Example sentences of "[pron] or she [vb mod] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I hope our Mum do n't start borrowin' off of 'er or she 'll never get it back . ’ |
| 2 | Simply , the need for delegation arises where one person feels it appropriate to ask a subordinate to carry out tasks which he or she would normally do . |
| 3 | In order to test it he or she would presumably have to examine a number of literate and non-literate societies from the point of view of their degree of ‘ scepticism ’ . |
| 4 | If your spouse starts to feel slightly insecure ( because other people find you attractive now ) he or she might well say you looked better when you were ‘ cuddly ’ . |
| 5 | To that end , a solicitor may give oral or written advice on the application of English law to any particular circumstances in relation to the person seeking the advice , and on any steps which he or she might appropriately take . |
| 6 | He or she may even know the number of consultants within a particular firm , how it has been performing , what are its key issues , how it has grown over the past year and generally what it is doing and how successfully . |
| 7 | But , if there is a further " selecting " qualifier , such as only , and if the speaker sees the latter as focusing on the property of the adjective , then it is quite reasonable that he or she may also feel it necessary to mark this focal adjectival property as one to be explicitly assigned , rather than being an ordinary part of the identificatory bundle . |
| 8 | However , he or she may also render all the partners collectively liable . |
| 9 | He or she may also have vomiting and possibly diarrhoea . |
| 10 | He or she may also suspect that the manager has far greater access to a lot of useful information . |
| 11 | Not surprisingly , it has often been said that foreign learners of English need to learn English intonation ; some have gone further than this and claimed that , unless the foreign learner learns the appropriate way to use intonation in a given situation , there is a risk that he or she may unintentionally give offence ; for example , the learner might use an intonation suitable for expressing boredom or discontent when what was needed was an expression of gratitude or affection . |
| 12 | When the other person is less formal and more forthcoming , he or she may well feel compromised by their self-disclosure which has not been reciprocated . |
| 13 | He or she may well progress from one to the other . |
| 14 | He or she may now buy 5 per cent of the equity of the ungeared firm , ABC Ltd , for 12,500 and receive an expected return of 2,000 [ ( 0.05 ) ( 40,000 ) ] . |
| 15 | He or she can also help negotiate agreements between spouses , conduct proceedings in court or advise on conciliation and other services . |
| 16 | The family member also progressively adapts so that the effects of the disease are largely the progressive effects of that adaptation — The disease always gets worse if it is not treated but nonetheless the family member develops ways in which he or she can somehow live with the disease . |
| 17 | The LIFESPAN Manager should therefore study the rest of this section , so that he or she can either take the recommended avoiding action , or at least understand what is happening if any of the users become confused . |
| 18 | ‘ Depending on the personality of the child , he or she can either become destructive or switch off completely . |
| 19 | If the manager lacks the chance to engage in a fully collegial approach , if he or she can only find or make time for the essential step of ingesting or thinking new ideas in an atmosphere of enforced professional seclusion , does this obscure his or her clarity of mind ? |
| 20 | i Hero : This child believes that he or she can only obtain love and appreciation through achievement . |
| 21 | The manager has to be clear about the purpose of improvement and will use knowledge and support which can be brought from other places into the field which he or she can directly manage . |
| 22 | If your offer is acceptable then you proceed by applying for a mortgage and informing your appointed solicitor or conveyancing agent of the details of the purchase , so that he or she can then make formal overtures to the vendor 's solicitors . |
| 23 | If they 're overruled he or she can then appeal to the Regional Committee . |
| 24 | If the lavatory is inaccessible , down a corridor , or dark and cold , the child may be reluctant to use it but if the parent accompanies the child and waits , he or she can gradually learn confidence . |
| 25 | Lack of labour was often tied up with one member of the family being restricted in what he or she could physically do around the farm . |
| 26 | Such affirmations can be written down and left in places where a person knows he or she will regularly come across them . |
| 27 | When the original task-centred actor returns , he or she will probably try to get the role back and another week or two will have to pass before the group achieves equilibrium again . |
| 28 | He or she will probably have never heard of magic or the pagan philosophies undergirding yoga exercises . |
| 29 | There is normally no restriction on the maximum number of copies a candidate may produce , but he or she will normally make at least one personal copy , in additional to those supplied to the university in fulfilment of degree requirements . |
| 30 | He or she will also know local churches well and should have worked out in advance the best setting for family photographs , special effects and romantic pictures . |