Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I obey or defy ‘ Face facts ’ , my welcoming or resisting of the facts is itself a psychological process in causal interaction with spontaneous inclination ; on the one hand emotional bias distorts judgement , on the other desire or aversion veers with additional information . |
| 2 | And as I 'm in the shop most of the time and know what goes and what does n't , I think you should stick by what I say or get somebody else in who 'll do it better . ’ |
| 3 | Erm , all quizzes have rules , there 's basically just one rule , that anything I say or do is right , but , and that 's the rules . |
| 4 | ‘ Whatever I say or do , you 'll think badly of me . |
| 5 | Worse , character struck by lightning while climbing the tower must make a successful I test or lose his handhold and fall to almost certain death ( apply standard falling damage rules from WFRP , p.75 ) . |
| 6 | The thing is , do I do what I want or give in to him ? |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I hate to damage your enormous ego , but the last thing I want or need right now is any sort of involvement , as you put it , with a man . |
| 8 | Dis poetry stays wid me when I run or walk |
| 9 | No she is n't here , as far as I know or care she 's in the West Indies . |
| 10 | For although I am sure he never had the chance to encounter a tiger beneath the dining table , when I think over all that I know or have heard concerning him , I can think of at least several instances of his displaying in abundance that very quality he so admired in the butler of his story . |
| 11 | ‘ And please do n't tell me what I know or do n't know . ’ |
| 12 | Do you remind me of other people I like or dislike ? ( i.e. do you look like a schoolteacher I disliked ? ) |
| 13 | After that I knit or do some dressmaking and watch television . |
| 14 | ‘ Anyway , ’ he said firmly , ‘ what I believe or do n't believe is neither here nor there . |
| 15 | And they sorted , they forward it I suppose or did whatever they had to do with it . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't see that it matters what I feel or do n't feel , where you 're concerned , ’ she retorted . |
| 17 | Whether I pay or go free , whatever the cost , I will not let it be said I killed a decent man to keep him from accusing me . |
| 18 | Both mother and daughter looked as if they agreed with him but Mercer , smiling round clenched molars , said with surprising bitterness , ‘ You will do what I ask or accept the consequences . ’ |
| 19 | Bitterly she thought , it is all spoiled , spoiled by consent , spoiled by refusal , it does not matter if I go or stay . |
| 20 | I am running a 1986 V8 County 90 which at 25,000 miles has no more than normal backlash in the transmission line , yet a most irritating noise has developed which can only be described as a clunk that occurs whenever I apply or lift off the throttle in any gear . |
| 21 | The machines nauseate me whether I win or lose . |
| 22 | She does n't question what I do or decide . |
| 23 | Check that I 'm alright and then when I do or suggest you you get the hump . |
| 24 | ‘ My dear sir , you must not tell me what I do or do not mean . |
| 25 | Everything I do or say is turned against me . |
| 26 | ‘ In fact , if I do or say anything that you really object to , you 'll be able to walk back to the house . ’ |
| 27 | If you really do want to help me , I need your unquestioning support , not your childish tantrums every time I do or say something you do n't like . ’ |
| 28 | They say the English never are really roused till they are beaten — I do love that — though I am never quite sure whether I love or hate it . ’ |
| 29 | If I persist in pressing it , I am not sure whether I anger or please you . ’ |
| 30 | She thought : I must be here because it does n't matter to me much whether I live or die . |