Example sentences of "do [pron] [verb] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Many people get it into their minds that it is a serious condition and restrictions on sexual activity , the forbidding of alcohol , and prolonged treatment do nothing to dispel this mistaken belief .
2 How do I arrange all these materials ?
3 ‘ Why do I carry all this junk everywhere ? ’
4 I hiss and spit : ‘ And to what do I owe this dubious honour ? ’
5 ‘ To what do I owe this new attack on my character ? ’
6 He said , what do I want another bloody car for !
7 I am writing a lot in my diary in mid and late May , but nowhere do I make any direct mention of the 13th .
8 Why do I drink all that beer ?
9 How do I stop this bloody nonsense ? ’
10 Nowhere in my diary do I mention this physical discomfort , and even now I ca n't remember it as amounting to pain , although I do remember the school doctor drawing the matron 's attention to the extensive bruising on the softer parts of my body .
11 Why do I need all this detail ?
12 Do I have that other drink or not ? ’
13 Do I have any additional qualities which would make me suitable ?
14 Do I have any other experience which might be helpful ?
15 Do I have any other qualifications which might be an advantage ?
16 I do not play golf , nor do I have any particular interest in the sport , so there was nothing I could teach Peter in the practical sense .
17 Now these , why do I call these special people , for the first thing we 're just coming out of a recession they s
18 Hunter ended his description with a comment on Maria and a hint as to his charges to Martin Van Butchell : ‘ This body … yet promises exceedingly well , nor do I see any great improvement to be made ; a number of experiments must be made before I embalm any other body , such as finding the exact proportion of moisture Paris Plaister will take up etc. but at present I know of no other Process at all useful and considering the trouble you must have during all these Processes now laid down , you ought not to undertake it under 100 Guineas . ’
19 Bartram s query regarding Kalm s American observations was dealt with : Miller had not seen whether Linnaeus had included them in his Species of plants , but mentioned that Kalm had published them himself ; ‘ in the Swedish language ; but as I do not understand it , so I have not been curious enough to send for the book , nor do I hear any good character of it . ’
20 The event was not much talked about in the family ; it was too dreadful ; and I do n't suppose for a moment that Aunt Kate , then living abroad , would have wondered whether she , herself , might not have played a part in the sequence of events ; nor do I remember any such theory ever having been put forward or even thought of at the time .
21 Mm , do n't know , do I know any little girls ?
22 ‘ And where do you suppose this lost material to be ?
23 Do you suppose any wild natives live in those jungles ? ’
24 Do you reckon all this traffic is from that match ?
25 And tell me , do you give that little speech to all the women you make love with ? ’
26 How do you do that Scottish accent ? ’
27 Where do you carry that damned candle you always leave at your crimes ? ’
28 What do you fee , as a person do you feel in do you feel any different living here to elsewhere ?
29 ‘ When do you start this weird co-operation with Washington and Moscow ? ’ she demanded in her direct manner .
30 No , no , no , no you 've got fractions here look , erm now how do you change all those fractions into decimal fractions , what do you do ?
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