Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So assertive is just being clear in what you want being prepared to keep going until you 've got something along those lines rather than letting people dismiss you or make you feel as though they 've dismissed you and your point not being considered i.e. your point not being heard or going away feeling that your point you did n't have a fair crack because you did n't give your point properly . |
| 2 | Also , do n't think that it will put you into a trance or make you say or do stupid things . |
| 3 | Reading Alison and Freya 's stories may worry you , puzzle you , or make you wonder whether your feelings about your body , or constant dieting or guilt over food , makes you obsessive , or verging on an eating disorder . |
| 4 | Could one promote his buried awareness into a skill of giving matter-of-fact recognition to a child 's potential , of giving a child hope about himself , instead of confirming his negative stance by showing surprise at occasional good work or using it to prove that Dave ‘ could do better if he tried ’ ( as we so easily exhort when we are exasperated , and as the group seemed to be doing with Mr E ) ? |
| 5 | Yes please I think I will ask her or suggest we meet or something . |
| 6 | Or let him acknowledge that while it is rational doubt for him as a liberal humanist to criticize the Buddhist , the Marxist or the Christian , it might equally be a rational doubt for the Marxist to criticize him as a humanist . |
| 7 | They 're probably going to buy up all our land and evacuate us to the south , or let us stay and employ us all as beaters . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Leave me now , or let us fight until one of us is dead . |
| 9 | This evidence can then be used to modify the contract or allow it to terminate and not to offer renewal . |
| 10 | I am not alleging that they are mechanically unsafe , but when people go to parties or dances they find that some of the buses are not clean and up to the standard that they had come to expect when buses were under local authority control . |
| 11 | Not that terrible assertion of the self , of what the self sees or imagines it sees or just sees in imagination . |
| 12 | And so sudden , the breakdown , the feelable absence of all agreement , of all consensus — except for that money-hate or anger you get when cities wedge their rich and poor as close as two faces of a knife … |
| 13 | It takes a great deal of sensitivity to provide activities which stimulate the patient 's interest , without exhausting him or making him frustrated if he can not achieve what he wants or what you hope for . |
| 14 | Or do they suggest that laws are followed because of the fear of being caught and punished — indicating the influence of formal control mechanisms ? |
| 15 | Do signers have a clear idea of the separateness of different sign languages , or do they feel and act as if they are all basically the same thing ? |
| 16 | Or do they admit that the Rural Scheme is simply a rate-paid organisation to amuse well-educated people in their years of retirement . |
| 17 | One must ask whether the University is aware that such a thing is possible , or do they know that such contacts are sought in order that a class should appear without any justification . |
| 18 | One researcher asks the following question : ‘ When the hero guns down the villain , do children really learn that a crime does not pay ’ or do they learn that it is good to kill –bad people ’ ? ’ |
| 19 | Irina asked , ‘ Or do they look like you ? ’ |
| 20 | Or do they say that , because the police behaved badly , the confession is , as a result , unreliable or unfair and it should not therefore be entered in evidence ? |
| 21 | Have you never seen a Welshman eating his dinner , or do you think that I am going bomb-happy ? ’ |
| 22 | DO YOU LIKE TO BUY EXPENSIVE HAIR AND COSMETIC ITEMS OR DO YOU THINK THAT CHEAPIES ARE JUST AS GOOD ? : |
| 23 | Or do you think that you may be the only ones ? |
| 24 | Do you think you have a few views in common with your workmates or do you think that when you 're talking things come out that you kind of like minded about things , maybe because of the job you 're doing , and the place you work in , you know like maybe like politics or something , |
| 25 | Do you think that your discovery is enhanced , if the new knowledge can be used for good of mankind , or do you think that acquiring new knowledge is just enough on it 's own . |
| 26 | Do you think , for example , in Germany , in the nineteen-thirties , there was just an evil genius , Hitler , who managed to carry all before him , or do you think that the , the people as a whole were ready to be persuaded along those particular lines ? |
| 27 | And we 'll drop in on the way home to watch a few election results or do you think if I start having a party tomorrow night it 's gon na get out of hand ? |
| 28 | When you say the County Council is committed to the northern or the outer relief road route , do you mean committed or do you mean that that is their preferred option . |
| 29 | Do you eat when it is a certain time , or do you eat when you are hungry ? |
| 30 | Or do you feel that there 's nothing really interesting about him ? ’ |