Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] he [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Force O'Neill to CONCEDE MORE THAN HE WANTS TO OR THAN HE THINKS HE CAN DARE GIVE without risking overthrow by the more reactionary elements among the Unionists . |
| 2 | Soon , the showbiz season will doubtless claim him again , unless or until he turns his attention to politics . |
| 3 | I was n't sure whether he wanted to meet God or if he thought he was God . |
| 4 | Jasper wondered if the man in uniform had actually seen Chris on the roof of the car , had had a phone call from Kensington High Street that someone was on the roof of a car , or if he knew nothing except what that woman was telling him . |
| 5 | and you wonder why you 're losing all your matches cos every time the ball comes to him he ca n't trap it or if he does he kicks it the wrong way |
| 6 | Richmann never noticed the sudden widening of Benny 's eyes , or if he did he must have assumed it was fear at her imminent death . |
| 7 | Fred did n't appear to hear the horror in her voice , or if he did he managed to ignore it . |
| 8 | While he was painting , Modigliani barely looked at his model , ‘ or if he did it was merely to check against his portrait . |
| 9 | He would n't have described himself as landed gentry — or if he did it would be with irony . |
| 10 | He was reaching the point where he might be tempted to hurt the boy out of frustration or because he thought he was being tricked in some way . |
| 11 | His prime minister , Mr Mitsotakis , did not stop him , either because he did not know what Mr Samaras was about to do or because he thought he could fudge the issue . |
| 12 | Either because he had the hump or because he thought it would make for a good show he started smashing the footlights one by one . |
| 13 | Was it because he had n't spotted it , or because he felt it would be dishonest to do so , or because he never expected criticism ? |
| 14 | In some early drafts Raskolnikov commits suicide , and the striking thing here is that it 's never suggested he does so out of remorse or because he thinks he 's going to get caught or even from some vaguer , larger self-loathing . |
| 15 | Did he deliberately draw himself to your attention merely to involve you in this new Ordo — or because he hopes you might lance the boil of a conspiracy without him needing to show his own hand ? |
| 16 | His journey , John assumed , was either because of genuine business , or because he found it trying to wait in the capital . |
| 17 | On his journey back to Paisley , Drummond did not neglect to stop at Boquhan and call upon Mrs. Mary Campbell , who in turn advised her cousin Lord Milton that Drummond ‘ said he wou 'd a road a hunder miles to serve our intrest & while he lives you may command him in any manner in his power ’ . |
| 18 | I wonder whether he thought it was just the way the English talked , or whether he thought I was peculiar … |
| 19 | Whether he thought it would be more unnerving than a show of rage or whether he imagined he owed me civil consideration , I was uncertain . |
| 20 | I do n't know whether it was because he realised how hard it 'd be for us to get enough for both of us , or whether he knew he was off his head and needed someone around who was n't , y'know what I mean , to look after the kids and sort things out , like . |
| 21 | The same attitude is recognizable in the fragments of the histories of Posidonius , the pupil of Panaetius who , amidst all his philosophical work , decided to become the continuator of Polybius for the period after 146 B.C. It is uncertain whether Posidonius concluded his histories with the events of Sulla 's dictatorship or whether he extended them to include the Eastern wars of Pompey . |
| 22 | Oh yeah and this chap inherited the money off his mother and father and er , I do n't know whether he drunk it or whether he gambled it away , but he lost the business so that , and that was the beginning of the breaking up in my er opinion of the fleck shops like , you know . |
| 23 | The vital phrase is ‘ any computer ’ at the end of section 1(1) ( a ) and the Act has been drafted , it is submitted , so as to deal with someone who misuses a computer , whether he accesses it indirectly by using another computer , perhaps in other premises , or whether he accesses it directly , as happened in the present case . |
| 24 | ‘ Before or after he lost his fortune ? ’ asked Dr Neil wickedly . |
| 25 | In this his second publication of poetry , or as he calls it ‘ making the bastards suffer ’ , Bitumen has produced a well rounded collection of spite , venom and malicious slander . |
| 26 | The family was able to buy first the supermarket in Lordship Lane — or as he calls it , ‘ Hardship Lane ’ — then a string of other stores including a wholesalers business . |
| 27 | He denies that there is a single professional-managerial class ( or as he calls it the service class ) , but instead he sees it as being split in two . |
| 28 | ‘ I ’ , ‘ me ’ or ‘ mine ’ are words that are frequently heard in the classroom , as a child proudly announces that he has ‘ built a big tower ’ or ‘ got one like that ’ , or as he asserts himself by virtue of possession , ‘ That 's mine ’ . |
| 29 | And does he love you as you are , or as he wants you to be ? |
| 30 | Of course the role of the trustees is , is , is re- affirmed really by Good who er says that there under the under trust or as he sees it , the trustees should remain the legal owners of the fund and I wonder if we can move on to ownership . |