Example sentences of "only once did [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only once did we have leave together for more than forty-eight hours back in Edinburgh . |
| 2 | Only once did she think of Johnny , when , as the morning wore away , one of the mothers , who was sitting reading while father jumped the waves with the children at the water 's edge , closed her book , and spreading a cloth on the sand , began to set out the picnic . |
| 3 | Only once did I bear resentment after being beaten . |
| 4 | Only once did I get some money after a gig . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Only once did he stop , having looped back towards the City , in Finsbury Circus . |
| 7 | Only once did he seem really surprised . |