Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The assumption here is that ‘ when [ a driver ] happens to feel subjective risk or fear he often tends immediately to eliminate this feeling by certain behavioural changes ’ ( Summala , 1976 , p.239 ) , a major cause of accidents is thus that drivers have too high a ‘ subjective risk threshold ’ .
2 as far as the racking itself 's concerned has it erm affected the stability of the racking or has it just dented it I mean is do we need to do anything about it ?
3 Is this a sign of a tradition-conscious reappraisal of iconology in the town where it began , or has it more to do with the current emphasis of your Department ?
4 If you 're wanting to take er early retirement and erm you 're wanting enhancement say you retire at fifty nine and you want some enhancement , can you ask for enhancement sort of up to sixty five or has it only got to be up to sixty ?
5 But as for perceptual and emotional awareness , lacking which we would have no motive to bother about facts , without pleasure or hope it simply fades .
6 In reflecting on Basil as a person , I can only make comment as I knew him , over a dozen years or so and , during which time , I can not recall one unkind word or act he ever directed towards me .
7 If Lear was unhappy working on the Birds of Europe , Gould is unlikely to have been aware of it , or paid him much notice .
8 Neither of these reasons for creating assemblies at the district and provincial levels implied a desire to make them broadly representative or to give them much clout , but as the draft legislation passed through the upper reaches of the government keen reformers got their hands on it .
9 Therefore , questions put to the defendant such as ‘ Have you ever passed a Ministry of Transport test for this class of vehicle ? ’ and/or ‘ Do you hold or have you ever held a driving licence for this class of vehicle ? ’ should prove useful .
10 Or 'ave you just come into a bit of money ? ’
11 Do we need to correct them , or do we just leave them be .
12 I think for me , one of the main questions is how we enter into joint activity with the British Labour Movement , or do we just turn our backs on it and say we ca n't do it , they are too racist , they are too imperialist .
13 The only thing that occurs to me er er and now yo your veteran day from last year a a does any of that , how does you know , cos he does it , how does any of that sit with Rob or do we just say right well we do cos
14 ‘ Can you tell me when we can begin to teach the totally inexperienced , gauche young ladies you 've employed as receptionists , or do we just let them loose on our unsuspecting clients ? ’
15 Dr Goode said he trusted himself , and clearly he is a good doctor ; but can we always afford to trust , or do we thereby run the risk of taking a step down the road towards euthanasia , both voluntary and involuntary .
16 As individuals do we accept our responsibility to be peacemakers or do we passively allow aggression to be part of our lives ?
17 If the teacher imposes all the discipline , then will the pupils learn to access their own will , or do they simply bide their time until they leave school ?
18 Are the competing views purely academic debates , or do they also reflect wider social interests ?
19 Is it a covered building or do they just meet outside ?
20 Has it ever been , in your memory , postponed or cancelled , or do they just carry on regardless ?
21 Or do they just make more noise ?
22 Or do they just move on , looking for fresh fields and pastures new to flood ?
23 Do they just say bad things , or do they just say good things ?
24 erm , and to use a word that would be used in other areas , retraining goes on , amongst the judiciary or do they just get to this pinnacle , and then hold it against all comers , until they choose to retire , I mean , in any other , er , job where you have a peculiar expertise , like that , you would be expected to update yourself , to keep up with the trends , you would be sent away to conferences , and retraining courses .
25 Surely they 've been for the last four years and they must or do they just keep it at eighty one then they go to ninety ?
26 What is , what is happening at the moment is although they ca n't afford the money for the full , for the full treatment they are making an allocation of money to improve matters round , round that area , which will be er , cos I , I told them that some of the pensioners were , w walking round by the bankment , it 's pouring of rain , which is perfectly true and that er the engineer should go round and see for himself and plus the fact how many of these people ever travel by bus , or do they always go by car , no , and also I brought up about bus shelters and all those sort of things , but any way , there will be some improvements for the bus station in the future .
27 Or do they merely invite us to count and compare our scars ?
28 Or do they now insist on taking over the Government ? ’
29 Will this also drive the protein skimmer , or do I also need a small powerhead ( Rena C20 ) as in the instructions ?
30 ‘ Well , are you going to ask me questions or do I just start off ? ’
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