Example sentences of "do [pers pn] [verb] [that] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ D' you imagine that some day someone will invent a gramophone that will play a record with a whole opera on one side , so that we could put the prelude on with the soup and have the finale with our cheese without having to get up ? ’ |
| 2 | Nor do I accept that such feelings are a sign of weakness , provided that they are accompanied by an inner toughness where necessary and justified . ’ |
| 3 | Nor do I believe that private sector training is the answer . |
| 4 | Why are they so special to me , these two , why do I remember that one kiss out of all the other romances I knew about there in that place on that particular Friday evening , why do I remember it , do I actually remember it all or just want to ? |
| 5 | How do I know that that bath towel needs washing ? |
| 6 | Well how do I know that this computer does not have a theory of the external world ? |
| 7 | Little for that matter did I believe that this experience was to be the start of a whole new direction in my life , the lessons of which I have attempted to set out in this book . |
| 8 | Did you know that traditional Lloyd Loom furniture is made from paper twisted around fine steel , which is then woven into the finished product ? |
| 9 | ‘ Did you know that those Yugoslavians who came into your hands had very good reasons to fear for terror ? ’ |
| 10 | For a moment he said nothing , then asked quietly , ‘ Did you know that old shop 's to let again ? |
| 11 | Did you know that any number doubled is even ? |
| 12 | Thermal underwear may be a multi-million pound industry , but did you know that any article of clothing can be called thermal ? |
| 13 | Did you know that human beings also raise their eyebrows when they greet each other as a signal of friendship to people they know ? |
| 14 | How do you ensure that those children who are watching are actively engaged in the " performance " , and not simply whispering about the scene they have prepared ? |
| 15 | Do you mean that old Hector 's been poaching salmon again ? |
| 16 | About two thirds of the men but less than half of the women answered " yes " to the question , " Do you think that young men should have some sexual experience before marriage ? " — a slightly larger figure than that of those claiming such experience — while a quarter of the men and half of the women replied , " no " . |
| 17 | Do you think that other people consider you boring ? |
| 18 | ‘ Do you think , ’ Miss Violet said , leaning forward excitedly , ‘ do you think , Signora Romagnoli , do you think that one day I might meet Mrs Browning in this house ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Do you think that all children 's books ought to have funny bits in them ? ’ |
| 20 | Do you think that all policy must be established on the basis of worst case scenarios ? |
| 21 | I mean did you , do you think that that kind of feeling that kind of solidarity spread beyond er if there was any news filtering through about another engineering factory in dispute or whatever ? |
| 22 | Do you think that each lot really wants to be the other lot ? |
| 23 | Why do you think that direct file organization is less used than some other file organization techniques ? |
| 24 | Where do you think that more money needs to be spent ? erm well , the government are in the process of launching a massive new initiative called Care in the Community erm I 'm afraid a lot of people working in my neck of the woods find this rather well not amusing , but erm it 's slightly hysterically amusing , because the amount of money that would be needed to fund the projects that are identified as being necessary is enormous , and the government is in no way going to be putting up that sort of funds erm so it comes down to money , and particularly in this community care area . |
| 25 | Do you think that these women can actually have children ? |
| 26 | Why do you think that these girls come to London , in the first place ? |
| 27 | ‘ Do you think that this jumper really goes with this skirt ? ’ |
| 28 | Do you think that this sort of attitude is probably true today , that the kind of things we learn about child rearing are not the things we put into practise when we actually have children to bring up ourselves ? |
| 29 | Do you think that this tragedy says anything about the problem of male violence towards women ? ’ |
| 30 | In what ways do you think that daily life was more pleasant in the time before this migration to the towns than it was afterwards ? |