Example sentences of "do [adv] [pron] [vb infin] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this new period brought with it a phase of Spenglerian pessimism after the long years of Victorian optimism , Toynbee did not himself assume that the West was in decline as such , but rather that paradoxically the globalization of Western civilization was being accompanied by a self-consciousness of its own cultural relativization , a process to which Toynbee 's own equally totalizing and relativizing history was designed to contribute . |
| 2 | It is not enough for the defendant to show that he was aware of the contents of what he was distributing or publishing , but did not himself think that it was insulting if the jury or magistrate should come to the conclusion that he suspected or had grounds to suspect otherwise . |
| 3 | I do not myself think that this alternative is correct , but it would be worth putting forward in court . |
| 4 | We have already noted the differences between the UK 's output per head and its unemployment and those of other countries , but such league tables do not themselves imply that there is any connection between the UK economy and global forces . |
| 5 | That may seem perverse , given what we have just said about the current scene , especially since we do not ourselves believe that states are the only important actors in international relations . |
| 6 | Did n't we notice that her voice really was n't that strong when it went right up to the top storey ? |
| 7 | We went to breakfast and Mark Cox was sitting there and he asked us ‘ Did n't we know that there was coup in Russia ? ’ and he told us everything . |
| 8 | Did n't , did n't they mean that as in a period of time they 'd been stuck in the Ark . |
| 9 | Did n't they realise that mountaineering was a serious business ? |
| 10 | ‘ Did n't you realise that after five years it is n't possible to claim on someone 's estate ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Did n't you mention that someone had asked to see me ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Someone was supposed to have come up to me and said , ‘ Did n't you know that there are many starving people in Ethiopia ? ’ to which I 'm supposed to have said , ‘ Yeah . |
| 13 | Did n't you know that these were not originally invented to wind yarn on to ? |
| 14 | Did n't you know that everything you learn , and everything you suffer , will come in useful at some time in your life ? " |
| 15 | ‘ Did n't you know that Venus holds sway over both of us ? |
| 16 | The other thing that 's annoying about that is it then forces you into a completely useless small conversation such as : is that so-and-so ? and they say ‘ yes ’ , and you then feel like , they say ‘ yes ’ , as much as to say ‘ Well , why did n't you know that anyway ’ , and then you feel like saying , ‘ Well why did n't you say so ! ’ and you start off on the wrong foot . |
| 17 | ‘ Did n't you write that awfully clever play The Rate-payer ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Anne , ’ Christine said eagerly to the surprised Anne , ‘ did n't you say that your daddy could n't get enough mistletoe to sell this Christmas ? ’ |
| 19 | Did n't you say that he 'd expect you to tidy your bedroom every day before you went to school and at night before you went to bed , that everything had to be perfectly in place ? |
| 20 | Did n't you say that those youths who got their friend drunk the other Saturday were not the kind of visitors you liked here ? ’ |
| 21 | Now Edna said , did n't you say that the all the sideboards coming . |
| 22 | ‘ Did n't I mention that I had a bullet-proof skull ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Did n't I say that letting them learn to read was a bad idea ? |
| 24 | Did n't she realise that he saw through every trick she used . |
| 25 | Did n't she say that the college was , they were paying the college to ? |
| 26 | And she had asked him what would have happened to her if she had not had these good friends who had come to her aid and given her shelter , and when , in the form of an excuse , his answer had been , did n't she realize that he was distracted ? she had come back with , did n't he realize he had almost killed a man , that he was lucky he was n't in gaol now answering a charge of murder ? |
| 27 | ‘ Did n't she understand that it might look like she had bought him off with bribery ? ’ the leader asked . |
| 28 | Did n't he know that flight of ideas was one of the cardinal signs of schizophrenia ? ’ |
| 29 | Did n't he know that millions of women worked ? |
| 30 | How perceptive he is , but did n't he know that the BBC had already produced it about two years ago with Frank Finlay and Miriam Karlin ? |