Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We very much need to speak to them , and to anyone else who lived in the area at the time or thinks they know anything , ’ Mr McEwan said . |
| 2 | ‘ We very much need to speak to them and to anyone else who lived in the area at the time or thinks they know anything , ’ Mr McEwan said . |
| 3 | 11 Do n't allow yourself to be dominated by the student who always knows , or thinks he knows , the answer or who is always asking you questions or giving his opinion on the state of the world . |
| 4 | As people act on things because they want them — the child wants a teddy bear , or wants something to eat — they begin to gain a sense of themselves as distinct from those objects . |
| 5 | If my servant , acting bona fide within the scope of his authority , procures or causes me to break a contract which I have made with you , you can not sue the servant for interference with the contract ; for he is my alter ego here , and I can not be sued for inducing myself to break a contract , although I may be liable for breaking the contract . |
| 6 | The sudden movement of a frightened myotonic goat trying to flee triggers a rapid stiffening of limbs , back and neck that either leaves the creature unable to move or causes it to topple over , legs rigid and outstretched . |
| 7 | Had one hoped for too much or has something gone wrong ? he wrote . |
| 8 | Will Brackenbury in fact still visit our mother — or has something happened to prevent that also ? |
| 9 | Does Kerry like Take That any more , or has she gone off them ? |
| 10 | Or has she outlived her usefulness ? ’ |
| 11 | Amanda De Cadenet or has she left now ? |
| 12 | Or has she had a lift ? |
| 13 | Is that all — or has she set some other task for you as well ? ’ he demanded aggressively . |
| 14 | Is there any reason to suppose her otherwise , or has anybody taken it into his head to try her ? |
| 15 | Turn it off , or has it gone ? |
| 16 | Paulie , bring me in my , my or has it gone upstairs ? |
| 17 | Or has it got ta be on this line here ? |
| 18 | Have you just got to sort of like the , these open to interpretation , or has it got to be word for word ? |
| 19 | Is the energy demand in this country still increasing , or has it levelled out nowadays ? |
| 20 | Has it made him more docile and thus easier to control , or has it destabilised him ? |
| 21 | A person in possession of a moveable chattel ( e.g. a painting ) who loses it , or has it stolen from him or otherwise taken from him against his will can demand it back within five years from any person who then has possession of it [ Art . |
| 22 | For a resident , little things become so big when your whole life can revolve round what 's for lunch and can you sit in your usual place or has someone pinched it ? |
| 23 | Can Spanish hero Carlos Cardus go one better in 1991 , or has he missed his biggest chance of winning the title ? |
| 24 | ‘ Or has he become possessive now he 's come of age ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Are these the same instructions as last time , or has he reissued them ? |
| 26 | Yeah , is he coming back or has he gone the other side of the pond ? |
| 27 | Is he the sort that he actually wants one , or has he bowed to the advisers that he 's got from the War Office and so on who say the soldiers need it ? |
| 28 | Or has he contrived to bring you out — |
| 29 | Or has he taken this statement from a book or article written by someone else ? |
| 30 | Or has he had it " n good authority " that it is true ? |