Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The walls were bare and whitewashed ; they might be distempered or painted and a few bright prints could be added and hung high enough to be out of the patients reach . |
| 2 | Old dressers and chests of drawers , if you can still find them , can be stripped and polished or painted and decorated . |
| 3 | Next he grouped the climbing , shrubby plants needing support or fastening and these are followed by hardy evergreen trees and shrubs . |
| 4 | Is the water in your paddock stale or contaminated and therefore not attractive to her ? |
| 5 | Worst hit of all were Motherwell , who had 22 of their 32 registered players either injured or coughing and spluttering , and who had their league game with Celtic postponed as a result of the infection . |
| 6 | The plant was described by the ancient Greeks to improve eyesight ad this belief continued and travelled to Britain where Gerard recommended : " that the herb a little boiled or skalded and kept in pickle as Sampier ( samphire ) and eaten , quickens the sight " , or : " applied with honey and the juice of Fennell , is a remedie against dim eies " . |
| 7 | Follow it through one week — or pick and choose the ideas that appeal to you . |
| 8 | Spend several days visiting all 15 sites which include eight of Northamptonshire 's U.S. air bases , memorials to the Groups who flew from them , nearby villages and churches which commemorate the airmen 's stay and pubs and towns along the route , haunts of WWII servicemen , or pick and choose those sights of particular interest . |
| 9 | He spoke without any sign of softening or apologising and Maggie 's temper rose a little higher . |
| 10 | ‘ Bring what you will , poverty or reviling and with a wave of my wand I will turn it to good . |
| 11 | When we had association we 'd stand around and talk , or sit and watch telly or have a bath and wash our hair . |
| 12 | The chemist can advise you what to do if you have a minor burn , scald or graze and how to treat things like nits and head lice . |
| 13 | Natural wood finish , stained , lacquered or varnished and polished can be most impressive . |
| 14 | Well I I think its , the way that the plaintiff puts the case on that point my Lord is that even if the defendant Mr took the view er that it would not have been proper for such a notice to be served , in view of what the plaintiff was saying to him about his wish to get out of the contract , the fact that it was available to him should have been brought to his attention and then as Mr was saying that I sorry I do n't feel I can do this on your behalf because it 's not proper in the circumstances or whatever erm , should then have gone on to advise the plaintiff either to do it himself or to go and seek independent advice . |
| 15 | It is entitled To Choose or to Lose and it proclaims a strategy ‘ developed against the background of the desire to solve or gain control of environmental problems within the duration of one generation ’ . |
| 16 | You 've no idea the miners and , and people that came out onto the road and had nowhere to go or stay and had nothing . |
| 17 | They can not be attacked in hand-to-hand combat either — the only way to destroy a Fanatic is to shoot him or to wait and let him collapse from exhaustion . |
| 18 | Depending on their radioactivity , these are either stored on the site for eventual disposal , or diluted and discharged through a pipeline into the Irish Sea . |
| 19 | The Unique Interlocking hair Weaving System is a process which involves sewing processed human hair onto the client 's own hair without having to use braids , twisting or gluing and can eliminate the problems of thinning hair . |
| 20 | Befriending schemes have been established so that , where it is desirable , students with special educational needs can be accompanied by a volunteer helper who will interpret or explain and assist as necessary . |
| 21 | The first sign of tetanus in a newborn baby is the inability to suck or swallow and muscular spasms of the lips and mouth . |
| 22 | These should be either printed or duplicated and state how many issues are produced during the year . |
| 23 | It is far better to like and admire something that is wrong , or to like and admire for the wrong reason , provided we do so sincerely , than to follow slavishly the dictates or ideas of some other person . |
| 24 | After a few feeble and dispirited attempts to rotate his shoulders in a circular movement , or raise and lower his arms , he subsided with a groan and lay slumped until the nurse helped him up again and the torture continued . |
| 25 | But then , unexpectedly , he finds that his fault has been overlooked or forgiven and at once the world reappears in brilliant colours , full of delightful prospects . |
| 26 | Leaves are narrow , bright green , tapering to a point at the tip , wavy or crinkled and with a bold midrib with two parallel veins on either side of it . |
| 27 | This group concluded that Mrs Thatcher 's continued participation in the contest could only prove disastrous for the party : she might either scrape a narrow victory and limp on , having lost the confidence of the party , or lose and allow Heseltine to become Prime Minister . |
| 28 | Such ventures , however , left out those who were most disturbed or withdrawn and hence who found it most difficult to work ; these were left to idle their time away on the wards , and it was always a struggle to find sufficient financial investment in equipment and raw materials to establish and maintain occupational ventures . |
| 29 | If an admissible statement is identified , the legal adviser may then be required to conduct a more rigorous examination of the subsequent parliamentary proceedings to establish whether the statement has been repeated , varied or withdrawn and a — somewhat less onerous task whether there has been a relevant subsequent amendment to the provision . |
| 30 | The number line method works when you have to add or subtract and ordinary positive number plus three means go up three , minus three means go down three . |