Example sentences of "[conj] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | DO N'T CASTRATE TOO SOON , & DO N'T CASTRATE THE WRONG DOG ! |
| 2 | They were used to heavy work as they had to run the crofts & do all the work themselves when their husbands were away on the boats . |
| 3 | They do n't come for the fifty P's now do they ? |
| 4 | Kapuscinski generalises : ‘ the degree of consciousness that drives one to demand justice or do something about obtaining it has n't yet been reached . ’ |
| 5 | A high point in the novel is the altercation and huff with Gavin and his mates which precedes this : about the long holidays teachers get , or do n't get , about the homework they withhold , and about the rights of weans — children — and the rights of parents . |
| 6 | You may well be asked to sing something unaccompanied , or do a short improvisation and you may well be asked to perform one of the speeches in a different way . |
| 7 | Are you saying that this combination of vocal and physical training stems from the demands of the classical play , like Richard III , or do you think a different approach is needed for the modern writer ? |
| 8 | ‘ Do we ask Sir John to restrain the soldiers — which he can not do — or do we bind him not to pursue or hound us for this action ? |
| 9 | ‘ Or do you say No ? ’ |
| 10 | Even if the majority of exercises employed are basically the same , the results will vary according to whether you work hard for short periods or do easier work for a longer stretch . |
| 11 | Or do they play only a minor role which nevertheless gives a vital clue to the unfolding of the plot ? |
| 12 | No , forget the history in guidebooks completely , leave history to the writers of climbing epics where no one cares if the facts are bent to make a good story — or do they ? |
| 13 | Do you want to talk about disarmament or do you want to help those in the White House and in the Kremlin who are really trying to do something effective about it ? ’ |
| 14 | Or do you ? |
| 15 | Have you never seen a Welshman eating his dinner , or do you think that I am going bomb-happy ? ’ |
| 16 | Or do policemen in the Highlands now drink cocoa at breakfast ? |
| 17 | Even if the equation could be established , the beneficiaries are not the same or do not see themselves as the same : the patients paying two shillings for their bottles of medicine do not identify themselves with the patients admitted to hospital sooner or treated more efficiently . |
| 18 | Do you hold a wet finger up to the wind and say that 's it or do you calculate what it is ? |
| 19 | One English girl of nine asked me ‘ Coloured people believe in our God , but do you Indians believe in him or do you have a God of your own ? ’ |
| 20 | .. Then there swam pleasantly into her muddled mind the recollection that Jerome would never have anything to say about anything again , never drive at eighty-five or pick on Nora or do those other terrible and humiliating things . |
| 21 | Do individuals lose all sense of time and become erratic , or do they maintain a rhythmicity in their lifestyle and bodily functions ? |
| 22 | ‘ And please do n't tell me what I know or do n't know . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Are you just being polite , now , or do you mean that ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Sovereignty is not something that you either have or do not have , like a family heirloom which you take out and dust every now and then to make sure that it is still in your possession and still intact , ’ Sir Leon said . |
| 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 | ‘ Whatever we do or do n't do , our children will have to live with . ’ |
| 27 | THE computers that most companies want do not beat grandmasters at chess , attempt to predict the weather , or do scientists out of a job . |
| 28 | And since high fliers can also start their own firms or do a management buy-out , boardroom pay has to offer some of the rewards of entrepreneurship . |
| 29 | But there could be more trouble if the king does not open up the political system or do something about the great disparities of wealth . |
| 30 | At least one high-readiness multinational corps is expected to be a rapid-deployment force that could be sent from central Europe to keep the peace or do battle elsewhere . |