Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [prep] [noun] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the thought of you that keeps me going when I begin to flag or feel a bit faint-hearted … |
| 2 | This is a condensed account of the factors which complicate the business of speaking and listening — readers will easily add for themselves their own accounts of the personal and emotional features which make for vulnerability or call for sensitivity . |
| 3 | If you suffer from allergies or have sensitive skin or scalp , here is some good news for you . |
| 4 | This is useful if you fly by night or live in murky waters . |
| 5 | Here the faculty is able to draw on the wide range of professional musicians who reside in Edinburgh or visit regularly . |
| 6 | Never keep callers waiting while you look for information or try to transfer them , etc. , without explaining what you are doing and giving them a chance to call back if they are in a hurry or if they are calling long-distance . |
| 7 | If you look like Springsteen or sing like Lulu get in touch with Granada right away . |
| 8 | I had read enough to know that the figures for anorexics who starve to death or commit suicide are frighteningly high . |
| 9 | Graduates from fixed wing models will find the first type the most natural way to go , but they can become dangerous if you get into trouble or become disorientated . |
| 10 | any cash that you keep at home or carry with you |
| 11 | Whether you live in Northamptonshire or come to the area as a visitor , for business or leisure , the expertise of the County 's Tourist Guides will help you get to know this varied County better , and even help you find out more about the areas you thought you knew . |
| 12 | ‘ What I would like to see , ’ she says , ‘ is more regular checks done on those who work in care or offer homes to young people , because once they get through the vetting , if anything goes wrong , then it 's always you who 's to blame . |
| 13 | There were projects in rural areas too , such as the Arnhem-Elst-Nijmegen route , which were designed to improve conditions for the large volume of cyclists who cycle to school or work in neighbouring villages and towns . |
| 14 | I suggested that the insistent gaze , the awareness of detail , were of the kind we associate with love or hate , while the persistent emphasis on traps or limits that can never be crossed belonged rather with the very different forces of pity or fear . |
| 15 | Only the signs in front of the numbers are different depending upon whether we read to right or left . |
| 16 | Occasionally we think of recycling or re-use . |
| 17 | In the way it is grown and gathered , in cane or beet , sugar contains an appreciable content of dietary fibre , but this is stripped away completely in the refining process to leave no fibre at all in the sugar we buy in packets or consume in cakes , biscuits or drinks . |
| 18 | Whether they remain in Edinburgh or betake themselves to other lands and whatever be the walk of life in which they were bred I believe the students of this seminary will be found everywhere and at all times promoting civilisation in the world . ’ |
| 19 | With the carcasses in the cart , were they put on trays or put in bags or ? |
| 20 | Howard gazes out of the window of his official car at people in the streets , trying to read the expression on their faces as they wait for buses or try to cross the road . |
| 21 | If so , encourage them to paint pictures as they listen to music or try using art games . |
| 22 | Section 11 of the Act authorises police officers to arrest anyone they suspect of being or having been involved in terrorist activity . |
| 23 | They stare at Aisling or say do n't touch that mark or you will catch it . ’ |
| 24 | You do n't see all the ladies pulling their gloves on every time they go to church or appear in public , er and certainly men , very , very rarely wear , use gloves possibly , as we 're driving cars , we 're not exposed to the cold . |
| 25 | They serve as prisms or refracting lenses which multiply meaning . |
| 26 | They submitted a paper for publication and the editor sent it for reviews before deciding whether to publish it ask for revisions or reject it . |
| 27 | In ( 138a ) and ( 139a ) make implies that it is the person(s) referred to by its subject ( they , the newspapers ) who themselves engage in warfare or commit an error , whereas in ( 138b ) and ( 139b ) cause represents its subject as a condition or circumstance which provokes engagement in warfare or commission of an error by some other agent . |