Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'll go to church more often , or I 'll read my bible more regularly , or I 'll really make an issue about praying , it 's not , it 's not that at all . |
2 | Now do co-operate for my sake — or I wo n't have a moment 's peace in Rome . |
3 | I have to have the full eight hours or I ca n't do a thing the next morning , not a single thing . |
4 | Have I got my glasses with me or I ca n't see the prices . |
5 | Hope I 've got my glasses with me or I ca n't see the prices . |
6 | Flying from London to Los Angeles I could make New York a genuine intermediate target by taking a stop-over or I could simply score the halfway mark on the total journey . |
7 | You may ‘ see ’ the music in shapes and colours or you may simply experience a feeling of peace or deep emotion . |
8 | Or you might even have a home visit from your midwife to recheck your blood pressure away from the crowded scene of a busy antenatal clinic . |
9 | Take your coats off or you wo n't feel the benefit later . ’ |
10 | The Sergeant came barging into the Nissen hut , bawling out , ‘ Right , you bloody lot , if you have any homes to go to , get out of those pits and down to the orderly room , sharpish , or you wo n't get a bloody pass . ’ |
11 | If you do n't know the words if you do n't know what the Spanish or lemonade or you ca n't spell the darn thing you 'll get a low mark right . |
12 | And we 've been saying to Chief Executives , if you ca n't get the profit or you ca n't get the sales , well at least concentrate on trying to , trying to get the cash , get the debtors in , that kind of thing . |
13 | We have asked questions about clearing the grass up afterwards and we 're told that would probably be two or three times the amount in the contract and in the actual , at the end of the day you get what you 're paid for , you get what you pay for , and if you do n't provide the resources or you ca n't provide the resources , I should say , then obviously you 've got ta make do with second best . |
14 | or you ca n't have a lunch break , but she did n't , she just automatically assumes that everybody knows what 's going on in her head be that everybody else should know as well , yeah anyway I 've got to go Matt 's shouting , he 's obviously having problems plumbing the dishwasher , god his little cotton socks , so we 'll see you later , alright then , see you later on ta ta . |
15 | you can add all sorts of decorations , ‘ jewels ’ round the neck , sequins on the wings , sequins stuck closely on the head to simulate a cap of curls or you can even make the wings from gold or silver ‘ leaf ’ sprays . |
16 | She 's got thirty seven pounds ninety eight to spend , she gets that amount for every ten pounds , so you want to know how many ten pounds there are in thirty seven ninety eight , so you can write it out as a division sum or you can just move the decimal point . |
17 | Should the problem persist , or you can not contact the Area Manager , the Regional Management Centre is the next point of contact for your complaint . |
18 | Or you can simply sabotage the thing by coughing loudly and exploding all over the place and then of course they simply ca n't use it . |
19 | You could organise a large event at your local park or a sponsored ramble in the country ; or you could simply leave the car at home and get people to sponsor your walk to the station . |
20 | You 've also got to be able to get comfy and take a breather when you can or you 'd never last a race . |
21 | Having been involved in a substantial amount of this sort of work for 15 years , I believe it is correct to aver that once a person reaches 60 there is an unwritten rule or convention which determines that he or she shall not receive a first appointment . |
22 | So and she ca I do n't know whether you noticed or she ca n't make a cup of coffee without spilling it . |
23 | He or she may even know the number of consultants within a particular firm , how it has been performing , what are its key issues , how it has grown over the past year and generally what it is doing and how successfully . |
24 | If the salesperson is unsuccessful at this stage , then he or she may not have the opportunity of selling to the firm again until the next model change ( and even then it is difficult trying to dislodge established suppliers ) . |
25 | In fact , she 'll have to eat the same amount of calories as Mary — rather than what she ate before — or she 'll eventually regain the lost weight . |
26 | Sir Nicolas Brown-Wilkinson V-C added that the section is really concerned with helping a liquidator fill in the gaps of any missing information in the company 's records , so that the or she would then have the knowledge that the company should have . |
27 | The photographer will be much more in charge here but he or she will still need a detailed briefing . |
28 | He or she will usually make a recommendation to the committee about what its decision should be , but it does not have to follow this advice . |
29 | He or she will then discuss the case with all those deemed necessary in the best interests of the child . |
30 | The LIFESPAN Manager should therefore study the rest of this section , so that he or she can either take the recommended avoiding action , or at least understand what is happening if any of the users become confused . |