Example sentences of "[adv] did it [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only did it contain riveting performances from David Threlfall and our own Adrian Dunbar , it also delivered a fast-moving plot involving more twists than Chubby Checker . |
| 2 | Not only did it win 13 of the 14 constituency seats ( 92.9% ) : it managed to do so on an average constituency vote of no more than 43.5% , which was further reduced by the usual leakage to a list vote of 41.8% . |
| 3 | How long did it take one man . |
| 4 | I mean how long did it take that washer a week , if that |
| 5 | H how did it become apparent that the new erm bonus scheme was going to operate to your disadvantage ? |
| 6 | While this might have been expected , neither did it explore alternative ways of allowing mineworkers to use its educational resources . |
| 7 | At such moments it did not seem better to be dead than Red , neither did it seem plausible that there was a godless conspiracy at work wherever one looked . |
| 8 | Why — why — why ? she had asked herself over and over again , why did it end that way ? |
| 9 | ‘ So why did it go wrong ? ’ she asked a little bitterly . |
| 10 | ‘ Why did it go wrong ? ’ |
| 11 | But why , and the people of this district have a legitimate right to ask , why did it take three people to represent in Czechoslovakia ? |
| 12 | No but I mean why did it take three hours to get him to surgery ? |
| 13 | Why did it happen this way ? |
| 14 | Where did it say that ? |
| 15 | They were sitting on the terrace outside her curved stables-cottage , watching the sun go down over Capability Brown 's vista , uninterrupted because of the ha-ha ( however did it get that name ? ) — and they were talking , over glasses of wine , about poetry . |
| 16 | Never again did it match that apex of prosperity that it reached during the brief nine years that Shah Jehan ruled from the Red Fort . |
| 17 | When did it start eighty three |