Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] or [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THREE British women escaped death in the Himalayan air disaster because they thought they were too busy or not fit enough to trek or climb with their men . |
| 2 | Some people prefer not to talk or to think about their tinnitus as they find that the more they concentrate on it the worse it becomes . |
| 3 | In 1984 , it became common for bail conditions , following arrests during the strike , to require those charged not to visit any premises or place for the purpose of picketing or demonstrating in connection with the current trade dispute between the NUM and the National Coal Board other than peacefully to picket or demonstrate at their usual place of employment . |
| 4 | Katherine knew each of those stones , each of those flowers intimately-so often had she concentrated on them so as not to cry or react to her mother 's jibes . |
| 5 | When the young mallee fowl emerges , there are no parents around to feed or look after it . |
| 6 | It 's more satisfying and exciting to add the art yourself than being told how to look or feel about something . |
| 7 | He may , for instance , have a general belief that the woman 's wishes in sexual matters are immaterial , so that in a specific instance he does not bother either to enquire or to think about them . |
| 8 | My father was never to speak or write to me again , but after a while I began to hear from my mother . |