Example sentences of "or i do " in BNC.

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1 You 'd have to get rid of a lot of your assumptions before you could fully appreciate why I could n't live with a man I do n't love , or I do n't think you could ever understand why I ca n't accept to be maintained , to put myself at the disposal of another , be in another 's company twenty-four hours a day , share another 's pleasures and pains — and so on . ’
2 I mean , it could have very easily gone from there to everybody following a different path — going away from rock'n'roll and getting into jazz , or I do n't know what .
3 But when that 's passed I think that being able to have sex with other people is an essential part of your relationships ; otherwise , one does , or I do , feel very trapped , feel the sort of heaviness of a conventional marriage .
4 You see , I think housework is a waste of time , I do n't do it , or I do a minimum .
5 Now erm for next oh something else as well I 'm not sure whether you sign this or I do it erm right what 's the date is it about twenty eighth ?
6 ‘ I command , or I do n't go .
7 Or I do n't think I want that new pair of jeans .
8 A small survey of drinkers ' attitudes ( see box , below ) showed that people thought reduced alcohol products were massively overpriced and an irrelevant halfway house ( ‘ I either drink or I do n't ’ was a typical comment ) .
9 F seven or I do F ten .
10 I wanted to go into their clubs because erm I used to the , the Co-op , the dresses were a bit frumpy and er whether it was just er me , or I do n't know .
11 I , even as a friend and a colleague of the staff notice it strongly in little points of racism , all the time constantly there , it gets beyond a joke , I 've lost friends in the school or I do n't associate with certain members of staff purely because of the constant jibing which eventually gets beyond a joke .
12 I 'm not going to let her slide out of it or I do n't get my scoop . ’
13 He put down the tray on the floor , and brought out her cap from the pocket in his coat into which he had stuffed it , saying , however , ‘ Let go your hair or I do n't return it . ’
14 playroom , or I do n't know .
15 He was a Scotsman depending San Francisco and er situation that what you described but we were handing out food at Christmas Eve to people and people were coming up and er for their own proud they were saying things like I 'm a vegetarian or I do n't eat cheese pasties that was the case that was the only thing you had left but I mean it makes me really angry that we did not have this situation ten or twelve years ago .
16 Erm and had he had he patented it or I do n't know about exactly the timing , he might have made himself an absolute fortune .
17 Er , I sorry , , just clearing my throat , er , I did , I did delegate if somebody put it on the end of somebody 's assignment , then I to it , but I tend to find I underestimate what people can do for me all the time , and do n't identify just how much those people can give me back , and I did , or I do have a tendency at times to give people like before , to hold on too much , try and do too much myself , and er , you ca n't do it that way in case .
18 Or I do n't think so anyhow , we 'd 've nailed it together for him for nothing and
19 The only way we can actually go about it is that if we use these cramps and if you remember me telling you , or I do hint every now and then , make sure you keep the cramps straight parallel to the rails , and that 's the reason why because it 'll fall straight , now if something 's in twist and we want to bring it back again , what you do is if it 's in twist that way , you put the cramp as I 've done these slightly up
20 Well it er it will be wood but whether it 's covered over whether it 's wood grain or whether it 's white or I do n't know .
21 The real reason is I am frightened what folk will say , or I do not want to give up this particular habit of mine .
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