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dare you sir come
How dare you, sir, come up before me and ask me to make an order!
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

do you say CLEINIAS
What do you say? CLEINIAS: I assent.
— from Laws by Plato

do you see Cosette
Yes, that is how it should be, do you see, Cosette?
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Do you smoke cigars
What matches?" "Do you smoke cigars?"
— from Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Did you so cried
“I saw him pass by an hour ago,” “Did you so?” cried Strap, rubbing his hands, “Odd!
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

do you say Cesario
What do you say, Cesario?—Good my lord,— VIOLA.
— from Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will by William Shakespeare

do you see count
“Oh!” cried Aramis, “do you see, count?”
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

do you still cry
and do you still cry: where, and how, & wherfore?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

down your slate Charles
“Put down your slate, Charles, and come to me.”
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

dream you see cattle
—To dream you see cattle feeding, denotes great prosperity and unexpected success; to a lover it foretells a happy marriage, with many children, and to a man it shows that his wife will receive some unexpected legacy.
— from The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller Embracing full and correct rules of divination concerning dreams and visions, foretelling of future events, their scientific application to physiognomy, palmistry, moles, cards, &c.; together with the application and observance of talismen charms, spells and incantations. by A. H. Noe

do you suppose could
Who do you suppose could have got it for me?"
— from Elizabeth, Her Folks by Barbara Kay

do you suppose could
"What do you suppose could happen?" asked Mrs. Martin.
— from The Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch; Or, Little Folks on Ponyback by Howard Roger Garis

do you say Cynthia
“What do you say, Cynthia?”
— from The Landlord at Lion's Head — Complete by William Dean Howells

did you say cher
she exclaimed; “bacon hams did you say, cher Capitaine?
— from The Quadroon: Adventures in the Far West by Mayne Reid

do you suppose could
How many do you suppose could hold them up?
— from If Winter Comes by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson

de Yankee sojers come
When dey didn't let dem go in March, de Yankee sojers come in June and make dem let us go.
— from Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration

doubt your story cried
“I beg your pardon, sir, I’m sure, for appearing to doubt your story,” cried the skipper, stretching forward his hand, which the other eagerly grasped.
— from The Ghost Ship: A Mystery of the Sea by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson


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