the first one in almost every way but one and that 's only until the new Tanqueray brood arrives , whereupon Lothario takes to ringing up the first Mrs T to say ‘ Where did we go wrong ? ’ |
| 12 | Where did we buy this ? |
| 13 | Where did we get that idea ? |
| 14 | Where did we get that ? |
| 15 | So where did we get ten to the minus three from ? |
| 16 | Nowhere did we make any fixed dosage recommendations , and we certainly did not write that ‘ standard ’ doses should be used . |
| 17 | Or when did we get that vase ? |
| 18 | When did we get this ? |
| 19 | When did we get interested in food ? |