Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] [subord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And he did n't know whether to grin or grimace when it produced a point-saver from Wright after a link-up between Steve Bould and Lee Dixon .
2 His lips did n't curve or pucker when he smiled .
3 Daddy 'll stay there or wait till I come home .
4 In dealing with the breach , or threatened breach of the peace , it is the duty of the police to investigate and to take such steps to stop or prevent as they think necessary .
5 He had already noted in her favour that she did not avoid looking him full in the face as many did ; nor did she flinch or stare when she did .
6 Thin or topped chip A lot of golfers will thin or top when they have to play a delicate shot over a hazard .
7 They never kill except for protection of their young , they do n't eat or drink unless they need to : that 's living in harmony .
8 Father said she 'd not eat or drink till she gave in ?
9 There is absolutely nothing you can not eat or drink if you want to .
10 ‘ It 's his choice to come or go as he pleases , ’ he said .
11 A soviet ( or governing council ) representing each of the twelve nahijes ( districts ) within the pashalik was established , but its powers were vaguely defined and it became an instrument which Karadjordje could use or ignore as he felt fit .
12 Since this condemnation of research opportunity , few studies have penetrated deeply beneath the sensitive skin of ‘ police culture ’ , and even though Chatterton in his notes to my thesis argued there has been a considerable amount of ‘ participant police research ’ , I would question whether many of these inquiries achieved the finer grain and detail' of the insider 's account , for they can never really know or tell if they have been excluded from the inner workings of police practice or prevented from gaining access to the hidden realities ‘ contained inside the heads of the constables ’ .
13 I take my hon. Friend 's question as an expression of support for our policy of increasing the amount of profit that is left with companies for them to retain or distribute as they think proper .
14 He 's not Robinson Crusoe , there are other old newspaper owners so he will say okay the government in Australia is doing what I like , therefore my newspapers or usually most of my newspapers , in fact one or two of them wo n't , will support that government and that government can be totally different one in the United States where in the Washington Post or you know in the New York Post or whatever will go and attack or support because he thinks it 's in the less interest that his commercial interest and the U S because he sees us doing the same thing there .
15 Now , what 's a typical , who can tell me what the typical body language is that you would prese present or portray if you said I do n't know ?
16 I also had high hopes of the Electricity Board , particularly as I had taken to cutting ‘ Miss ’ off my meter reading cards with scissors and it was one of those cards you are n't allowed to cut or mutilate as it upsets the computer .
17 I know I know I 'm taking it out of order but rather than wait until we get there , this has been raised , why ca n't we deal with it now ?
18 It would be better if you contacted the police rather than wait until they arrive to question you . ’
19 So-called commuter planes that carry up to 150 passengers whisper rather than roar because they use the latest propeller technology .
20 I was just not prepared to let that go when I sold Low Birk Hatt because it was my parents ' dream house .
21 In other words the slope will dip rather than rise while you continue to knit at the centre .
22 rather than say if it does n't arrive at a set time
23 You may now question and comment if you choose . ’
24 He rummaged under the counter and produced a colour chart , and , shoving the display-case of cakes to one side he flattened it out so that everyone could see and comment as they saw fit .
25 Erm , Derek said , and Derek said that erm that he now hoping you 'd go down and stay when they get naughty pictures !
26 But he did not mean that a bishop was utterly free to act and think as he thought fit .
27 When she left I was free to stay and paint as I pleased .
28 Together they were the opposite of women who will nod and nod as they pretend to listen to another , waiting for the first pause of breath to muscle in with the growing pains and glories of their own house , the impatience showing on their faces as they wait .
29 If you have saved the Carrion attack until now ( see Dead Wings in the previous section ) , there is a chance that the adventurers will slip and fall if they engage in any combat .
30 Barons could most readily huff and stomp when they did indeed own their papers , rather than being chairmen , liable to be sacked by their directors .
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