Example sentences of "[adv] do [pers pn] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the evening , not only did we sit down to an excellent meal but we were also entertained . |
| 2 | But in nineteen ninety in London not only did they hold on , they won dramatic victories in a number of London boroughs . |
| 3 | Not only did they raise more than £1,000 but they also succeeded in helping to recruit men for a battalion of the Green Howards that was being formed at Northallerton . |
| 4 | Not only did they need somewhere to put up visiting employees ( and , increasingly , the necessary but not always welcome journalists ) they now needed a showcase for their home furnishing ideas . |
| 5 | Not only did she write boldly about religious questions , she was a zealous evangelist . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Not only did it work perfectly , but the output was indistinguishable from the 550C . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Nonetheless I must stand my ground and restate that not only did it happen then , but it is getting worse ! |
| 10 | Not only did he do so , one-handed , but he scored a four , and allowed Gomes to reach his century . |
| 11 | Not only did he go on to lose at Waterloo : he suffered the final indignity of living and dying in a house called The Briars on St Helena , far down in the South Atlantic . |
| 12 | Not only did he take about half a dozen players , he took the manager , the tea lady and the backroom staff , and for all I know , the main stand , because that 's not at Banbury any more . |
| 13 | Not only did he look very pleased , but he did the ‘ show the shirt ’ routine to the crowd … as if to say — look boys , Im a Leeds Utd player — and proud of it . |
| 14 | So do we know why we 've got the shortage , is it because th |
| 15 | So do they go up did they all go along two squares at a time ? |
| 16 | So do they go down as a new intake . |
| 17 | Yeah so do I do n't wan na lose touch with them now . |
| 18 | So do you so do you go together , a few of you together or do you go . |
| 19 | So do you budget quite tightly then ? |
| 20 | So do you pay as much attention to your body as you do to your face ? |
| 21 | So do you have quite a few famous connections round here ? |
| 22 | So do you deal only with under-developed countries ? |
| 23 | So do you know when you do you know when you erm I mean lived in the flats in the flats for fifteen years , have you managed to make many friends ? |
| 24 | Well , the person who 's dropping him off might just check that there actually is somebody in the house , you know , so do you know how to work the television ? |
| 25 | So do you get on with her ? |
| 26 | So do you get on well with the passengers ? |
| 27 | Not only do they defecate communally in special latrine areas , but they ‘ paste ’ . |
| 28 | Not only do they consume more natural resources , they also produce more pollution . |
| 29 | G. is pleased with the response at the company — not only do they report as soon as possible when they 've got a pollution , they let him know about the progress they make : ‘ I 've got them so well trained now they 'll be phoning half an hour before they have a discharge . ’ |
| 30 | The prime purpose is to enable the recipients of the cards to know the other 's status so that not only do they bow correctly , but also use the proper form of language . |