Example sentences of "[verb] or do " in BNC.
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| 31 | Other people would hate that , it 's too restricting and er er and again it is , if you think about it , because if you 've got a , a regular date and you 're retired and something nice and exciting comes up , and that 's right in the middle of your , it bashes into your regular date , so then you have to say do I go or do I do or , or do n't I ? |
| 32 | If the trustees have power to pay or do in fact pay capital transfer tax due on assets which the settlor puts into the settlement the Revenue have taken the view that the settlor has thereby an interest in the income or property of the settlement , and that the income of the settlement should be treated as his for income tax purposes under [ TA 1988 Part XV ] . |
| 33 | The Board of Inland Revenue have therefore decided that they will no longer , in these circumstances , treat the income of the settlement as that of the settlor for income tax purposes solely because the trustees have power to pay or do in fact pay capital transfer tax on assets put into settlements . |
| 34 | Good heavens , how , what happens then , do you have it to pay or do the insurance pay ? |
| 35 | If you can not afford or do not want new furniture , then start to attack the soft furnishings . |
| 36 | In all this discussion , whether I am moving round talking to pairs of students at work or talking to the whole group , I see my role as provoking thought and reflection , not as telling students what to think or do . |
| 37 | Such a definition is likely to be opaque at first reading , but what it essentially states is that communication consists of the " sender " intending to cause the " receiver " to think or do something , just by getting the " receiver " to recognize that the " sender " is trying to cause that thought or action . |
| 38 | Do you want to stay or do n't you ? |
| 39 | You do not have to give formal written notice that you are leaving , but it is important not to say or do anything which is inconsistent with pursuing a constructive dismissal claim . |
| 40 | I did not know what to say or do at this moment but just said ‘ Thy will be done ’ . |
| 41 | I did not know what to say or do . |
| 42 | I 'm up on a stage , with a play going on all round me , but no one 's given me a script and I do n't know what to say or do . |
| 43 | She was not strong enough to say or do anything . |
| 44 | He stood there blankly , not knowing what to say or do , remembering only the sound of her crying out in the darkness and how awful he had felt , alone , kneeling there on the dyke , impotent to act . |
| 45 | Somebody were sure to say or do suthen so you could have a good laugh . |
| 46 | You can appeal to them never to say or do things which they would be ashamed for you to know . ’ |
| 47 | Oh , she knew what was going through his head all right , and how careful she had to be not to say or do anything he might misinterpret . |
| 48 | Ca n't you see that if you were to say or do something that caused my father , for example , to die when he was still a little boy , then I should never get round to being born , should I ? ’ |
| 49 | The problem was she had no real idea of what she was going to say or do when she got to the château . |
| 50 | She was not going to say or do anything that would make John Major 's task more difficult : the Cabinet , here she indicated them with a sinuous wave of her hand , was the most brilliant since Herbert Asquith 's and , as for Central Office , and she looked directly at Sir Charles , who was mopping his brow , they were good men and true who strove mightily in the interests of the Party , and for precious little reward . |
| 51 | I did n't know what to say or do . |
| 52 | Ruth bit her lip and stared at him , not knowing what to say or do . |
| 53 | has anyone got any comment on that , do you think that it 's , a , a sensible thing to happen or do you think men ought to be infants ' teachers . |
| 54 | In many societies , the clothing , ornaments and tools belonging to an individual may be considered so integral to him or her that to touch or do harm to these inanimate objects is considered indistinguishable from taking the same action against the person . |
| 55 | Mr Mellor said : ‘ We found ourselves devoid of water and unable to bath or do anything . ’ |
| 56 | There was nothing Wilson could say or do . |
| 57 | There was nothing Penny could say or do to convince the angry farmer that she was n't an apple-thief . |
| 58 | Also , do n't think that it will put you into a trance or make you say or do stupid things . |
| 59 | I do n't know what the landlord will say or do when 'e finds out , ’ she wailed . |
| 60 | If he could convince her that nothing she could say or do would make him change his mind about Carrie , the way would be open for him to prove to Carrie he had enough love for the two of them . |