Example sentences of "[pron] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it me or does the school letter come crawling round once a fortnight at your place ? |
| 2 | When someone hears the national team news , could they e-mail me or mail the list , as r.s.s is increasingly poor at giving information like this . |
| 3 | I was n't happy with myself and I felt like no-one really listened to me or understood me , ’ she revealed . |
| 4 | Second , the specificity of who it is safe to love is related to the ‘ me in you ’ : ‘ I love someone who reflects part of myself , sometimes a hidden or unacknowledged part of myself ; I feel good with a you who either shares my feelings , expresses them for me or helps me to defend myself against them . ’ |
| 5 | They looked just like those horrible Yahoos , and at first I could not let them touch me or come near me . |
| 6 | Figure 5 Diary record of behaviour sequences Source : M. Herbert , Working with Children and their Families ( London : Routledge/British Psychological Society , 1988 ) or I ask her to do something and she ignores me or says , ‘ I wo n't ! ’ . |
| 7 | Hindley says he is wicked , and ca n't play with me or eat with me any more . ’ |
| 8 | . If there are bits that you do n't understand and you 're having trouble , give me a phone , I think I put my phone number on the board , give me a ring at home , give me a ring at Aston or come and see me or go and chat to your friends or go go and look at a text book but if that does n't help , then come back , right ? |
| 9 | That was the whole point and the way , it was like , he could he could hit , he could , he could hit me or go like that to my hair or run his fingers through my face , rip all my clothes up , you know what I mean , not rip them off , rip them up ! |
| 10 | The otter either heard me or got my scent , because it suddenly looked up , then stood up and moved out of sight round the other side of the rock . |
| 11 | If you ever feel uncomfortable , please tell me or show me the stop sigh . |
| 12 | In the communal gardens I did not generally like drawing alone ; children and young teenage boys away from adult supervision , like young people everywhere , would sometimes taunt me or become rude , whereas one time , I sat against a house wall and was looked after by a family . |
| 13 | Well I mean they 've never really spoken about it one way or another , encouraged me or discouraged me , which I think I 'm grateful for . |
| 14 | You want me ; you do n't love me or trust me . ’ |
| 15 | FED-UP Gordon Armstrong last night begged Sunderland : ‘ Play me or sell me . ’ |
| 16 | There was obviously some sort of sexual element to it but I just did n't know what to do next and expected this man , who was about two or three years older than me , to , in some way , tell me or indicate to me and so I followed him without talking to him . |
| 17 | You 'll have a chance to tell me or ask me whatever it is that 's bothering you , and I 'll listen . ’ |
| 18 | if I needed any I , I used to ask my boss or phone up head office and say petty cash is getting a bit low I 've used a lot of stamps last week , they 'd send me up a cheque and , never any question of they 've provided us with tea and the pint of milk I use , I , I 'd bring it in with me or ask the |
| 19 | I had to admit , I did feel good for a moment or two psychologically speaking , but when I stood up to finish tidying my room I began to feel rather ashamed , even though no one had been here to see me or hear me . |
| 20 | The client is encouraged , and initially assisted , in developing and carrying out strategies for testing thoughts and beliefs about what might happen , e.g. ‘ If I ask my boss for a raise he 'll sack me or bite my head off . ’ , |
| 21 | I will keep you informed of all important developments but please feel free to write to me or telephone me if you have any questions regarding the progress of your claim . |
| 22 | ‘ Are you telling me or accusing me ? ’ he asked , his eyes laughing at her . |
| 23 | ‘ Afterwards — she would not look at me or speak for a long time . |
| 24 | Ushers , magistrates , Clerks of the Court , solicitors , and even the odd judge or barrister now nod affably to me or wish me a good day and more than one defendant , during the break while evidence is being weighted , has asked my ‘ professional ’ opinion as to his chances . |
| 25 | ‘ Remember , the range on this thing is quite long enough for me to dispose of you at any moment should you try to desert me or plot against me . ’ |
| 26 | Not all the congratulatory letters were complimentary , but I 'm just as grateful to those who took me to task or argued with me or lectured me as I am to those who gave me a kind pat . |
| 27 | The second thing productive I do n't think it 's productive for people to interrupt start shouting at me and chairing at me or shout shout at the platform cos I think all that 's gon na happen there is the meetings gon na disintegrate and nothing will be as right . |
| 28 | ‘ Do n't you ever do that again , ’ he said , without looking at me or breaking his stride . |
| 29 | ‘ Whether you scold me or thank me , I 'll always do my best for the family at all times . |
| 30 | So I used to say to each crowd : ‘ Look , when you see me or see my inspector , move to the kerb and stay there . |