Example sentences of "or [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We need something dramatic to focus it , either to introduce something which will create a potential for change in this situation ( which will potentially destabilise the situation ) or pick up on something going on in the groups which will have the same effect ; we need to focus on an issue . |
| 2 | But Ah tell ye this , laddie , Ah 'm a helluva fast learner , so do n't think ye can pull the wool or sit around on yer fat little arse doin' bugger all . |
| 3 | He was pestering people at the bar , trying to butt into their conversations or sit down at their tables and behaving — as far as people who did not know he was ill were concerned — like an archetypal northern wally . |
| 4 | And er if you call up the program or fax in for whatever reason , then you can get yourself a free afternoon pack . |
| 5 | Which make you cringe slightly , or shift about in your seat ? |
| 6 | These artists clearly stand close to the Pioneers and are attempting to adapt black-figure to the new movement , with some success : crowded compositions , figures overlapping each other or the borders or cut off by them , vigorous drawing with rather slap dash incision ; but the elaborate fore shortenings and musculature are not much attempted and do not come off very well . |
| 7 | meant to be moving onto the tenth and eleventh floor it only takes them a short time to save time on that or , or cut down on your labour as usual . |
| 8 | Although a lot of his story is still relevant to us cos you can see it in today 's life when people stand up for themselves or stand up for their faith or what they believe in and you look around you , you can see violence and being done to them . |
| 9 | That that 's the best way and then you and I could perhaps walk round with them or ride round with them and show them . |
| 10 | Interior Minister Horacio Serpa Uribe on April 17 confirmed that the government would not negotiate with the drug cartels or give in to their violence and would continue the policy of extradition . |
| 11 | The thing is , do I do what I want or give in to him ? |
| 12 | See that you write or print out from your computer a clear explanation of each part of your analysis as you do it . |
| 13 | The manager , Peter Rose and his team are available on Oxford 742048 , telephone or pop in at your leisure . |
| 14 | This is the time when most parents retire to a comfortable chair or get on with their other jobs . |
| 15 | Well , every time I come off it , or get back into it , I 've learned something new about meself , like . |
| 16 | ‘ Shut your wicked mouth , or get out of my house , do you hear ? ’ |
| 17 | That is , pronouns which ‘ shew ’ are called ‘ Demonstratives , because they shew a thynge not spoken of before ’ , while those that ‘ rehearse ’ are called ‘ relatives ’ , because they relate or refer back to something already mentioned — we would call them antecedents . |
| 18 | Maybe remind her on Wednesday or find out from her if she you know , asked her . |
| 19 | If you have a call for someone , transfer it to the nearest phone or go over to them to tell them you have a call . |
| 20 | You can arm or disarm the system as you come in or go out of your home and your will have your own personal access code . |
| 21 | If you kiss another man publicly , or go out with him to a nightclub like 1997 , you 'll humiliate me in front of the whole damned colony ! ’ |
| 22 | Or go back to your flat and have to cope with more poison pen letters — and the press ? ’ |
| 23 | Or go back to your local paper to the end of the war to see if they were all honorary . |
| 24 | Lawton shuffled uneasily , but did n't try and contradict her or go back on his description . |
| 25 | Industry observers and rival candle manufacturers are withholding judgement on whether the new management will transform Price 's into a viable company , or end up on their faces in a puddle of waxy goo . |
| 26 | ‘ Did he take the key away with him then or call back for it that night ? ’ |
| 27 | Ring the TSB Will Aid Helpline for details of your local Will Aid Solicitor , or call in at your local TSB , and they will tell you . |
| 28 | So why not make things hard for yourself and send for the full Just Desks catalogue or call in at our showrooms and see everything else we can offer you . |
| 29 | For more information contact Bovis Abroad on 01– or call in at our sales office . |
| 30 | My understanding of the meaning of the requirement that ‘ consideration must move from the promisee ’ is that such consideration must be provided by the promisee , or arise out of his contractual relationship with the promisor . |