Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] a [noun] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has a repeated ‘ kik ’ note , and a ‘ song ’ rendered as ‘ wait , wait ’ uttered slowly on a rising or falling scale . |
| 2 | You either sit down for a meal or get ready for bed and the phone goes . ’ |
| 3 | If she would like the family and close friends to gather together for a meal or light refreshments after the service and committal , you will of course have prepared for this beforehand . |
| 4 | The men lived together in a compound or — to use their term — a cage . |
| 5 | So much so that even when I had abandoned hopes of luring her into my narrow and uncomfortable bed , we frequently got together for a drink or a cheap meal . |
| 6 | They staggered on for a year or two after that , but Tesco 's had a big , big change of policy they were no longer high and kick them out cheap , they decided to promote a quality in which stamps did not go for and erm |
| 7 | The successful receptionist models could be used to devise special training to enable CAB receptionists to ascertain the depth of a problem ; they could serve the dual function of assessing which clients have just come in for a form or a local address and they could make appointments for others in person or by telephone and smooth the queue . |
| 8 | ‘ At the most , they are confined only for a century or two . |
| 9 | Increasingly , plants are seen as an integral part of any office complex and are not something to be considered only during a refurbishment or initial build . |
| 10 | Sometimes his eyes would glaze over for a second or two as if he were out of their world altogether . |
| 11 | If a policeman could be so well endowed with it , despite the obvious difficulties and frustrations of his profession , the ordinary man or woman would surely be brimming over with a joke or two no matter what the occasion . |
| 12 | This is particularly so for workers whose lives are related to work not as a vocation or as a career , but as a job for earning money to spend in private . |
| 13 | Since kitchens tend to be positioned at the back of the house , they are often in an ideal situation for extending into the back garden , or knocking through into a corridor or back room to create a more useful space . |
| 14 | ‘ And I suppose you 've come home for a day or two 's holiday ? |
| 15 | A few people were about , returning from church or walking home with a newspaper or a neatly wrapped pastry . |
| 16 | If you 'd like to meet up for a drink or something , do give me a call on the above number . |
| 17 | It 's great fun , very enjoyable , but for a young women who 's perhaps come up from a convent or an all girls ' school and who feels very uncomfortable with this person because he 's thirty years older and has power over here , it 's not perceived in the same way . |
| 18 | Much of the social life evolves around the patio at Cosmos , where decisions are taken about which taverna to visit for supper , and whether or not to meet later at a bar or disco . |
| 19 | The bang as it bounces may be picked up by a hearing-aid or by a vibrator , thus avoiding that sticky mess on top of the stove . |
| 20 | Does detail build up to a whole or is detail obtained by microscoping the whole ? |
| 21 | Such projects were popular constructions in the late 1970s and early 1980s , and I am worried that once again the Welsh Office is trying to catch up with a fashion or a phase that has passed . |
| 22 | Where a person claims possession of land he alleges is occupied solely by a person or persons ( not a tenant or tenants holding over ) who entered into or remained in occupation without his licence or consent or that of any predecessor in title of his , the proceedings may be brought by originating application under Ord 24 . |
| 23 | And there were the baskets of fruit , perfect small melons , late plums , under-ripe medlars waiting to soften , peaches , pears hollowed out by a bird or a wasp , figs that had fallen of their own accord , all the fruits of September naturally ripe and sometimes still warm from the sun . |
| 24 | ‘ The probate thing will be sorted out in a month or so , ’ said Helen in strangled tones . |
| 25 | By Sunday evening , though , I was getting back to myself and expected to be let out in a day or two but they kept me in for the week , giving me tests , including an electrocardiogram . ’ |
| 26 | I promise to come out for a drink or dinner , even a game of tennis with you . ’ ’ |
| 27 | A number of public examinations , particularly those administered by the CSE boards , allowed both setting and marking to be carried out by a school or group of schools , with a moderation procedure built into the scheme . |
| 28 | The Convention shall likewise apply to carriage carried out by a state or a state organisation . |
| 29 | Solicitors ' Practice Rule 14 requires solicitors who wish to provide structural surveys or formal property valuations to ensure that : ( 1 ) the work is carried out by a principal or employee who is a chartered surveyor or who holds another professional qualification approved by the Council of the Law Society ; and ( 2 ) an appropriate additional contribution is paid to the Solicitors ' Indemnity Fund ( see Chapter 12 ) . |
| 30 | This is based on calculations performed by chemical engineers and also on experimental trials carried out in a laboratory or pilot plant . |