Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he was a famous , rich , literary-establishment figure living in Antibes or somewhere they would all realize it . |
| 2 | Caught four fish I think it 's West Clandon or somewhere it 's in Surrey it 's where his Dad 's got he takes out his annual |
| 3 | If all Preston 's childhood friends had lined up against a wall , as when they were waiting to be picked for football , Preston would most likely have left William to pretty near the end and then put him at left back , or somewhere he would do the least damage to his own side . |
| 4 | ’ There was even some guy in Minnesota or Detroit or somewhere who killed a load of people and they started to call them the Lost Boy Murders , but I did n't take too much notice of it all . |
| 5 | Mentally or instinctively he is looking for the pattern and his antennae are an outward expression of that inward instinct . |
| 6 | One of the defining characteristics of a public good is non-eccludability : once the benefit is produced , it is accessible to everyone , however much or little they contributed to the result . |
| 7 | When the beak could hold no more , they disappeared into the depths of a thicket where presumably they had a well-hidden nest of young . |
| 8 | The difference in the popular vote was less dramatic : for the CPP , 398 141 ( plus five uncontested seats , where presumably they could have had a landslide ) ; for the combined opposition , 299 116 votes . |
| 9 | His brother was interned , his mother was told to move inland , away from the coast — where presumably it was thought she might signal to enemy U-boats , and Mauro himself , although a child , was not allowed to leave Easington without a permit . |
| 10 | How well or badly they function . |
| 11 | I had no idea what life with a baby would be like and no idea how well or badly I would I would cope . |
| 12 | Frequently we stopped , turned and went back for another try to the left or right Our order did not change , with Odd-Knut out in front , then Tony and Nathan , and me bringing the line to an end . |
| 13 | And they continued to discuss the personality of Lady Henrietta , or rather her apparent lack of personality , for some time , until Alix , almost as an afterthought , got round to enquiring how Liz was taking it . |
| 14 | The olive colouring of her skin was back in full bloom , and though she was wearing little or no make-up , her lips , or rather her mouth , which , with her nose , was the most notable part of her features , was bright red . |
| 15 | She was fed up with her life in London , a whirlwind of social engagements which recently had seemed unbearably shallow , and more to the point she needed time to put her engagement to Jonathan , or rather her decision to break it off , into perspective . |
| 16 | Or rather her birthday present ! |
| 17 | Besides , Hugh 's presence in her life — or rather her pretence at his continued existence — was a pawn in her game , the game of survival . |
| 18 | Rayleen helped too , or rather her uniform did , giving us a pseudo-official status which meant we could jump the queue . |
| 19 | Why did she feel like a raw beginner in medical school , having to explain her actions , or rather her lack of them , to a senior ? |
| 20 | They grant also what is called a divorce a mensa et thoro , or rather what we should call a judicial separation , i.e. they release the parties from the duty of living together on grounds of cruelty or misconduct ; but a divorce in the modern sense , which allows the parties to marry again , is not recognized by the medieval church in the case of any marriage which is originally valid . |
| 21 | Before some of you scoff at the obscurity of such a subject , let me tell you what the preacher meant ( or rather what I think the preacher meant ) by it . |
| 22 | The aircraft had a peculiar motion , rather like a small boat in a heavy ocean swell , or rather what I imagined that must feel like , never having been out on the open sea in a small boat . |
| 23 | Who — or rather what — says so is a very large and growing body of evidence produced from medical research conducted by leading doctors and scientists of the Western world : experts whose reputation is beyond question and who have no cash benefit to gain from their findings . |
| 24 | Nurseries , or rather what we used to call Market Gardens , where strawberries , soft fruit and vegetables are grown , are able to rest areas between crops and take full advantage of the scratching hen , who manures evenly as she works . |
| 25 | Inside , she asked : ‘ What are you going — or rather what are we going — to do now ? ’ |
| 26 | In other words , what is seen , or rather what is believed to be seen , as numerically distinct , need not be numerically distinct in reality . |
| 27 | ‘ But , as I recollect it , I — or rather we — escorted you to your room that night , not you to ours . |
| 28 | ‘ The reason for this is just that in these matters custom makes us reason and judge so quickly , or rather we recall the judgments previously made about similar things ; and thus we fail to distinguish the difference between these operations and a simple sense perception ’ . |
| 29 | We are sorry to be negative but , quite simply , we just do n't trust you , or rather we do n't think that you yet trust yourself to know exactly what 4oz ( 115g ) of lean meat , 6oz ( 170g ) of fish , 2oz ( 55g ) of carrots , or 4oz ( 115g ) peas really look like . |
| 30 | The Gorengs ' effects made the sea-passage with us ; or rather we made the passage with the effects , for that was the whole idea . |