Example sentences of "you [verb] [adv] or " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 But the lust for escape was a powerful one and the fact that escape was possible made the idea a great stimulus whether you got away or not .
2 ‘ Before when you were sick — which was not often — you got well or you died .
3 You still looked nine thirty and then could you make even or did you have to wait around ?
4 If you react angrily or aggressively , your child may do the same .
5 The flickering patterns of the light made her face seem insubstantial ; like something you might glimpse in a dream but which , when you came closer or held a clear light up to see it better , would fade or change back to its true form .
6 Add one phrase at a time : When listening to a text or story in the classroom , or to a public speech of some kind , you can mimic by " tracking " , which means that you mimic silently or under your breath a few syllables behind the speaker .
7 You going backwards or forward ?
8 Are you going then or are you stopping in ?
9 Oh are you going home or are you gon na be back ?
10 Not all video machines have this property but it is becoming more and more common to be able to see the picture as you run forward or back on the tape or disc .
11 have a job getting out of them and er you know more or less the higher chair 's
12 Because it 's er you know more or less the same as estate agents in terms of look alike .
13 4.16 If you are handling cash , however small the amount , and you are not sure if there is an need for you to do so or you can think of an alternative method which will dispense with the need for you to carry cash in the course of your work , you should let your line supervisor know .
14 What you doing , you staying there or moving ?
15 ‘ Why do n't you move away or shut up , ’ he shouted .
16 And you find more or more or less forceful ways of of giving directives , and one way of making some things perhaps a bit less forceful is to put a tag question on cos it 's sort of adding a sort of pleading note on to it , to ask somebody to do it , I think .
17 You are more liable to injury when you exercise infrequently or irregularly .
18 Do you have either or both double-glazed windows and window locks ?
19 you , if you try once or twice fine , but you just give up .
20 Are you stopping here or not ?
21 You see I say are you stopping here or are you not , does your dad ?
22 Do you mean inside or outside ?
23 ‘ Do you mean mentally or physically ?
24 Oh do you mean now or resolution in total or , or separately .
25 Whether you go away or not , I hope you all find time for a little rest and recuperation .
26 , aha , just basically I mean how do you find working and , you know rearing children , bringing up a family , and doing your housework , do you , how do you organize it , do you find that you get up early and do work in the morning , will you do a bit of work when you go home or , does your partner help out with the work ?
27 Unless you arc on auto white balance , check the settings each time you move outdoors or come back indoors .
28 Playing were you playing there or were you yo yo yo , or you
29 Now do you come quietly or do I use force ? ’
30 And could you drive already or did they
  Next page