Example sentences of "[coord] [vb mod] i " in BNC.

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1 I 'm honoured to get your letter , your Highness ( or may I call you Harry ? ) but you fail to say which of Her Majesty 's fish are off-colour .
2 Are you discussing business , or may I join you ? ’
3 ‘ Was there anything else , or may I go ? ’
4 ‘ Darling , ’ said Francis , ‘ or should I say Ms. Razorblades , could we attempt lunch ? ’
5 Or should I put them back where they were ? ’
6 ‘ Yes , Piper , fish , freshly caught , or should I say blown out of the water ! ’
7 Because of a combination of so many unknowns , we , or should I say they — Pete and Dick did all the work , I just made the bikes — made a total cock-up of ability and distance .
8 Joyce used to take Luke , but people kept stopping her to admire him and generally go gooey over what a beautiful specimen he was — or should I say ‘ is ’ .
9 I read about 3.54 , 4.3 and 3.9 , what do they mean , which is best and will it solve the problem or should I just change back to a standard cam ?
10 Is removal straight forward , or should I leave it to the professionals ?
11 Or should I perhaps sit down in Salzburg with the empty hope of some better fortune , let Wolfgang grow up , and allow myself and my children to be made fools of until I reach the age which prevents me from travelling and until he attains the age and physical appearance which no longer attract admiration for his merits ?
12 Do you keep it or should I go to a larger store ? ’
13 The area now looks a total mess , as does the River Wey ( or should I say the dry bed of the River Wey ) that runs through the town .
14 My own taste is so eclectic ( or should I say conditioned by the cheapest bargain available ) that I am not evangelical on behalf of any product — except perhaps Valpeda foot balm , which soothes the weary feet better than anything I know , softens hard skin and banishes athlete 's foot .
15 Those hours spent with Mr. Golding are a very pleasant memory — he was always kind and must have been a nice type of man to allow a small boy to help , or should I say hinder him .
16 I felt very sorry that someone who was a partly trained civil engineer should have to waste his time sweeping floors and doing other such menial tasks , but that 's how it was — he was one of the unlucky ones — or should I say lucky ?
17 They each had a radiator beside their beds , and very often when I was on night duty J. would return to bed very late ( or should I say early ? ) , after having been sitting with me in the Met Office , drinking coffee , chatting and so forth .
18 One day she 'll meet a swan who stands its ground ( or should I say ‘ sits its water ’ ? ) instead of just paddling disdainfully away from the natatorial hound , and that , as we country-folk say , will larn her something proper .
19 p 716 ) in the light , or should I say sound , of our own work .
20 Dad , as a master-tailor during the '14 –'18; war , had a War Department contract for army uniforms , and so we were able to keep up with the Jones 's ( or should I say , the Cohens ? ) .
21 The strike had ended soon after he had commenced this venture so he was again at work during the day , as a machinist , but after getting home at 6 p.m. and hastily eating a meal , he went into his ( or should I say , the communal ) bedroom , and worked long into the night .
22 They wanted me — or should I say , my blood .
23 That is this , should I rely on the agape love of my partner or should I strive to be the type of person that my partner could easily love even if no agape love were available ?
24 I have a 200W heater mat and external thermostat , will these be suitable , or should I buy a heater/stat ?
25 How many should I put in , or should I stick with the six ?
26 Will I ever be able to play again , or should I shoot myself and then throw away my guitars ?
27 The Spanish lines in ‘ Should I Stay Or Should I Go ’ and ‘ Spanish Bombs ’ are not grammatically correct .
28 ‘ Should I Stay Or Should I Go ’ was written by Mick about American singer Ellen Foley ( above with Mick ) , who sang the backing vocals on Meatloaf 's ‘ Bat Out Of Hell ’ LP .
29 Or should I say : ‘ Bubbly , vivacious Marcel flirtatiously ignored the beam in his own eye while protesting about the beam in someone else 's ’ ?
30 Or should I just change my name to Keith ?
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