Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] did [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only then to my embarrassment did Alf tell him of our predicament . |
| 2 | So in their ways did Sheila and Annie . |
| 3 | It is an Army Town and we were its children , destined , if unlucky , to go the way that nearly 2,000 of its children did years before and would do again . |
| 4 | Some though , and among them my dear lady Elizabeth ( always in her thoughts did Alianor refer thus to the queen-dowager ) think differently . |
| 5 | Only after his son 's arrival at his camp did Henry II rouse himself from the passivity of the last month . |
| 6 | ‘ Only with his tongue firmly in his cheek did Stephen Dorrell , Financial Secretary to the Treasury , say recently that one of the things PR people and politicians had in common is ‘ having to explain the good news — and the news you would n't choose to explain ’ . ’ |
| 7 | Inhumations were treated in a similar fashion , with some details of the grave , but only late in his career did Leeds provide plans of individual inhumations . |
| 8 | Of course , he 's terribly anxious for me to settle down out there , marry Cora-Beth and become an American citizen , the way his father did years ago . |
| 9 | At no time during his life did Vincent show any sign of wanting to involve himself in the socialist movements of his day . |
| 10 | Only after his accession did Richard seek to exploit Morgan 's Welsh connections , and by then Morgan 's private interests had shifted firmly to the south of England , where marriage had brought him land in Dorset and Hampshire . |
| 11 | Only after his accession did Richard seek to exploit Morgan 's Welsh connections , and by then Morgan 's private interests had shifted firmly to the south of England , where marriage had brought him land in Dorset and Hampshire . |