Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ If he gets advised to go to Sotheby 's , the letters 'll vanish , into America or somewhere else , or Blackadder 'll get them if we 're lucky . |
| 32 | Boy would have been happiest to stand on the end of a pier from which big ships , real proper ocean ships , embarked ; but he would have settled for just an ordinary pier , a small one — so long as it was big enough for him to walk away from the city , into the wind , turn his back on everything and stand there looking west at an empty sea , or a far horizon , and think about America , or somewhere . |
| 33 | Your father was chief cook to the Maharajah of Patiala or somewhere but I ca n't boil an egg . ’ |
| 34 | Just gang down the court or somewhere then come home . |
| 35 | In the zoo , or somewhere . |
| 36 | Now he 's too young for me to hit — but you can get 'im at school , or somewhere . |
| 37 | If you do not have an airing cupboard or somewhere useful to hide all the ironing while you are steeling yourself to do it , then buy an ottoman . |
| 38 | I 'd like to start somewhere not too much in the public eye , because it takes the pressure off , so I 'll probably go to Argentina or somewhere like that , do some rehearsals and some gigs and see what transpires . ’ |
| 39 | To illustrate , let us eavesdrop on Mrs Smith : ‘ I went to that little shop on the corner , you know the one , bought by Miss Thingambob when poor old Mr Whatshisname went to Australia or somewhere with his asthma . |
| 40 | If it had been grey and raining and chilly he might have taken one look at Wyvis Hall and turned tail and fled to Crete or Delos or somewhere . |
| 41 | ‘ I sometimes think now , Oh gawd , I must have really looked like a schlepp when I used to turn up at Motown or somewhere taking a punk rocky attitude with me . |
| 42 | Some breeders I rang did n't have any left , others did n't have any chicks of the age I wanted ( and after Barny , I was very wary of buying anything more than a few weeks old ) , and others lived in the Highlands of Scotland or somewhere equally inaccessible to me . |
| 43 | If they 'd caught her , they 'd have stuck her in Imbrium or somewhere , some institution She 'd been in places like that before That was like death to her There must have been a lot of them caught like that , at the end , |
| 44 | ‘ Look , I 'm just going to Plenty , not Charon or somewhere . ’ |
| 45 | By combining these two exercises , teachers are in a much better position to be able to say to the demanders , whether parents , government or somewhere in between : ‘ Given the resources of time , material , support and expertise , we are able to do A , B and C or C , D and E , but not A , B and E , let alone all five . |
| 46 | When the chimney is in place keep picking up Wilma , who 'll be near the Burger Bar or somewhere down below . |
| 47 | If fans from Millwall or Villa or somewhere like that come down — causing trouble and that , then I 'll have a go . |
| 48 | I have a couple of times , like when one of me friends brought some home on a ship from Thailand or somewhere . |
| 49 | If you approach production from school or university , your academic qualifications will be noticed and you will give yourself a push up the ladder if you gain more knowledge of your subject by attending a course in printing at your local polytechnic or somewhere like the London School of Printing . |
| 50 | You 're from Darlington or somewhere . |
| 51 | Er I , I think the , the way the request is presented to Northumberland might be different to the way it 's presented in or Tynedale or somewhere like that . |
| 52 | If all Preston 's childhood friends had lined up against a wall , as when they were waiting to be picked for football , Preston would most likely have left William to pretty near the end and then put him at left back , or somewhere he would do the least damage to his own side . |
| 53 | L : I was noticing — I was down by Queen Street or+the bottom of Hanover Street or somewhere + and they 've just cleaned up some of the buildings down there + and what a difference it makes + |
| 54 | Moved on at dawn to Athens or Antibes or somewhere or other . |
| 55 | If you really can only go shopping once a week , you will have to store all you fruit and vegetables in the refrigerator or somewhere cool to prevent them from spoiling . |
| 56 | alright , they move it out of Switzerland but if we ca n't have it here we 'll have it in Pakistan or somewhere where they want the money ! |
| 57 | ‘ What if half the people in Beirut or somewhere are called Azul ? |
| 58 | The advantages of attending a unit of this kind or somewhere that gives similar solidarity and guidance has been shown in a study of schoolgirl mothers . |
| 59 | I 'd never been there but there would have been a terrible fuss if I 'd taken off to Roundhay Park or Woodhouse Moor or somewhere . |
| 60 | but in the twenties I was better at the pictures or somewhere like that , which you could get for a few pence , but you 're not walking about or doing tiring thing . |