Example sentences of "[adv] or [adv] he [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a calculated guess but sooner or later he expected to hit lucky , and here on the fringe of a large private estate the chances were better than anywhere . |
| 2 | If he 's on his own , and not waiting for his friends to come in and help him , sooner or later he has to come and get you . |
| 3 | Once or twice he began to say something , paused and then branched out to another subject which had no connection with the one before . |
| 4 | In a sibilant , fluttering voice he read his reply from the throne in Annamese , but his delivery , unlike the Frenchman 's , was hesitant and nervous and once or twice he stopped to swallow in mid-sentence . |
| 5 | Once or twice he seems to imply criticism of the manner in which a bishop was appointed , most notably in his account of the appointment of the layman Desiderius to the bishopric of Eauze , despite a promise that the post would go to a cleric , but for the most part he is prepared to record events with apparent impartiality . |