Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] or [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There can be no doubt that the liabilities which the drafter might seek to exclude or restrict in standard terms of trading will be " business liabilities " and any exclusions in such standard terms are therefore potentially subject to the Act . |
| 2 | You may need to fill or plane off a slot at the thick or what is now the top edge . |
| 3 | She did n't want to talk or exclaim on the beauty of the view , and as though Matthew was also aware of their silent communication , he laid his hand gently on her shoulder . |
| 4 | In this case the librarian may choose to purchase or borrow through the interlending system , depending upon the work 's quality and the likelihood of its being requested and/or used again . |
| 5 | Try never to do or say anything to a teacher ( or about a teacher ) that you would not like done or said to you . |
| 6 | She should be introduced with an air of pride and affection to your friends and neighbours if she does not know them already , accompanied to all the places locally which will be of special interest to her in the future : the public library , the shopping centre , the best places to go for morning coffee , and any small parks where she might like to walk or sit in the fine weather . |
| 7 | I did n't use to curse or swear at them . |
| 8 | Advertise the requirements of clients and contacts who may wish to acquire or sell through the NEWSFLASH system . |
| 9 | There were other legits she might have bribed or bullied into a similar sharing , but the stairs and the other dusty corners of the World were safer for someone who lived by her knife and her wits . |
| 10 | And whatever the scholars of the sixteenth , seventeenth , and eighteenth centuries may have said or thought in private , there were very few who were prepared to come out into the open and publish opinions directly at variance with Holy Writ . |
| 11 | AI also sought clarifications from the Jordanian authorities as to their reason for expelling Muhammad al-Fasi , and any assurances they may have sought or obtained from the Saudi Arabian Government that his human rights would not be violated . |
| 12 | Could this be because medics themselves suffer so grievously from the complaint , that they do not wish to talk or write about it ? |
| 13 | Various aspects of the parties ' life , resources , and activities will be helpful to them in the conflict , but many of these are resources and activities that they will have possessed or engaged in or wished to posses or to engage in in any case , even if they did not take part in the contest . |
| 14 | You do n't have to draw or paint to be able to do it . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ The police are anxious to interview anyone who may have walked or driven along Boundary Drive between seven and nine on the night in question . ’ |
| 16 | And the pretty new mugs were a symbol , something Dorothea would never have found or thought of for herself , for they were hand-thrown pottery , and she had always been brought up to fine-spun china . |
| 17 | And you know , as we come and submit ourselves to God , and as we look back , whether it 's back on a day , on a week , on a month , on year , on a lifetime , he has given to us far , far more than we could ever have asked or expected from him ! , as the apostle said , he is able to do abundantly above all that we can ask or think ! |
| 18 | But , although many babies pull off hats , socks and booties in their first year , they do n't really try to dress or undress at this stage . |
| 19 | Like Gandhi , Tillich does not attempt to underestimate or detract from the significance and importance of particular religions . |
| 20 | If he has rendered a service or engaged in an activity such as the manufacture of goods , the profit will have arisen or derived from the place where the service was rendered or the profit making activity carried on . |
| 21 | will not attempt to register or use for its own benefit , or aid any third party in attempting to register or use , the Trade Marks or any trade mark the use of which would constitute an infringement of 's Trade Marks . |
| 22 | Whatever you may have read or heard about their relationship still can not prepare you for her own account . |
| 23 | However , it takes time and effort and the action shown in the close-up may have changed or stopped by the time the wide shot begins , so there may be action matching problems . |
| 24 | Gardening tools have to be strong enough to take some hard wear and tear , and those made of poor-quality metal will tend to bend or break under stress . |
| 25 | She 's the kind of person who 'd probably forget to eat or sleep for days while she was painting , then eat ravenously for the next week to make up , if she could . |
| 26 | At the meeting-place of roads on the Plateau d'Iraty there are four things you can do : go unadventurously back the way you came , to Esterençuby ; carry on due east over the Col Bagargui along a tolerable but not always reassuring road into Larrau and the valley of Mauléon ; turn sharp left along a somewhat hazardous stretch of track rather than road towards the village of Men dive ( I funk Ed this route myself , after a short trial run , but bad roads do get mended or improved in the Pyrenees , so one year 's experience may be different from the next ) ; or turn to the right along the very scenic road into the Forêt d'Iraty itself . |
| 27 | He could not seem to sleep or rest for fear that some danger would come from which he would have to flee . |
| 28 | He could smile to order or smile for real , with real pleasure , and it came out just the same , it came out so beautiful that you were sure not to notice the difference . |
| 29 | Their initial reactions were natural enough : they 'd start pointing or gesturing towards Dawn and their voices would automatically grow louder through surprise and excitement . |
| 30 | Girls wishing to avoid such a fate should shun wearing or passing near fairy flowers , such as clumps of harebells or love-in-idleness . |