Example sentences of "[noun sg] did he [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only on his way home did he suddenly realize that illness could have prevented her from meeting him , and only when he entered the farmhouse that evening did he discover that she was dead . |
| 2 | Only at the end of a very long career did he occasionally depart from the highest standards of restrained good taste . |
| 3 | In what corner of what foreign field did he still keep the faith , further the revolution , wake up his current lover at three in the morning to discuss the delicate interweavings of class and race . |
| 4 | The beginning of the text is evidently concerned with interpreting the testator 's intention : when he said scio did he really mean to bind his freedman to perform a trust ? |
| 5 | ‘ Put me down , ’ she whispered through dry lips , and only after what seemed an eternity did he slowly lower her to one side . |
| 6 | ‘ What time did he usually get home ? ’ |
| 7 | But at no stage did he ever approach the status of a great butler . |