Example sentences of "do [pron] [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , I write , as well as this diary , some of my new novel ( a killer , this one , dealing as it does with post-Holocaust survivors ' guilt ; why do I set myself these agonies ? ) and start pinch-hitting for Gloria Hunniford on Radio Two . |
| 2 | ‘ Why do I tell you all this , when you yourselves know what poverty is and what starvation is and what a lack of cash is about ? ’ |
| 3 | Why do I tell you all this ? |
| 4 | ‘ Why do I tell you this ? ’ he was saying confidently . |
| 5 | Why do I tell you this ? |
| 6 | Do I owe you some money ? |
| 7 | Oh , do I owe you any money ? |
| 8 | How do I give her that sense ? |
| 9 | Do I offer her some piece of information in return ? |
| 10 | Goodman ( 1970 , p.36 ) says that ‘ The reader asks himself not only ‘ Do I understand what this means ? ’ but ‘ Do I buy it ? ’ ’ |
| 11 | Do you arrange it all , then ? |
| 12 | Do you do it all yourself , or do you get people to help you ? |
| 13 | ‘ Do you do your own self-examinations ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ So why do you tell me all this now ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Anyway , Daddy , why do you tell me that ? |
| 16 | Why do you tell me those things ? |
| 17 | Do you tell them that smoking is banned on the Underground ? |
| 18 | What you say basically to somebody is , right , what do you want them this height or that height ? |
| 19 | Nails jerked his head to indicate that Hoomey should come in , as Stalin was yelling from the back , ‘ Shut the bloody door or do you want us all blown up the chimney ? ’ |
| 20 | Do you want us both to be haunted forever by the past ? |
| 21 | You know we were asked , Do you want your own bank account really and we decided er democratically that we 'd have the one bank account really for make sure the D H S S did n't start snooping really and you know er that 's worked very well I mean certainly the men very much tell us everything that 's going on and erm well you know I do n't think there 's any conflict of erm I do n't know you know it 's it 's difficult I suppose it 's amazing really the way it does work you know and that er you know but it 's quite loose really because it 's er that 's in a way the way one of it 's successes probably you know that 's it 's not a very structured I mean probably the lodge is more structured I mean men are used to their lodge meetings are n't they you know ? |
| 22 | Do you want anything any time or should |
| 23 | What do you want it that big for ? |
| 24 | Do you want it all ? |
| 25 | Why do you show me this picture ? ’ |
| 26 | Do you eat it all ? |
| 27 | A new cooker or whatever can be a tremendous boon and investment but before you go out and spend money ask yourself questions about the way you live : is the pace hectic or leisurely ? how many and what sort of meals do you have to provide ? are you far from a good supermarket or freezer centre ? how much time do you have for shopping ? are you out at work all day ? do you grow your own vegetables ? how often do you entertain ? can you spend time on cooking and food preparation or is it always meals in a hurry ? |
| 28 | And do you think they all came from the same kind of background as yourself or were they more working people ? |
| 29 | Do you think that the social function comes before the formal function , or do you think they both go together ? |
| 30 | Do you think that the social function comes before the formal function , or do you think they both go together ? |