Example sentences of "did they [adv] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Did they just pack up one day and go back to Germany ?
3 Reviewing national programmes , however , raises key and difficult questions for both donors ( why did they not co-operate more effectively ? ) and recipients ( how could they justify a range of prestige projects ? why are they more dependant on aid than ever ? )
4 Why did they not act boldly like the Russians ?
5 After the end of the First World War and when the motor car came in did they still come along on horses ?
6 Neither did they always reflect forward looking views on education .
7 Did they really cope so well in a man 's world , or was it all just an act ?
8 But what did they really get out of it ?
9 Nor did they greatly care how he chose to spend his spare time in Vienna .
10 Not Bernard , oh no , did they ever come back to you ?
11 Were they ever professional , boy , did they ever work hard , well , did n't they just talk and work as if that melodrama of near separation had never happened .
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