Example sentences of "or [vb base] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sparked immediate criticism that the MMC regulations requiring Bass to free pubs from the tie or sell them had been by-passed . |
| 2 | For the next few years the horde ravaged at will through the mountains , desecrating shrines , despoiling tombs , and waylaying travellers , but Grom was unable to take any of the Dwarf holds or bring them to battle . |
| 3 | They make no claim to understand other subjects and professional fields , and are in no position to describe , analyse , comment upon or evaluate what goes on there . |
| 4 | The Act actually says that we 're concerned with children who have learning difficulties , which calls for special education provision , and to be more specific they refer to children who have greater difficulty in learning than the majority of children of that age , or disabilities which prevent or hinder them making use of the educational facilities generally provided . |
| 5 | But the most significant precision in line B is that which I have mentioned first : the specification of the standard or judge which gives value and significance to the comparison ( 3 ) contained within line A. |
| 6 | Despite this , Tommy seemed to know how to get more beer per penny out of any landlord than Charlie had ever dreamed possible , even when he could n't understand what they were saying or make himself understood . |
| 7 | They tell little lies to get themselves out of trouble or make themselves look good , but real villains live in a fantasy world . |
| 8 | ‘ Alternatively , a woman may have low self-esteem , feeling she can only impress others or make them like her by buying status symbols or the latest fashions . |
| 9 | Her hands flew to his shoulders , but whether to fend him off or make him stay she could not have said . |
| 10 | I must admit the ‘ truth ’ did not smack me right between the eyes or make me leap like Archimedes from his bath . |
| 11 | It 'll either kill her or make her pass the sand . ’ |
| 12 | She might even be weaving a spell to tangle her feet or make her lose her way in the wood ! |
| 13 | The operation should not change a woman 's feelings or emotions , or make her feel less feminine . |
| 14 | Or make one using a headboard kit from Cover Up and cover it with fabric . |
| 15 | The sole exception to this seems to be in the case of co-ordination of whole clauses , where the co-ordination would be a matter of like treatment in respect of assertoric or imperative or interrogative force ( so that co-ordinations of , say , a command and a statement , if they ever occur , sound odd , or make one feel that the speaker has switched constructions in the middle of a sentence ) . |
| 16 | With over 6,5OO voluntary reresentatives across Britain , any eligible person need only look in their local telephone directory or ask at the Citizens Advice Bureau for the nearest SSAFA office and write one letter or make one call . |
| 17 | So assertive is just being clear in what you want being prepared to keep going until you 've got something along those lines rather than letting people dismiss you or make you feel as though they 've dismissed you and your point not being considered i.e. your point not being heard or going away feeling that your point you did n't have a fair crack because you did n't give your point properly . |
| 18 | Also , do n't think that it will put you into a trance or make you say or do stupid things . |
| 19 | Reading Alison and Freya 's stories may worry you , puzzle you , or make you wonder whether your feelings about your body , or constant dieting or guilt over food , makes you obsessive , or verging on an eating disorder . |
| 20 | Yes , so you have to put a lot of , like , mousse on or make it wet , no not wet , it stings |
| 21 | But Walcott does n't give his characters enough to do , or make us warm to Sonny so that we care whether he stays a tourist toy . |
| 22 | We must ensure that any new action does not jeopardise what we have done or make us lose more than we have gained . ’ |
| 23 | It can be a product or service you 've bought in , not necessarily a product or service that you are actually producing or generating yourselves . |
| 24 | I enjoy working things out with numbers , e.g. how much wallpaper or carpet I need to buy |
| 25 | This allows the meeting to ask questions , comment or review what happened at previous meetings and to check that decisions have been carried out , or that matters have progressed in the manner envisaged . |
| 26 | Before setting out the law , it is important to discover to what extent there exists any unifying principle or premiss which draws together the individual legal rules . |
| 27 | The drawing suggests a temporary problem or glitch which has threatened the mission . |
| 28 | Recognising the pressures on computer teachers , and the billions of dollars , pounds , francs or yen which give weight to those pressures , does not invalidate a central premise of the founders of the centre . |
| 29 | Another factor to consider is the style or effect you want to create . |
| 30 | Right , I 'm here vir virtually throughout the vacation , erm , I 'll be here until the beginning of next term , so if you are having problems of any sort , or want me to run through something with you , just er , feel free to disturb me . |