Example sentences of "[pron] or [vb base] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Afterwards — she would not look at me or speak for a long time . |
| 2 | To prevent starvation on more plebeian trains , passengers had to take all their food with them or leap from the train the moment it drew into a station and rush for the buffet . |
| 3 | Gina could crawl in beside them or sleep on the sofa downstairs if she preferred . |
| 4 | She said that she woke up one day and did not feel lost or depressed , did not wonder what she was going to do with herself or reach for the phone to try and summon up some company . |
| 5 | Children are expected to know it or extrapolate from the reprimands . |
| 6 | * Do n't talk about yourself or comment on the exam unless you are explicitly asked to . |
| 7 | You can double back on yourself or move from a numbered block to a normal one without penalty — the numbered one remains if you need to return to it ( and you will ) . |
| 8 | Doors with wood or aluminium frames are widely available from builders ' merchants and timber yards , and you can either do the work yourself or call in a local builder to do it for you . |
| 9 | Wood , steel and aluminium frames are widely available from builder 's merchants and timber yards in a range of traditional standard patterns and sizes , and you can either do the work yourself or call in a local builder to do it for you . |
| 10 | Some people like to bury their pet wrapped in its blanket , others prefer to use a simple casket which they make themselves or buy from a local undertakers . |
| 11 | No , it 's not the case , they are X-ray images that we are looking at and it means that we can have er real time conversation with the doctors at the other end to advise whether the patient should be transferred to us or stay within the , in the hospital where they are , er whatever 's best at the time . |