Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of my former colleagues would agree that my recent work is unhistorical but on the contrary condemn it for this — or rather they would condemn it did they not resort to the easier course of dismissing it as the gutterings of a senile mind . |
| 2 | Or rather they can tell you that ‘ previous assumptions on the dark nature of this pigment can no longer be considered entirely operative ; indeed , we may be in total reversal scenario here , which is in line with expectations . ’ |
| 3 | He 's our lead singer , or rather I should say he was . |
| 4 | ‘ Penny , this is Miss Broome — or perhaps we may call you Ianthe ? |
| 5 | If that is what is intended , the objector would say , then constructivism is nothing more than a kind of behaviourism ( another attempt to replace the mental by the behavioural ) ; or perhaps we might lump it together with Marxist attempts to ‘ resolve ’ the mind-body problem in terms of ‘ praxis ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ Or perhaps you would like me to inveigle her out of her self-imposed purdah and come up here instead of you going down to Four Winds . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah actually , I 'd be interested if someone sitting on the planning committee , or perhaps a director erm , yeah or perhaps you could tell me , er , why why if the planning committee members are so concerned about this , did they grant the planning permission ? |
| 8 | Or perhaps I ought to say it was her spirit , since it resembled not at all any portrait that could have been painted . |
| 9 | Unions have turned professional , serving their members ' interests in the way that members , or perhaps I should call them customers , demand . |
| 10 | Or perhaps I should say she did not trust us with everything she knew . |
| 11 | It sounds to me as though your problem is medical rather than cosmetic and I would strongly recommend that you seek the advice of your G.P. There may be a simple remedy such as a special diet and vitamin supplements or perhaps he 'll refer you to a hair specialist . |
| 12 | Would it hold up for the half-minute or so it would take me to drive across ? |
| 13 | Over the last six weeks or so I 'll tell you the places I 've been and the people I 've seen in the National Health Service . |
| 14 | Every three months or so I 'd clear it of all the wonder remedies he 'd accumulated , but within a week he 'd have discovered some other miracle medicine . |
| 15 | " Every week or so I 'd see them come in for their beef ration . |
| 16 | Perhaps in another month or so I will find I am one among 50 runners for the job . ’ |
| 17 | Clearly corporations exercise substantial discretionary controls over the timing and fullness of their responses to consumer demands , including the possibility that for a decade or more they may ignore them ’ . |
| 18 | Someone comes up to you and you only have to say you 're not interested in drugs ; sooner or later they 'll leave you alone because they 're too busy trying to find a £5 deal to bang up with in the evening . |
| 19 | It 's nothing to do with this job , I just like to drive past whenever I can because sooner or later I 'll catch him at it . |
| 20 | Maybe the couple would kiss more frequently or hold hands in the street , or maybe she would make him supper when the children were in bed . |
| 21 | erm or maybe I 'll consider you two down , you know as the describing side |
| 22 | We ca n't give him any free headers around the box or else we 'll regret it . |
| 23 | ‘ Anybody with any information , no matter how silly they think it is , has to come forward as we must get these people or else they will do it again . |
| 24 | Should any fellow be passing by , he must refuse their invitation or else they will dance him to a watery grave . |
| 25 | You hardly had room enough to do your job , but you dare n't tell 'em to get out o' the way ; or else they 'd say they 'd as much right to be there as you had ! |
| 26 | ‘ It 's time you learnt to look after yourself , or else you 'll find you 're firmly on an unreachable shelf . |
| 27 | right , tie it off in a reef knot , if you 've got bits that are left dangling they 're too long and you ca n't go round again because it 's gon na make it too tight , you can either tuck them in or else you can fold them down , a nice clean plaster and put it right over the top , okay ? |
| 28 | ‘ Do it to me , ’ he said , ‘ or else I 'll do it to you . ’ |
| 29 | If they ca n't you can either stay at the flat or else I 'll give you some money and drop you off at a hotel . ’ |
| 30 | Or else I 'll kill him . |