Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] they " 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 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 .
3 How well or badly they function .
4 The boats are there to serve Lappish communities , or rather they were there .
5 Now they are two a penny — or rather they were until 1990 .
6 Governments come and governments go ( or rather they do n't ) , pop idols streak through the firmament and disappear , but there is one constant in a topsy-turvy world , the beacon of truth and clarity that is the NME .
7 Or rather they seemed to be . ’
8 Or rather they can tell you that ‘ previous assumptions on the dark nature of this pigment can no longer be considered entirely operative ; indeed , we may be in total reversal scenario here , which is in line with expectations . ’
9 Or rather they did .
10 Or rather they 've given our county councillors a bloody nose by throwing them out , and the councillors are taking it out on us .
11 Or rather they would be if they had a side of slightly more than average demeanour .
12 The standard wines from the estate are not to be sniffed at — or rather they repay careful nosing , especially the unusually ripe but fresh and balanced Pinot Blanc ( £5.49 ) , and the highly perfumed Muscat ( £6.99 ) .
13 Some of my former colleagues would agree that my recent work is unhistorical but on the contrary condemn it for this — or rather they would condemn it did they not resort to the easier course of dismissing it as the gutterings of a senile mind .
14 ‘ That was my business partner Paul ; he and his wife are here — or rather they 're almost here — they 're stuck on the wrong side of your jeep .
15 The fact is that for most children maths has been taught badly or rather they have learnt it badly for one reason or another , so there is a need for , for an improvement or a change , so the idea that if children can understand something this will help them to remember it or to make it more real to them , this does seem to be a shift over the last generation .
16 Thoughts of a family scandal crossed her confused mind until she heard us — or rather them — talking fluent French .
17 Rightly or wrongly they may feel unwilling or unable to adapt .
18 ‘ Should we feed it , her or perhaps them ? ’
19 But times have changed and chefs may not be able to get away with overcharging for simple dishes using relatively inexpensive ingredients for much longer … or perhaps they will .
20 Perhaps people realise that in England these women are ultimately powerless , so they feel there is no point in helping them , or perhaps they think that the sons are to a certain extent justified , or may be it is just a matter of people not having the time or energy to do anything about it .
21 Or perhaps they sort through the plastic bag of pubic hairs they keep specially to place on the side of your bath before you check in ?
22 Or perhaps they did n't actually do any work at all .
23 I think they sensed in me a possible convert to their beliefs , merely because I was curious , or perhaps they genuinely liked me — I do n't know .
24 Somehow I must have missed the original LPs ( or perhaps they were never released this side of the Atlantic ) , but here are Jean-Pierre Rampal , Isaac Stern , Yo-Yo Ma mixing it up with Japanese instrumentalists , playing traditional oriental music alongside pieces by Yamada , Miyagi , and Yoshizawa , amongst others .
25 Archosaurs , the forerunners of dinosaurs , also probably lost heat through their surface skin , or perhaps they had air sacs beneath the skin to effect further cooling , and which also may have made them lighter on their feet .
26 But manufacturers can sometimes move the goal posts to suit their own ends — or perhaps they were oblivious to them from the start .
27 Or perhaps they were still wandering in that long stretch of country which lay between New York and the State of Wisconsin ?
28 Some were psychological ; or perhaps they all were .
29 Or perhaps they do , for the beast does swerve aside , though this could be only chance .
30 Or perhaps they 're attracted by New York State 's international business atmosphere .
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