Example sentences of "[noun] or could [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was no longer just that she did not like birds or could not bear to touch them — she could have coped with that , as it would not have intruded greatly on her everyday life . |
| 2 | Occasionally , Mr Landor would accuse her of stealing from him when he had mislaid a silver spoon or could not find a precious paperknife , but she had always treated these accusations with the contempt they deserved . |
| 3 | She felt a tingle going down her spine that could have been romance or could just as well have been the drink . |
| 4 | A considerable proportion — between 30 and 40 per cent — actually did so , though most commonly for the opposite reason , because they did not like the New World or could not establish themselves there . |
| 5 | It was claimed that most Hungarian citizens were either not informed of how to purchase the shares or could not afford to do so , and that the bulk of the issue had gone to former party bosses or to foreign institutions . |
| 6 | We used to send floppy disks to 1,000 sites and there were lots of problems — people lost disks or could n't find the work book . |
| 7 | Of the other 13 POWs , six were given nothing , five either died at that time or could not be traced , and two refused to submit to means testing . |