Example sentences of "or [pron] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had somehow supposed her to sit in that room for ever , real only when Hugo or I were with her . |
| 2 | I 'd been having a bit of a go about putting your hand up but every time he put his hand up I 'm bending over somebody or I 'm in a different part of the room . |
| 3 | Reading for our , I mean er , I supply my own car , my church has recognised that whether I 'm probably if I pay the tax and the insurance erm and I just thirty two , thirty five that 's but when I 'm in business or I 'm in provinces and I 'm allowed to pay what , ten fifteen |
| 4 | The transfer function of the low-pass prototype is given by equation ( 12.12 ) and substituting expression ( 12.43 ) for s generates the modified transfer function On the other hand , direct analysis of the network of figure ( 12.4 ) yields or which is of course of the same form . |
| 5 | And this has been interpreted as meaning measures which are excessively costly , burdensome , unusual , or which are of no real benefit to the patient . |
| 6 | Events which are severely threatful only for a few days , or which are of a relatively mild or even positive nature , are unlikely to be associated with depression ( see chapter 4 ) . |
| 7 | Literature is fiction not because it somehow refuses to acknowledge ‘ reality ’ , but because it is not a priori certain that language functions according to principles which are those , or which are like those , of the phenomenal world . |
| 8 | Those countries that could not ‘ keep up ’ with Germany or which were on a different economic cycle from her would suffer badly in terms of their standards of living . |
| 9 | You say ‘ false pretences ’ — there 's no power to arrest unless you are on the spot and see it happen or you are in immediate pursuit . |
| 10 | If the model is rotating , or apparently flying backwards , or you are in any doubt about what it is doing , apply some forward cyclic . |
| 11 | And I ca n't decide whether it 's , you 're A types and you go into construction , or you 're in construction and it makes you into A types . |
| 12 | Secondly what I 'd like , want both groups to do is to think how you would describe that person 's performance in an informal situation when you 're down the met , down the pub with your mates , or you 're in the room , speaking to that person . |
| 13 | Erm , especially when you 're in front of a screen er or you 're in front of a , a form that you 're , someone 's saying get the traffic profile out and th what they send , what they , how many they send , it can sound like an interrogational . |
| 14 | You 're either for me or you 're against me , you ca n't be neutral . |
| 15 | You 're either for me , says Jesus , or you 're against me . |
| 16 | and I ca n't see the two people involved being able to stomach that very easily because questions like why did you not ask for counselling at the time or you were in charge and why did you not ensure he had any adequate |
| 17 | Well er , she 's at home , or she 's in the erm R E I |
| 18 | If you complete this section of the Application Form we can pay the life assurance benefit , subject to a maximum of £5,000 , to your nominated beneficiary provided he or she is over age 18 , immediately we receive official evidence of your death . |
| 19 | A judge should only find a child guilty of contributory negligence if he or she is of such an age as reasonably to be expected to take precautions for his or her own safety ; and then he or she is only to be found guilty if blame should be attached to him or her . |
| 20 | Broadly speaking , the higher an individual is in the social strata the less likely he or she is to be arrested , prosecuted and ( if prosecuted ) found guilty . |
| 21 | The leader or high priest(ess) is chosen for the quality of psychic power exhibited , and how open he or she is to the life-force . |
| 22 | As long as an MP declares he or she is on the take these payments somehow are deemed acceptable . |
| 23 | ‘ And how do you check that the guest will be able to talk once he or she is on the show ? |
| 24 | It is with the subject in mind that Minton restates his belief that unless a painter paints with love , he or she is like a blacksmith hammering away with appropriate tools but no fire . |
| 25 | To provide an illustration , a child who gets into trouble is much more likely to come before a court if he or she is from a poor home and has parents who do not get on with the welfare authorities or the police , than if his or her family is prosperous , respectable and willing to co-operate with the police and social services . |
| 26 | Los Angeles remains governable , the next mayor , whatever ethnic or interest group he or she is from will find acceptance as he had . |
| 27 | It is true that Pound does not readily conceive of a reader who is not also an aspiring writer — something that led Leavis astray when he tried to retort to How To Read ; but there is no harm , and much profit , in letting the student of the history of poetry suppose that he or she is in due course going to write poems . |
| 28 | Anyone who has been alongside a ship when he or she is in a small boat knows the way she towers over you at a dockside . |
| 29 | They do not want to disturb their child by commenting on how good he or she is in case the child starts to demand attention again . |
| 30 | Do you stay with the baby at all times when he or she is in the bath ? |