Example sentences of "[coord] do [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | Or do we phase that out , too ? ’ |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | ‘ Do you expect God to hold back the tide for us to float here all day , then , or do we turn in to Duart ? ’ |
| 7 | When we negotiate our pay-rises , are we motivated by ‘ envy ’ , or do we cooperate to maximize our real income ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | 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 ’ ? |
| 11 | Or do we use stealth to obtain it ? |
| 12 | Do they still own the name or do we have to change ours to The Screaming Yellow Cassettedecks ? |
| 13 | Does it rankle and jar or do we feel at home with the sound ? |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | or do we print the whole lot . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Or do we want to call it something different ? |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | Or do we have to look to more concrete and historically specific forms of mediation to explain the racialization of envy and desire ? |
| 21 | Is it to be tonight , or do we wait ? ’ |
| 22 | Or do we ? |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 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 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 26 | Erm about income tax are they all taxed at source or do we have to do that separately . |
| 27 | Or do we want them really to understand what they 're doing first presumably . |
| 28 | ‘ Or do we need to set something up ? |
| 29 | Do we chase the free range hens and find the eggs as best we can or do we put the hens into a battery ? |
| 30 | Or do we ? |