Example sentences of "or do [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They will say or do anything to hold onto it . ’ |
| 2 | Do we have the constituencies as were before the additional six seats or do we continue with the constituencies with the additional seats . |
| 3 | Do we think of the young literary man as choosing , in a sense , to be a student of literature and to turn his energies to nothing — except perhaps earning his bread — to nothing except fitting himself for the poems we are going to write , or do we think of poetry as in a sense the bi-product of a life seriously dedicated to other matters ? |
| 4 | When choosing say , a new fridge , do we worry about the power it uses compared with our existing model , or do we go for the one with the clever arrangement of shelves that gives plenty of room for the mineral water ? |
| 5 | As individuals are we willing to answer Jesus 's call to be disciples , to be bearers of the Good News or do we cling to our security and proclaim our poverty of spirit ? |
| 6 | Does it rankle and jar or do we feel at home with the sound ? |
| 7 | Now Alan , first of all er have we learned anything do you think over the years or do we seem to be getting worse ? |
| 8 | The advantages of using your own transport or having electricity available at the flick of a switch are obvious , but are the benefits of the chemical industry really recognised , or do we take for granted the improvements it has brought to our life-style ? |
| 9 | ‘ Do you wan na rock 'n' roll or do ya wan na throw shit ? ! ’ |
| 10 | Do , Aristotle asked , all the parts of the embryo come into existence together , or do they appear in succession ? |
| 11 | Is it , is it a long term thing , do people come for the day , or do they stay with you for months ? |
| 12 | Do these words refer to the actual expense incurred by the school in providing the benefit or do they refer to the hypothetical expense incurred by the school arrived at by the formula of dividing the total cost of running the school by the number of pupils attending it or to put it more shortly do they refer to the additional or the average cost of the provision of the benefit . |
| 13 | Are they even , or do they slope in some rooms ? |
| 14 | Do the different religions believe in the same god in different ways , or do they believe in different gods ? |
| 15 | But do they believe in the same god or do they believe in different gods ? |
| 16 | Do they conduct more extensive analysis and perhaps provide better solutions but risk dissipating energy to act , or do they focus on forceful implementation of a satisfactory solution ? |
| 17 | Now do you tell me the story you had from Lady Usk , or do I go to the old witch myself ? ’ |
| 18 | Where do you come from , Miss Telford — or do I appear to be inquisitive ? ’ |
| 19 | Do you sleep in shop doorways or do you go to a hostel so sometimes ? |
| 20 | And is that er , do you have one person that you allocate specific tasks or do you go on a daily basis . |
| 21 | Do you have a car or do you rely on public transport ? |
| 22 | Yes , if you , you do n't have , do you want to chart it up , or do you want to just feedback to the group ? |
| 23 | Bring your plates like that , or do you want like that ? |
| 24 | Yes that 's what I was gon na ask you do you arrive early morning or do you move in the Sunday night . |
| 25 | Do you remind them of Angela Williams , the first person to be prosecuted for smoking on the tube or of Paul Deiring , the first person to be jailed for smoking on the tube ( he could n't pay his £25 fine ) or do you make like Eric Butler , the Bernard Goetz of the Victoria Line , who , in 1987 , mocked and taunted by drunken youths , retaliated with a sword-stick and was punished in the courts for his efforts . |
| 26 | Do you know where I might find one , or do you know of anyone who makes good reproductions ? |
| 27 | It 's , it was , it was er er sheer coincidence that Beverley had been to Crete the year before and I said to Jackie we 've been to Yugoslavia four years , do you want , do you want a change or do you wan na go back to Yugoslavia , she said well I 'll , I 'll have a look , I said how about , how about going to the Greek islands for a change |
| 28 | Or do you wan na play Knap ? |
| 29 | I do n't think I 'll pie , you 're right put out mince pies we did n't win on the pools , I 've checked I 'll throw away the coupon or do you wan na see what you got ? |
| 30 | Or do you wan na lose the ground missiles again or they 're actually they do n't go very fast they 've got warheads on them . |