Example sentences of "or [noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Guinea pigs and rabbits should be kept in sheds or garages out of the way . |
| 2 | People who dangle wires or ropes on to power lines to see what happens are playing with fire . ’ |
| 3 | Are there arrangements for surgeries or clinics out of working hours ? |
| 4 | Are there arrangements for surgeries or clinics out of working hours ? |
| 5 | In the maritime Antarctic they form short mats or cushions up to 25 cm across and 5–1Ocm deep , typically on warm north — or west-facing slopes close to sea level , in association with each other and with mosses ; they are usually underlain with brown soils to which they have contributed roots and other organic material ( Longton , 1985 ) . |
| 6 | However , without the attendance of a senior member of the family and his appreciation of the value of the training , the younger members might not be able to put their training to best use or to introduce new techniques or ideas on to the farm . |
| 7 | This is the way to send gifts or goods up to 2kg all over the world . |
| 8 | At Invercargill aerodrome Southland Aero Club welcomes pilots for conventional training and renting , but Chris Thomson , the CFI also flies deer hunters or holidaymakers out to remote Stewart Island ( NZ 's uttermost southern extremity ) or onto beach landing strips in the solitude of Fiordland 's most inaccessible mountain territory . |
| 9 | Even though there is n't much space for plot or characters in between the authorial wisecracks , at 435 ill-written pages Gridlock is about four times as long as it needs to be . |
| 10 | It is also important that the areas where the varnish is being applied are dust-free and that you are not wearing clothes which will shed dust or fibres on to the surface . |
| 11 | There were no youthful revolutionaries , they were all , in the main , mature men — some of whom had fought in '16 — and all of whom had advanced the Irish cause either with funds or arms down through the years . |
| 12 | Two years elapsed before , as a matter of right , torpedoed seamen became entitled to " one month 's wages , or wages up to the date of arrival in the United Kingdom , whichever is the greater " , and also compensation for lost effects . |
| 13 | He had supposed Debbie and her cronies painted flowers , or bowls of fruit , or landscapes up on the Ridge . |
| 14 | Hering stated that a cure should proceed : from above , downwards — from the head or upper regions of the body down towards the feet ; from within , out — from the internal organs out to the joints or skin ; from more important to less important organs — from the liver , heart or lungs out to the joints or skin ; from the present backwards in time — going back into the patient 's medical history . |
| 15 | Gone are the days when a couple furnished their house from top to bottom in a style that fitted in with the tastes of friends , neighbours , colleagues at work , or cronies down at the pub or tennis club . |
| 16 | Grinder car 752 is used traditionally to grind wrinkles or corrugations out of the track with its carborundum shoes , and is seen here in Red Bank Road , Bispham in 1964 . |
| 17 | If they had the time they 'd have cut words or letters out of magazines . |
| 18 | He had been shooting since he was about five years old ; there were few clubs or competitions around at the time but the Scorton was one of the leading ones . |