Example sentences of "only [adv] did he [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only slowly did he trace the interference to the calculator , battery powered , made by Casio . |
| 2 | Only slowly did he release the strap , as if he was reluctant to do so , and it stretched her nerves unbearably . |
| 3 | In my view this restaurant 's three year old is a model of good behaviour : his tantrums are rare and only once did he complain about a lack of attention by peeing on the floor right between my feet and his mother 's . |
| 4 | Only once did he stop , having looped back towards the City , in Finsbury Circus . |
| 5 | Only once did he seem really surprised . |
| 6 | Only gradually did he become conscious of a commotion in the darkness beside him . |
| 7 | He had longed to be reunited with his family from the moment he had learned of his father 's demise — but only now did he recognize the depth of his longing . |
| 8 | Only then did he return to the newspaper . |
| 9 | Only then did he move his hand back , indicating that Tuan Ti Fo should take the stones away . |
| 10 | Only then did he reach out and thumb the lock . |
| 11 | As soon as he realised his mistake he tried to go into reverse , but once America sent troops to Saudi Arabia the dictator was trapped : only then did he make Kuwait the 19th province and drop all talk of withdrawing . |
| 12 | As this was fastened and he was made ready for departure , the prince for the first time seemed ill-at-ease — as if only then did he sense the poignancy of the moment and was after all loath to go . |
| 13 | Only then did he stand with his back to the fireplace and look about the room . |
| 14 | Only then did he realise he was outside a church — Father Poole 's church . |
| 15 | Only then did he realise the extent of his prize . |
| 16 | Only then did he drop back onto his own chair . |
| 17 | Only then did he zip himself up and reach for the telephone . |
| 18 | Only then did he carry him back to the entrance . |
| 19 | Only then did he look back at Mariana . |
| 20 | Only then did he look out across the land . |
| 21 | Only then did he disclose to John Macnab that he and Margaret were leaving for Germany next morning , 26 August , the day on which the powers of detention and internment would come into effect . |
| 22 | Only then did he turn and look at DeVore , inclining his head slightly . |
| 23 | To his dismay , she wept and only then did he hear of the plan with which she had gone to Mrs Browning . |
| 24 | Only then did he realize they were all of them strung together . |
| 25 | Only then did he see the thin figure of Louis leaning against the saloon bulkhead . |
| 26 | Only when he came through the trees and round the small hill that sheltered the house , only then did he see the soldiers who had camped in the house and the grounds . |
| 27 | Only then did he dare look back over his shoulder . |
| 28 | Of the seventy-eight clergy whom he ordained , fifty-three had to make the difficult journey to Pelynt for their ordination , either at Trelawne or in the parish church , while in his last seven years as Bishop , only twice did he travel to Exeter for an ordination . |
| 29 | They sure looked smart , he thought , and from that moment he began to cultivate the straight , dignified bearing which was to be his hallmark in later life ; only occasionally did he forget and relapse into his old North American droop . |
| 30 | So fascinated was he , that only occasionally did he remember to touch her , only once or twice interrupt her to bend and kiss her lips , and forgot completely his need for a cigarette . |