Example sentences of "or [adv] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Since you are Derek 's friends — or rather since you do n't care very much for his health and welfare I will not call you his friends but surely I ought to know your name ! ’ |
| 2 | Because of its Hypersoft compression technology , or rather because it does n't require image decompression , 100 full-screen zoomed images can be viewed in less than 17 seconds , 1,000 in 3.5 minutes . |
| 3 | Because of its Hypersoft compression technology or rather because it does n't require image decompression 100 full-screen zoomed images can be viewed in less than 17 second , 1,000 in 3.5 minutes . |
| 4 | Either that , or perhaps that she had n't asked very many pointed questions . |
| 5 | Whereas it used to be assumed that she would follow him around the country and around the world , it is now not uncommon for wives to decide to stay put in order to further their own careers , or so that they do not disrupt their children 's education . |
| 6 | We need to hurry but it 'll take an hour or so and I do n't want the papers on to it before the next of kin know . |
| 7 | are you saying , er , I 'll put it a third time , are you saying or not that you do not know whether the figures that you published are accurate until twenty one months later ? , is that what you 're saying ? |
| 8 | Good Guys sa a couple of times and whether it was gon na improve or not but it has n't ! |
| 9 | Whether coming here or not and I do n't really think that , you know , coming back to it I do n't think he would fit in . |
| 10 | He is a Whip who receives about £35,000 a year or more and he does not have to worry about the daily necessities of life . |
| 11 | ‘ Or even if they had n't been well paid , ’ added Tealtaoich . |
| 12 | And if we overstep the mark — or even if we do n't — we offer the manufacturer the right to reply — letting you , the reader , judge . |
| 13 | On the other hand we do quite frequently mutter to ourselves as we try to deduce something logically — or even if we do n't make a sound we often use words in our head when trying to work out a complex problem . |
| 14 | Double positives are taken away making it negative and your H positives go in here , making it positive , so you get a you get a little a little potential difference , a little difference in voltage , which gives a Any any two metals if you put them together and make them a bit damp , or even if you do n't make them damp , you usually get a little a tiny voltage . |
| 15 | Or even if I have n't , Oh I 've got them have n't I ? |
| 16 | Or even if she does n't like , and as much as she says , well she does n't like it she ca n't give it up until they 're old enough not |
| 17 | but I mean things that nobody else remembered obviously she remembers or even if she does n't remember she heard it talked of in her childhood |
| 18 | Some may be misinformed because they misread their newspaper , or because their paper prints inaccurate information , or even because they do not believe what is printed in their paper . |
| 19 | But a very tiny proportion will germinate , either because they are washed from the tree by rain , brushed out by the actions of wild creatures or even because they have not been fertilised . |
| 20 | The listeners tuned in to the German wavelengths because they found Joyce amusing unintentionally or for his anecdotes , or else because they wished to hear both sides of the argument , or even because they did not trust their own authorities to tell them the whole truth . |
| 21 | Though his theories of perception ‘ made him slip so easily into a feeling that nothing around him existed , or alternatively that he did not exist in anything around him ’ ( 66 ) , he dismisses his own supernatural powers as coincidence until they become too overwhelming to be ignored . |
| 22 | or , or alternatively because I have n't , I have made this clear throughout , I come to the conclusion that the , the questions as posed erm or posed in any court which any one has yet suggested really ca n't , ca n't be answered or , or there are reasons for not answering at this stage whatever it may be |
| 23 | He claimed that it did n't matter what mantra you said , or indeed if you did n't have one , as long as you cleared out your mind . |
| 24 | The responses were later grouped into three categories : ( a ) never smoker — ‘ I have never smoked a cigarette , not even a puff ’ ; ( b ) tried but stopped — ‘ I have only ever tried smoking once or twice but I do n't smoke now , ’ or ‘ I used to smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke now ’ ; ( c ) current smoker — ‘ I smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke as much as one cigarette a week ’ or ‘ I usually smoke between one and six cigarettes a week , ’ or ‘ I usually smoke more than six cigarettes a week . ’ |