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 ? |