Example sentences of "the [noun] did [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was so involved in these thoughts that when the school finally loomed into view he failed to notice it and only when Tock poked him in the side did he look up and see the gigantic sight . |
| 2 | Took them out to make the tea did you get any biscuits ? |
| 3 | Watching from the window , Hilary grinned as she saw him hurry towards the driver , and only when he 'd climbed into the car did she move . |
| 4 | When you got the bottles did they have to be cleaned ? |
| 5 | Now , Professor , can you think very carefully about those noises … which side of the corridor did they seem to be coming from ? ’ |
| 6 | Not till they had come up onto the green did he realise that the figure in waterproofs pulling the doctor 's trolley was Chris . |
| 7 | But only when I reached the washed sky of the Thames did I dare to pull over and negotiate my fear . |
| 8 | Only when Marianne swept from the room did she allow herself to collapse into a chair , closing her eyes and rubbing her fingers over her forehead . |
| 9 | When you worked er before the war did you experience any wage cuts ? |
| 10 | Not until the evening did it come into its own , with the opening of its restaurants . |
| 11 | The field was laid out in strips about two feet apart and only after pushing into the crop did I realize that the plants were trained up a trellis of almost invisible wires and that I was in a hop field — a ‘ beer field ’ , as Duncan would have called it . |
| 12 | she said that and she said she do n't mind us swearing she said I 'll leave you fourteen , it actually says twenty tapes in the , bits of paper but she said if you could fill twenty I 'd be over the moon did she say ? |
| 13 | Well it 's , it 's gon na be very late there , you 'll be getting her out of bed if you 're not careful I know she says it does n't mind , she , she does n't mind it does n't matter , but oh dear , there 's a piece here in the newspaper did you see that ? |
| 14 | ‘ Where the heck did you find a word like that ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Where the devil did they come from at this time in the morning ? |
| 16 | I mean , how the devil did we let things get this way ? ’ |
| 17 | Who the devil did he think he was ? |
| 18 | Only when he was safely inside the Passat did he look round to see if he had been observed . |
| 19 | I 'm just trying to get them at the back did you know ? |
| 20 | Erm you know the Keens did they go ? |
| 21 | Exactly how far off the ground did you stop it ? ’ |
| 22 | Only when Marcella had relaxed sufficiently to sit back in her chair and release her tight hold on the dog did he risk intervention : ‘ We came to talk about the Garlands . ’ |
| 23 | On arriving at the flat did you speak to Mr ? |
| 24 | When the other officers had entered the flat did you go ? |
| 25 | Anthony 's got the flu did you know ? |
| 26 | Whilst you were in that bedroom throughout the operation did you see any other officer point any sort of gun into the back of Mr head ? |
| 27 | And only after the incident did she find out that a handwritten notice had been displayed in the booking office . |
| 28 | Only at the door did he give Coffin a look of such sharp comprehension that any triumph he felt evaporated at once . |
| 29 | How high up the ladder did they go ? ’ |
| 30 | What the hell did they call it ? |