Example sentences of "only [adv] do it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of the Hexagon , you 'll have three legs provided , but one of the delights of this shape is that only rarely does it need bridle adjustment . |
| 2 | Following some reluctance to become involved in air pollution control , the federal government opted for a research role in 1955 and only slowly did it begin to intervene with the control policies adopted by the states . |
| 3 | Only gradually did it dawn on those responsible that vigorous and determined nationalist organizations had grown up in the shadow of the Japanese , that these movements had flourished exceedingly in the vacuum left by the collapse of Japanese power , and that if the colonial regimes were to be reconstituted it could only be by force . |
| 4 | Only gradually did it emerge that she was rather a miniature whirlwind , perhaps an inch shorter even than Charlotte , but so slender that she escaped looking like a pocket edition . |
| 5 | Only later did it emerge that the Germans had supported his candidature for the post of High Commissioner in Danzig , and that he had since 1920 been on very friendly terms with Baron Ernst von Wiesäker , the head of the political section of the German Foreign Office . |
| 6 | Only now did it occur to her how easily he could have taken advantage of the situation . |
| 7 | There 's also lots of built-in security — you need to point a credit card-style infra-red sender at the PC and press a button before it lets you enter your name and password ; only then does it load DOS . |
| 8 | Only then does it run off to look for other food — elsewhere . |
| 9 | Only then does it flee . |
| 10 | Only then did it strike me that there was indeed a role that a further staff member could crucially play here ; that it was , in fact , this very shortage that had been at the heart of all my recent troubles . |
| 11 | Only then did it emerge that the settlers did not really know what they intended to do . |
| 12 | For only then did it come to her that — she still had n't done her interview ! |
| 13 | Only then did it occur to me that , of course , my witticism would not be easily appreciated by someone who was not aware that it was gypsies who had passed by . |
| 14 | His voice was low , equable and leisurely ; so much so that only afterwards did it dawn upon Charlotte how very few minutes the whole interview had occupied . |
| 15 | Only occasionally does it become necessary to cut out main stems , such as when they become old , gnarled and barky . |