Example sentences of "only [verb] we [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only do we not talk about death , but we do everything we can to hide it from view and pretend that mortality is just a myth . |
| 2 | In other words , not only do we not have in front of us an exact cost for the works that are being voted through in this Bill — we have to go on the basis of an outdated figure of £1.4 billion , which is in itself an enormous amount — but the Government are saying that they do not have the foggiest idea whether the amount involved will accord with their investment criteria . |
| 3 | Not only do we not get from the Enlightenment an understanding of human nature that is under the curse of the fall , neither do we get a true understanding of men and women made in the image of God . |
| 4 | Not only do we not know what these units should be ( e.g. phones , diphones , syllables , etc ) , there are few if any acoustic cues to the boundaries between such units . |
| 5 | Not only do we not enjoy what we eat ; in many instances we do not even notice what it tastes like . |
| 6 | Not only do we already have such a statement in the apostle 's creed , but theological it 's in a different realm . |