Example sentences of "[indef pn] [adv prt] or [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Do you want me to put this one in or do you want the other one to go in ? |
2 | The Prince is always digging something in or pullng something out . |
3 | Simply take something off or put something on , and your companion will never know the real reason you stopped . |
4 | Besides these major product innovations , the eurobond market has seen a plethora of subsidiary innovations , many of which have been one off or flourished only for a time . |
5 | They do n't want to be praised and stroked for every little thing , but they do want their work to be noticed and acknowledged every so often — and not just when they screwed something up or forgot it . |
6 | Er had they got their way every time we put a cheque in or took one out or moved money from one account to another it would have cost us eighty pence , which meant that had anybody paid their their fees to the er and made the cheque payable to us directly , we would have had to bank that cheque and then reissue another cheque er to the appropriate department and that would have cost us one pound sixty , for which we 'd have got nothing . |
7 | How many times have you supposed to have taken something back or have it repaired or something and it 's sat there , and it 's sat there , and it 's sat there , and it 's sat there and it 's collected du , I 've got things round the house that I 've been working on and that I 've got ta , I 've got ta and it 's collected dust . |
8 | The fact that he died in the following April does not seem to have put anyone off or taken away their faith in Pau 's salutariness . |
9 | Sentimentality says that there will always be an England Church , and though you personally do n't do anything about or believe in it , it 's nice that someone does . |