Example sentences of "[det] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Oh do , is that where forging ahead comes
2 Keith Cox says the directors are up at Bolton tonight when they will look at the list of people who have already applied for the job and decide whether to appoint from that or advertise the post
3 Keith Cox says the directors are up at Bolton tonight when they will look at the list of people who have already applied for the job and decide whether to appoint from that or advertise the post
4 She 'd probably have slapped another man 's face for that , she realised wearily — either that or lobbed back a playfully witty rejoinder .
5 ‘ It 's either that or take the job the youth employment officer has set up for me . ’
6 Erm but in the meantime those are the first essays I can er erm are you erm , working on that or thinking about that ?
7 Either that or go down there to this guy with black hair and a big beard and stop him womanising , gambling and drinking .
8 It 's that or hacking it with the hammers .
9 The minister told a questioner later : ‘ To somehow suggest that this incident of 1,000MBq released into the atmosphere is somehow responsible for massive contamination of the food chain … it clearly is nonsense to suggest that or to compare it in any way with Chernobyl . ’
10 It was either that or dump herself on to the perch in a heap , having given up the struggle , and she was much too graceful and proud to let something as undignified as that happen .
11 ‘ Well , it 's that or die , ’ said Lili .
12 It was either that or tackle the beast with his bare hands .
13 Supposing a fitter leaves the oil plug out of the car , there 's a leak , the oil drains out of it and it causes some damage , but that damage does n't appear until a thousand/two thousand miles later , are you going to exclude that or cover it ?
14 Erm I do recognise some faces , I know some of you recognise me and eh cos we 've done quite a lot of things together , but this afternoon what I 'm going to tell you about is how I fit in with Council , I do n't think any of you know that or know what the Local Government Unit is .
15 Either that or using one player to dribble the whole length of the pitch .
16 Does your wife do that or does somebody else do that , why not just ask me the question who does the gardening
17 Well why does n't , ca n't he do something about that or does he
18 ‘ Christ , ’ said Billy , ‘ you supposed to drink that or eat it , ’ and gave his usual raucous laugh .
19 Does anybody of you seen that or remember ?
20 When asked to appear in ’ Frankie 's On ’ for Central , the comedian answered , ’ Well it was either that or join the Chippendales . ’
21 Is the intention to palletize that or to leave it as it is .
22 And then , I either leave it like that or turn it to one .
23 You may set that as a target to try and work at it this way to overcome that or to do it better .
24 It 's either that or taking a day 's leave on the Friday .
25 all that material and stuff did they bought that or send for it or
26 office place and give him a bag of plaster and tell him to plaster there for a day either that or send him up
27 either that or banging his head on the wall !
28 ‘ We could not predict that or anticipate that . ’
29 Now are you happy with that that you can do that or do you think that 's sort of overloading you ?
30 okay any extension on that or do we come straight through to you ?
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