Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had eaten little or nothing most of the day . |
| 2 | Well it looks like two or nothing here ! |
| 3 | But it often does , and little or nothing else . |
| 4 | I ai n't got a hankie or nothing so I try and lick it off with my tongue , but I ca n't get all of it . |
| 5 | With the Majorcan it was love or nothing so nothing it would have to be . |
| 6 | They 're not , they 're not big trees or nothing so I mean there was , it was only a , like one of these small power chain saws , one hand sort of thing , grab hold of it like that , there was nothing , no really big branches , were only cutting the tops off . |
| 7 | It 's the league or nothing now for the Blues , beaten for the second week running and suffering their first defeat at Windsor Park since last December 16 . |
| 8 | It 's all or nothing now . ’ |
| 9 | They 'd no They 'd no electric or nothing there you see and they 'd water through a well . |
| 10 | This is true whether the story is an epic with a cast of thousands or nothing more elaborate than a simple family situation . |
| 11 | Do you know he said , with a rather pathetic , confiding tone , like a patient describing embarrassing symptoms to a doctor , ‘ I sometimes think that either I 'm mad , or everyone else is . |
| 12 | ‘ But … , but … , ’ said Zanya , ‘ but we must get back to Planet Centram , or everyone there will die . ’ |
| 13 | Anyone , whether it was Pilate then , or you or me today , who rejects and crucifies Christ afresh , seals his or her own doom . |
| 14 | This was the plan I laid down , and the first time I had occasion to try it in practice was the Summer before the last [ 1774 ] & I then did it in the case of a Lady and in the hottest weather : the next Body I tried these experiments upon was Jan y . |
| 15 | [ 4.2 If by the Certificate Date the parties have been unable to agree whether any requirement of the Landlord made pursuant to clause 4.1 is reasonable the matter or matters in dispute shall be referred to a counsel to be agreed upon between the parties or failing agreement within [ 5 ] working days after the Certificate Date to one of the conveyancing counsel for the time being of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice [ " Counsel " ] to be nominated on the application of either party by the President for the time being of the Law Society ( or his duly appointed deputy or any other person authorised by him to make appointments on his behalf ) and Counsel shall : |
| 16 | Medical student , James Colthurst , liked to regale the slumbering throng with unwelcome early morning renditions of Martin Luther King 's famous ‘ I had a dream ’ speech or his equally unamusing Mussolini impersonation . |
| 17 | But his beat is often sluggish and lifeless , and when he does move things along he is apt to produce a coarse effect with his punched-out accents ( listen for example to ‘ Cease to beauty ’ or ‘ The flocks shall leave the mountains ’ ) or his aggressively pushy rhythms ( as in ‘ Happy we ’ or ‘ Love sounds th ’ alarm ’ ) . |
| 18 | The allies have to remember that , even if Mr Hussein were to fall upon his ( or someone else 's ) sword tomorrow , he might be replaced the following day by someone just as dangerous and aggressive . |
| 19 | It may be necessary to chart events and actions to be able to show later that teachers acted promptly and appropriately ; in child abuse particularly , but also in other cases , careful records may be helpful in protecting the child or someone else from harm . |
| 20 | When we are young , the thought of death , whether our own or someone else 's , is so appalling that we can not face it . |
| 21 | Are we angry with ourselves and blaming something or someone else ? |
| 22 | This will only bring about grief for what do we really know about ourselves or someone else ? |
| 23 | The patient may improve his chances of achieving a goal by entering into a contract with himself or someone else . |
| 24 | But had they — or someone else — not come in , Price 's would have been sold to a foreign buyer ( an option Shell considered ) , broken up and merged with a rival , or worse , have disappeared altogether , taking 160 years of manufacturing history with it . |
| 25 | He was at home , then — he or someone else . |
| 26 | ‘ Or someone else , ’ said Michael significantly . |
| 27 | If she is to come to live with you , or someone else in the family , consideration should be given to arranging this along the lines mentioned in Chapter 3 . |
| 28 | For each client , list the nursing interventions either by yourself or someone else , such as ‘ insulin injection ’ , ‘ mouth care ’ , ‘ socialisation ’ , ‘ health promotion ’ , that each required in the fist hour of care , say between eight and nine , or nine and 10 in the morning . |
| 29 | My whole understanding of the human world requires that in thought and imagination I am constantly shifting between and responding from different viewpoints , here or there , remembered or anticipated , individual or collective , my own or someone else 's , hypothetical , fictional , or simply indefinite ; it is only in action that I have to settle in a present viewpoint , whether personal ( ‘ I ’ ) or social ( ‘ We ’ ) . |
| 30 | They need to focus on whether a report is addressed to funders , potential funders or someone else . |