Example sentences of "[adv] did [pers pn] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | The move to the capital was a great upheaval for the Manchester girls , for not only did they now have to rehearse in Sin City as they called it , but they also had to work with Londoners . |
2 | Not only did he immediately assume overall direction of the battle , organizing his forces and ever-increasing artillery power , but he at once ordered the reoccupation and rearming of the outlying forts , to each of which two weeks ' supply of food and water for every man was dispatched . |
3 | Not only did he needlessly place himself in danger , but no charges were brought against his prisoners . |
4 | And how long did you actually do that job for ? |
5 | How long did you actually leave the er how long were you away from the car for ? |
6 | Erm how long did you actually work at this same place for ? |
7 | How long did you actually live here as a child ? |
8 | How long did it actually take you to get out of there ? |
9 | So did they just keep the hotel open all year for these visitors ? |
10 | So did they just have you on right away ? |
11 | So did you generally have a , a daily lady to come and help or |
12 | So did you actually decide you wanted to come to the flats , was it was it a decision |
13 | Teacher : So did he actually become a sportsman ? |
14 | Soon did they soon take up enough he used to go on board with his book and get it signed by the mate or the er captain of the ship . |
15 | Her expression remained enigmatic , and it was quickly noticed that not once did she publicly smile or acknowledge the man who was now her husband . |
16 | Clyde , obviously a fairly tense type , confessed to feelings of hostility towards his mother : ‘ Not once did she ever tell me she loved me . ’ |
17 | In the seven years we lived there , only once did I ever meet another fisherman on my favourite part of the river ; and over the years I came to know the South Tyne and its wildlife as well as Mole or Rat in Wind and the Willows ever knew their water . |
18 | Out of the hundreds of people I interviewed , only once did I genuinely fear for my job . |
19 | In consequence in my childhood memories she does not feature as much as my father ; only later did I fully appreciate her forceful yet lovable character . |
20 | For the sake of a quiet life he had given in to an unreasonable request and only now did he fully realize what it meant . |
21 | And smoothly did they now dress . |
22 | Familiarity Rating : ‘ How well did you previously know the junction ? |
23 | Well did you ever go , what did you say |
24 | Well did it really have time to do that ? |
25 | But she frowned now , for how well did she really know him after all ? |
26 | Right did we actually do the susceptible babies ? |
27 | but , er , you look at it like this then , if we did n't crawl out of the sea and er evolve then did we just appear like a flash of lighting |
28 | Only then did I properly examine what lay before me . |
29 | Only then did she briefly introduce herself . |
30 | Only then did she fully realise that if she had been five minutes later the watchers keeping a lookout for a stray boy might , tomorrow , have been hauling ashore the sodden body of Gus Hambro . |