Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For three of four months I could n't think or do anything else . |
| 2 | We wo n't actually make or do anything , but it will be really neat lying in the meadows thinking about all the money we are making on off-shore tax haven related business . |
| 3 | What is rejected is the necessity or even possibility of maintaining or augmenting one 's social position through violence . |
| 4 | Measure yourself before you eat or drink anything to get your most accurate reading . |
| 5 | Ianthe always hurried past the vet 's house , fearful of seeing or hearing something dreadful . |
| 6 | But when he had had the effrontery to go whining to the constable , attempting to get back the money for which he had , after all , sold his twisted little soul , no one in St Jude 's Street could remember seeing or hearing anything about the accident at all . |
| 7 | The thrill of seeing or touching something really old on a museum visit can be extremely important ( see Box 14 ) . |
| 8 | Once you are afflicted with this inverted mentality in which every thing that exists is a pale shadow of some abstract general principle , expressed in a compound-noun sandwich , you are incapable of seeing or saying anything clearly . |
| 9 | Surveyors use a moisture meter ; it is not infallible but is quick and therefore extremely useful if you are able to buy , borrow or hire one . |
| 10 | He says that he 's looking for birds preening or doing something which makes a good composition . |
| 11 | ‘ We are under instruction not to confirm or deny anything , ’ she said . |
| 12 | This technique has the advantages that you do n't have to paint or draw anything ; nor is it necessary to tidy up the edges of the wall hanging as this can add to the haphazard effect . |
| 13 | ‘ At the time I wanted to weep or murder somebody , but now — ’ he shrugged pragmatic shoulders ‘ — all I can do is wait for the next time . ’ |
| 14 | It is impossible to see or sense anything here except tourism . |
| 15 | Domesticated horses , again like , people , can be conditioned to have other needs too , and can learn to like or want something which would be of no interest to a wild horse . |
| 16 | It 's not been for us to tell people what they should or should n't eat or do anything with , because the , in , in one respect that 's a nann nannying attitude from er , whether it 's the legislators saying we 're not going to approve the right legislation so that you have that information , but on the other hand by manufacturers and others saying you trust us . |
| 17 | Perhaps I must eat or drink something , but the question is , what ? ’ |
| 18 | The yew contains a mixture of poisonous compounds and only a chemist can extract anything good from it so people should n't eat or drink anything connected with the Yew tree . |
| 19 | She 'll eat or drink anything if its off somebody elses ' plate or out of any body else 's glass . |
| 20 | The makeshift bomb lobbed into an upstairs bedroom was packed with nuts , bolts and glass in an attempt to kill or maim anyone in the room . |
| 21 | Most people were eating or drinking something : ice-cream , chips , hot-dogs , candy-floss , cans of Coke . |
| 22 | After visiting the bathroom , please measure yourself before eating or drinking anything . |
| 23 | But he made one tell him and immediately he had explained or shown one the fallacy of one 's doubt . |
| 24 | French legionaries have been drowned while encamped in wadis draining from the southern Atlas of Algeria , due to the rapid advance of floods from storms in the high mountains of which they had heard or seen nothing . |
| 25 | Theodora was faced with the usual dilemma of such contrivances , did one hammer on the outer door ( there seemed to be no bell ) and risk not being heard or did one penetrate to the inner door proper and risk being judged intrusive ? |
| 26 | I do worry about having to retire or remove somebody , particularly somebody close to me . |
| 27 | There are eight shades of Varnish or Cream which can be mixed or applied one on top of another |
| 28 | We do n't promise or guarantee anything . |
| 29 | Nonetheless , the right of journalists and broadcasters to demand trial by jury , in those areas of criminal law where it still exists , is an important security against interference with media freedoms — for reasons explained in 1885 by Dicey , the leading writer on our unwritten constitution : " Freedom of discussion is , then , in England little else than the right to write or say anything which a jury , consisting of 12 shopkeepers , think it expedient should be said or written … |
| 30 | I 'm not signing or changing anything Richard until we have exchanged contracts |