Example sentences of "only did [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the evening , not only did we sit down to an excellent meal but we were also entertained . |
| 2 | Not only did we want to improve something but we have created the wealth to make more resources and improvements available for social needs . |
| 3 | Not only did we care , we did something about it . |
| 4 | Not only did we call for a ‘ Welsh Centre for Sustainability ’ to help translate global commitments to sustainable development into practical action suited to Wales , but we also ran many persuasive campaigns highlighting the true environmental costs of a range of development proposals . |
| 5 | Ma was always at her most unreasonable on do-days , and I must have known it was a do-day because not only did we have extra help in the house , but Nanny had been co-opted into the kitchen to make pastry . |
| 6 | ‘ Not only did we have to show that economically our project needed a reasonable gas price , but we also had to demonstrate that this new policy did not result in huge changes in Pakistan 's domestic consumer price . ’ |
| 7 | Davidson emphasises above his own role in Provincial 's response a team effort , not only in the sense that he had to delegate a great deal in such a multi-faceted role — although ‘ logically planning goes together with finance and not only did we have the capacity to take on overseas but control of subsidiaries fits too ’ — to his deputies , and , but that the whole company was involved . |
| 8 | Not only did we try to influence the views of those in positions of power through detailed submissions and meetings , we also sought to mobilise public opinion through the news media and our own publications . |
| 9 | Not only did her question underline how far communication had broken down between us but also how little either of us was able to meet the other 's needs . |
| 10 | Not only did one get a flash reflection thus ruining a sometimes good photograph but occasionally ‘ special effects ’ were obtained and I even managed to get a reflection of the camera in the photograph . |
| 11 | Not only did they drench her in a water fight when she did n't have a change of clothes and throw her on the muck heap , but on Friday evening offered her a roll filled with Doggie Dins , so she spent the rest of the night throwing up . |
| 12 | Not only did they bring stretches of water into country often lacking in them , as in many parts of the Midlands , with consequent changes in bird and plant life , but they also brought — mostly for the first time — aqueducts , cuttings and embankments , tunnels , locks , lifts and inclined planes , and many attractive bridges , and they greatly influenced the growth and appearance of many towns . |
| 13 | In the Greek Church , the mystical writings of the fifth century author who wrote under the pseudonym of Dionysius the Areopagite achieved near-canonical status : not only did they inform the devotional and liturgical life of the people , but they also influenced the development of Orthodox theology which became hostile to any rationalistic or naturalistic ways of interpreting the reality of God and religious truth . |
| 14 | But in nineteen ninety in London not only did they hold on , they won dramatic victories in a number of London boroughs . |
| 15 | Not only did they make the move , but they also managed to negotiate some funding and an arrangement whereby their staff could continue to be trained on E&Y courses . |
| 16 | Not only did they monitor landings at the wharf , they also sifted through refuse dumps to find the remains of butchered dolphins , to estimate catches in previous seasons . |
| 17 | Not only did they wreck the London skyline in general . |
| 18 | Not only did they raise more than £1,000 but they also succeeded in helping to recruit men for a battalion of the Green Howards that was being formed at Northallerton . |
| 19 | Not only did they guard the bridge crossing the Tyne , but they also stood at the junction of the Stanegate , running west towards Carlisle , and Dere Street , one of the two main arterial routes from York into central southern Scotland . |
| 20 | Not only did they hit the target of 28 for January and February combined , they went on to chalk up a total of 64 ! |
| 21 | Not only did they multiply , with space now for reflection and analysis in addition to hard news , they were joined by education , economic , home affairs and social services correspondents , among others . |
| 22 | Not only did they need access to the non-arable resources controlled by the nobility , but their ever-growing land shortage compelled them to work for the nobility on conditions which had much in common with those of serfdom . |
| 23 | Not only did they need somewhere to put up visiting employees ( and , increasingly , the necessary but not always welcome journalists ) they now needed a showcase for their home furnishing ideas . |
| 24 | Not only did they omit to date their editions , but they had almost identical books in the 7/6d [ 37½p ] and 3/6d [ 17½p ] category in cloth covers of a great variety of colours . |
| 25 | Not only did they lack skills but they did not adapt readily from the rhythm of agricultural life with its long periods of inactivity and frequent holidays , to the demands of modern industry . |
| 26 | We have noticed that , by making adjustments to their diet , not only did they overcome their symptoms , but those who were overweight very often lost weight without even trying . |
| 27 | This life-principle was very important to the early alchemists : they saw it as so real that , not only did they consider all entities to be made up of differing proportions of dead matter and life force ( spirit ) , they tried to use the spirit as , in essence , just one more chemical . |
| 28 | Not only did they disclaim any career but motherhood , they even began to question the need for the higher education itself . |
| 29 | Not only did they steal land , labour and raw materials from native peoples : they sold European goods to them as well . |
| 30 | Not only did they enjoy , indeed relish , healthy sexual appetites , they made it obvious that they would satisfy them where and when they felt like it , on their Own terms . |