Example sentences of "[verb] we really [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think an example which came up in the Health and Environmental Protection Committee recently , did we really want an AIDS Advice Officer ? |
| 2 | ‘ Good God , ’ he muttered , ‘ did we really send men to fight in that ? ’ |
| 3 | Did we really meet just over a month ago ? |
| 4 | I would say , ‘ Exploited and humiliated brothers of the West , did we really gain anything by placing the struggle against our just grievances in the hands of a merciless and megalomaniac Georgian with a moustache ? ’ |
| 5 | Yes but when the microphone 's there do we really talk like in everyday conversations ? |
| 6 | Yeah Do we really pay this poll tax ? |
| 7 | Do we really care about the view . |
| 8 | Nor , in fact , do we really care , for as an American commented later , it does n't really matter . |
| 9 | So that 's what privatization is about and how do we stop the privatization how do we really represent the members by attacking the legislation that prevents us from acting in a spontaneous manner , which will assist our members in their hour of need . |
| 10 | I 'd still go out and do the same tomorrow , but it makes you wonder why do we really bother because we 're not getting the backing we need . |
| 11 | Do we really want to say that all we ever learn we knew before — even if we are saying this in some technical ‘ computational ’ sense ? |
| 12 | At the very least , the exhibition provides food for thought : as the 21st century nears , do we really want architecture that looks as if it was built in the 18th ? |
| 13 | ‘ Do we really want him on trial and talking about his past secret relationships ? ’ |
| 14 | His audience of around 300 loved it , shouting ‘ No ! ’ with gusto after each of Mr Major 's ‘ Do we really want … ? ’ questions and feigning hysterical laughter at his put downs to the hecklers . |
| 15 | Do we really want all these cars and all these journeys , polluting the air we breathe , creating endless noise and accidents , as well as eating up energy ? |
| 16 | Do we really want to go down in history as the generation which sold for a mess of pottage the finest British companies , which have successfully built brand names and franchises of high repute over a century or more … ? |
| 17 | We already have a global population problem : do we really want to exacerbate it ? |
| 18 | Further , we must ask ourselves , do we really want total honesty in communication ? |
| 19 | Do we really want nature to be so comprehensively at our back and call ? |
| 20 | ‘ Do we really want nature to be so comprehensively at our beck and call ? |
| 21 | ‘ Do we really want to go to this bash ? ’ |
| 22 | Do we really want to see our flag waving from garages , second-hand car dealers and road-side cafes 365 days a year , as in America ? |
| 23 | Do we really want to develop trade with a country whose Government sanctions the murderous fatwa placed upon the shoulders of Salman Rushdie ? |
| 24 | Do we really want a system in which a couple — |
| 25 | Do we really want our dreams to come true ? |
| 26 | Consider the implications of : Do we really want to know who put up the poster ? |
| 27 | Chair , we have through this , what we 've actually s what you 're actually saying there , because I , I happen to be of the view that when you ask for identification of five percent across all the committees and then you start to take that quite happily from the smaller spend committee , then clearly you 're in a position where you have to address the er , question , do we really want to provide this service at all , and that would be tragic in the case of economic development , because it 's so vital to the erm , economic development of the county as a whole , and so , yes , there , I would suggest that there 's clearly the need to be a corporate view , and a corporate er , er , will to actually put up resources at your disposal , er , er , especially since five B was n't actually , although it was it had n't actually been granted , so it was a bit of an unknown quantity when perhaps the first P A G erm , sat and deliberated . |
| 28 | Do we really want all that lot ( Campbell-Kelly 1993 : 266 ) ? |
| 29 | Do we really want the Gaelic programme fund spent on copies of Scots-English programmes ? |
| 30 | Do we really want our daughters to become latter-day Amazons ? |