Example sentences of "either [vb past] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McIntosh is too much the diplomat to say what he really thinks about the firm 's three year spell inside the TSB empire , except to say two things — firstly that he doubts whether it either made or lost much money on its investment , and secondly that Hill Samuel was very supportive once the decision to sell had been taken in principle . |
| 2 | In the afternoons we either rode or tried to shoot birds with our air rifles . |
| 3 | As time goes on the need for such support will , obviously , diminish — it 's more than likely that your staff will become more conversant with the product than the person who either sold or trained them on it . |
| 4 | Criteria were divided between two types : primary ( child care ) criteria which concentrated on assessing familial circumstances likely to pertain if a child were to remain at home ; and secondary ( disclosure ) criteria which either substantiated or refuted children 's and young people 's disclosures . |
| 5 | He either failed or did n't take his finals ; I could n't make out which . ’ |
| 6 | The Guild members were not asked about birth control in the questionnaire that elicited these letters , so it is all the more surprising that twenty women volunteered the information that they either used or approved of contraception . |
| 7 | They either furthered or retarded the aim of evolution , which was and always will be , the constant increase in the ability of the being at the head of the evolutionary chain , that is man , to enjoy the experience of life . |
| 8 | ‘ He threw you in and you either sank or swam . ’ |
| 9 | The Scotsman ICM poll on moral values found 75 per cent either disagreed or disagreed strongly with the government line that there is no link . |
| 10 | I saw a Mummy examined that had been embalmed for 2,000 years ; the embalmer had taken out all the Viscera of the head , Thorax and Abdomen and cut all the flesh off the bones , and the cavities of the Thorax & Abdomen were filled up with Tar , Pitch & c and the form of the leg , Thigh & c were altogether made up of linen Rags dipp 'd in Tar , Pitch , & c so that I have an Opinion that they were allow 'd to carry the dead Body home by pretending to embalm it to preserve the Flesh & c , but you see they either buried or burnt the Flesh : this art always ‘ till lately appeared to me ridiculous as I know how soon putrefaction took place after Death ; since that time I have often thought it would be pleasing if we could fall upon a method of preserving dead Bodies & I thought that mankind in general would wish to have the Bodies of their Friends & c Preserved . |
| 11 | The international fame of Edinburgh as a centre of medical education grew from the large number of outstanding individuals who either studied or taught here . |
| 12 | It was touch-and-go whether she could reach the pram before it either overturned or leapt from the rocky wall at the foot of the bank on to the road , along which traffic was speeding in both directions . |
| 13 | This was fished either freelined or anchored from the bottom . |
| 14 | Callers from the street were dealt with by a doorkeeper who either encouraged or discouraged them , depending on how they looked , and entered his impressions in an official diary : ‘ not quite a gentleman … — but would do well for Gold Coast ’ was a typical entry of 1899 . |
| 15 | She either barked or shouted . |
| 16 | Any one of which could get you either hospitalized or excommunicated . |
| 17 | When Queen Elizabeth , on a state visit to Germany in May 1965 , arrived in Stuttgart for a formal lunch , John took care over his clothes but either forgot or did not think it necessary to find a pair of socks less obtrusive than the bright reds or blues he favoured at that time . |
| 18 | Season with plenty of freshly ground black pepper and serve immediately with generous amounts of fresh Parmesan , either grated or flaked with a knife . |
| 19 | From 12 October 1810 to St Patrick 's Day 1811 he either hunted or exercised his hounds every day , Sundays included . |
| 20 | Everyone there was an aviation enthusiast — they either flew or wanted to fly . |
| 21 | Goblins can acquire a great variety of weaponry as they travel about , either looted or traded with other Orcs and Goblins . |
| 22 | A presidential decree , reported in full in Rossiskaya gazeta of June 18 , allowed state enterprises which failed to pay their debts to the state and to private creditors within three months to be declared bankrupt and either liquidated or auctioned off to the highest bidder for a limited period of time for independent management ( the new managers to be treated as owners , but debarred from dismissing more than 30 per cent of the work force ) . |
| 23 | With regard to points three and four above , the prosecution has the choice of proving that the tippee either knew or had reasonable cause to believe the stipulated circumstances . |
| 24 | However , in this small , shabby , smoke-filled room visitors could be sure of finding someone they either knew or wanted to talk to . |
| 25 | While this may be " absurd " , there are other hints that the position was more complex than the Encomiast either knew or wanted to admit . |
| 26 | Of course , most people have left now — either died or moved away . |
| 27 | Each member of the community was given a name by which he or she was addressed in the Little Academy , representing a quality which they either possessed or sought . |
| 28 | All the colleagues I have mentioned so far either abstained or voted against the Second Reading of the Maastricht Bill . |
| 29 | The series of parliamentary debates and votes leading to the congress session revealed deep-seated divisions among the opposition ; Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 's Union pour la démocratie française ( UDF ) eventually voted with the government , whereas Jacques Chirac 's Gaullist Rassemblement pour la République ( RPR ) either abstained or voted against . |
| 30 | How terrible it was that here were she and Brian , possessed of every material advantage , subconsciously blaming each other for something they either had or did not have . |