Example sentences of "[subord] or [adv] he [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coroner , Nicholas Gardiner , could n't say whether or not he 'd meant to take his own life and recorded an open verdict . |
| 2 | After that it will be decided whether or not he goes chasing in the New Year . |
| 3 | Secondly , it is immaterial whether or not he had obtained possession before he made the contract with the innocent purchaser ; it is sufficient that the possession was obtained before he transferred or delivered the goods or documents of title to the innocent purchaser . |
| 4 | Whether or not he had sent the article back ( if it had been rejected ) did not in the least matter . |
| 5 | Steen looked annoyed , but it was difficult to tell whether or not he had recognized the voice . |
| 6 | She could never face him at the party if she did n't know where she stood — did n't know whether or not he had rejected her apology or was prepared to be friendly . |
| 7 | To belabour the point of whether or not he had knocked would only make her sound shrewish , and she did n't want that added to his list of uncomplimentary adjectives , along with brash and brassy ! |
| 8 | Several journalists questioned him about whether or not he had found it hard being Laura Ashley 's son and his answer told them more than they had realized . |
| 9 | The officer was duly fetched in and asked whether or not he had taken a statement from Wells . |
| 10 | Has the minister indicated Madam Speaker , this is my point of order , whether or not he intends to come before the house to acknowledge the reality of the two tier system and to admit he has been misleading the house . |
| 11 | Clearly the minister 's response is inefficient , it 's it 's quite inadequate and what is required is a much more positive stance from the minister , and can the minister tell us whether or not he will be , he will be giving the opportunity to mature entrants to the apprenticeship scheme so that people that have been thrown on the scrap heap over this last fifteen years will have an opportunity and can he tell us whether or not he 's had discussions with British Coal enterprise to allow miners that have been made redundant to come into the new apprenticeship scheme so that they will have new skills which will help them to get new jobs . |
| 12 | I 'm gon na talk to Dave to see whether or not he 's finished his erm neighbourhood watch article whether they can put something in there about and then we hope to have a meeting with you to discuss victims and some erm press releases for that week . |
| 13 | But at least give that person whose turn er , on the Management Committee for representing er , another committee , give him the opportunity to s either speak on it , or to say whether or not he wishes to carry on and of course to see what the vote people would take , and to put himself forward even so , which unfortunately , I was n't er , able to do so . |
| 14 | The purpose of serving a contemnor with a copy of the committal order is to enable him to have a written record of the findings made by the court and of the sentence and to provide him with the materials necessary to enable him to decide whether or not he wishes to appeal . |
| 15 | Moving closer to home , on the offence of causing death by dangerous or drunken driving , the hon. Member for Huddersfield referred to the Road Traffic Act 1991 , whereby an offender will be found guilty if he drives dangerously , thereby causing someone 's death , whether or not he intended to do so or even knew about it . |
| 16 | Even when answers start to emerge , it will be some time before those who depend on the industry for a livelihood — and that includes at least 100,000 Scots — will know whether or not he has sent the right signals in a climate of fierce international competition for scarce oil industry investment funds . |
| 17 | Small shareholders ' champion Gideon Fiegel — the man who led the revolt against Sugar — has won a battle , but it is too soon to say whether or not he has won the war . |
| 18 | As for the author 's intentions , what counts is only whether or not he has succeeded in writing poetry , and that too can be discerned by reference to the text alone . |
| 19 | This includes an unmarried father whether or not he has acquired parental responsibility for the child by court order or agreement . |
| 20 | What is interesting about the system is that the driver can decide for himself — by pressing a button — whether or not he wants to use these features . |
| 21 | His civil status also means he can choose whether or not he wants to work during his sentence . |