Example sentences of "[vb base] or [verb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | supersede or supersedes or superseded . |
| 2 | The exclusion of parts of the centre " let or constructed or adapted for letting " is fair and reasonable , but quite often an exclusion will relate only to parts of the centre " not let on the same terms as this lease " which could result in the occupying tenants paying part of the service charges for unlet premises . |
| 3 | By contrast , the time and space of the man-made world of social events and human possessions is marked with discontinuities whichever way we look or feel or listen : " at the third stroke it will be seven fifty-nine precisely … |
| 4 | As I said in an earlier chapter , the principle of speaking is not to go on for more than a few minutes without getting your audience to do something — applaud or laugh or raise their hands . |
| 5 | Speaking on television on July 7 , he said : " At no time did anyone in the campaign , connected with the campaign , associated with the campaign , meet or negotiate or agree or conspire with anyone to delay the release of the hostages . " |
| 6 | Speaking on television on July 7 , he said : " At no time did anyone in the campaign , connected with the campaign , associated with the campaign , meet or negotiate or agree or conspire with anyone to delay the release of the hostages . " |
| 7 | Er if , if you , if you had , you had to dig a little hole in , in the , in the , by the wall on the , on the pavement like that to hold about sixty four marbles say , and you 'd start off and say , give or give or take give or take as a lawyer , I used to have four marbles , and whoever was taken that was a lawyer of four marbles , I do n't know why . |
| 8 | They are both gladiatorial in the sense that the participant ; train or practise and exhibit their skills and enthusiasm for one end , the amusement of others . |
| 9 | Because if we do not have objectives we drift or stagnate or follow every temptation . |
| 10 | We do not see everything that we think or do or fantasise or desire as equally ‘ central ’ to ourselves . |