Example sentences of "[conj] do [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 They do n't come for the fifty P's now do they ?
2 ‘ Do we ask Sir John to restrain the soldiers — which he can not do — or do we bind him not to pursue or hound us for this action ?
3 Do we mean a symbol which only ‘ represents ’ a reality — like a road sign — or do we mean a sign which actually embodies or conveys , in some shape or form , the reality to which it points ?
4 Or do we phase that out , too ? ’
5 Is it the magic word ‘ organic ’ which appears alongside the higher price tag that triggers this Pavlovian response , or do we weigh up the pros and cons of organic versus inorganic produce before we buy ?
6 When choosing say , a new fridge , do we worry about the power it uses compared with our existing model , or do we go for the one with the clever arrangement of shelves that gives plenty of room for the mineral water ?
7 ‘ Do you expect God to hold back the tide for us to float here all day , then , or do we turn in to Duart ? ’
8 When we negotiate our pay-rises , are we motivated by ‘ envy ’ , or do we cooperate to maximize our real income ?
9 Dr Goode said he trusted himself , and clearly he is a good doctor ; but can we always afford to trust , or do we thereby run the risk of taking a step down the road towards euthanasia , both voluntary and involuntary .
10 Are social interactions adequately captured by separate ( albeit simultaneous ) accounts of the partners ' actions , or do we need to describe the interaction between the couple ?
11 Do we , for instance , place a tick in the square labelled ‘ baby burps ’ and another in the box called ‘ mother pats back ’ ; or do we include a box called ‘ mother responds to baby ’ ; or at a higher level , does she score a point on an index of ‘ sensitivity ’ ?
12 Or do we use stealth to obtain it ?
13 Do they still own the name or do we have to change ours to The Screaming Yellow Cassettedecks ?
14 Does it rankle and jar or do we feel at home with the sound ?
15 Should we identify brain functions with components of psychological processes revealed in psychological studies or do we need a new set of concepts for describing brain function ?
16 Moreover on a single decision — do we license this environment to the rest of the industry or do we keep it to ourselves — can depend the entire future of a computer company , with the wrong decision spelling oblivion .
17 or do we print the whole lot .
18 I E do we need to know that the trend is changing or do we need to know the particular slots where we get non performance .
19 Or do we want to call it something different ?
20 the , the , the implication is always erm that you 've got to make some sort of choice between do we get the social change first , which gives rise to a different kind of people , better people , or do we first of all change the people so that they 're capable of making a better world and of course it 's a catch twenty two , is n't it ?
21 Or do we have to look to more concrete and historically specific forms of mediation to explain the racialization of envy and desire ?
22 Is it to be tonight , or do we wait ? ’
23 Or do we ?
24 Do we mean the representation of impairment , or do we mean the representation of social barriers , or do we mean the recording of the interface between the two ?
25 Do we mean the representation of impairment , or do we mean the representation of social barriers , or do we mean the recording of the interface between the two ?
26 ‘ Can you tell me when we can begin to teach the totally inexperienced , gauche young ladies you 've employed as receptionists , or do we just let them loose on our unsuspecting clients ? ’
27 Erm about income tax are they all taxed at source or do we have to do that separately .
28 Or do we want them really to understand what they 're doing first presumably .
29 Or do we need to set something up ?
30 Do we chase the free range hens and find the eggs as best we can or do we put the hens into a battery ?
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