Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [coord] do [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Were you given the money or did you have to pay for that yourself ?
2 But I w I was wondering myself did the watchmen make up the story or did it come ?
3 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 .
4 The main fault I can find with the vehicle is the cab noise at speeds over 40 mph , ( it will only do 60mph ) I know the Land Rover was never meant for motorways but we plan on taking it on our holiday , is it normal for gearboxes to sound like they are going to fly out of the window or do I have a fault ?
5 So what do you , I mean do you get on alright with the management or do you feel that it 's mostly , is the management mostly male and do you feel that er there should maybe be a wee bit more representation for the women workers in management ?
6 Does ‘ the constitution ’ mean the make-up of the committee or does it mean the constitutionality of the committee ?
7 Do these words refer to the actual expense incurred by the school in providing the benefit or do they refer to the hypothetical expense incurred by the school arrived at by the formula of dividing the total cost of running the school by the number of pupils attending it or to put it more shortly do they refer to the additional or the average cost of the provision of the benefit .
8 Does she dive straight to the point or does she circle around , feeling for what she wants to say ?
9 Well er I went when I was when I went first went and do you know I went into the to the place and do you know I run away from the place .
10 Do they still own the name or do we have to change ours to The Screaming Yellow Cassettedecks ?
11 As a church are we willing to accept the rule of the Prince of Peace and the power of the resurrection or do we prefer to shut our doors to the pains of the poor and pretend they are not there Pause
12 Oh no there was a there was another man but he was a but queer like you know he was alright but he used to ring the bell and Did you hear the bell ringing on Sunday ?
13 And these take it down off the counter and do it like this , and I 'm getting more strength in my hands , now , because I 'm using them to do more .
14 His status , and salary , will be higher than that of a lowly assistant solicitor , but he makes no capital contributions to the firm nor does he have any right to a share in profits .
15 Did they have a , did they have a band or anything in the church or did they sing without music ?
16 Did you rehearse the music in the studio or did you learn the songs outside ?
17 So do we phone them once we get to the hotel or do they contact us ?
18 Were they completely off the cuff or did you have some idea of what you were going to do ?
19 Do you think that was an attitude to that was erm unique to nursing at the time or do you think erm that possibly girls in other walks of life had the same kind of experience of discipline and demands on them ?
20 No not really , no Could you of chosen erm where to have the house or did they have some , that had been left for that purpose ?
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