Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had never , before , seriously thought that she would get beyond the occasional sisterly peck on the cheek , or allowing him the privilege of listening to her troubles . |
| 2 | I have done nothing — absolutely nothing ! — to compromise your professional integrity , or to lose you the respect of your colleagues . |
| 3 | You can freeze these buns or make them the day before and keep in an airtight container . |
| 4 | If we can write back to somebody , or send them the CD or shirt they want , we will almost certainly have them for life . |
| 5 | There was unemployment going about and the man that had a certain job at making certain things were n't to keen to show the apprentice what to do or give them the recipes . |
| 6 | His sisters did n't tell him about their books , or show him the new ones that they were writing . |
| 7 | If you ever feel uncomfortable , please tell me or show me the stop sigh . |
| 8 | Often bosses ignore workers or give them the silent treatment — a negative , no-win situation for all concerned . |
| 9 | How would be persuaded or give them the right image . |
| 10 | Or at least tell him how to get there , or give him the money to get in when he did get there , or at least lend him a map with a cross marked on it , or give him an address . |
| 11 | When the guarantee is released , or you get the deposit back , you must help us to cancel the guarantee or give us the deposit . |
| 12 | When the guarantee is released , or you get the deposit back , you must help us to cancel the guarantee or give us the deposit . |
| 13 | When the guarantee is released , or you get the deposit back , you must help us to cancel the guarantee or give us the deposit . |
| 14 | When the guarantee is released , or you get the deposit back , you must help us to cancel the guarantee or give us the deposit . |
| 15 | Nor do we ask the poet to combine the roles of priest and sage , or to enlighten us with revelations , or teach us the morality on which we should base our lives . |
| 16 | The proportion of tax paid decreases with increases in income : or to put it the other way round — the proportion of tax paid increases at lower levels of income compared with higher levels . |
| 17 | The difference which justifies the labels is the period to maturity of the debts , or to put it the other way round , the length of time for which the funds are borrowed . |
| 18 | But how do we know that it is vocationally advantageous to study history or to put it the other way round , that to study history is not vocationally disadvantageous ? |
| 19 | Yes , that 's right , or to put it the other way round , Sarah , whenever you start speech , whenever you start writing down what the wor the words somebody actually says , Louisa , Yvette , concentrate hard you always use a capital letter . |
| 20 | Well leaving them a key or giving them the key to get in . |
| 21 | But she could n't remember anyone approaching her , or giving her the document . |
| 22 | He adds : ‘ In the last year , most restaurants have brought their prices down or kept them the same as last year . |
| 23 | er , I 'd believe in theory we could because the lease provides us or gives us the opportunity to do so , but we would not go against the wishes of the residence |
| 24 | We do not envisage using the TA to respond immediately to outrages in Northern Ireland or to make it the first wave of our assault for the repossession of Kuwait . |
| 25 | If , for example , the landlord is entitled to enter the demised property in order to carry out substantial improvements or to reconstruct it the tenant may be able to defeat a claim to determine his tenancy on the ground of demolition and reconstruction ( Heath v Drown [ 1973 ] AC 498 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ Or have I the dubious distinction of witnessing a rare performance ? ’ |
| 27 | But it was Susannah 's passionate appeal to the girls to support her party because she believes the Liberal Democrats care about the homeless that made her the winner . |
| 28 | It was this certainty that made her the leader . |
| 29 | If , however , Shakespeare did actually exist , then he must have possessed certain attributes that made him the kind of existent he was , even though no attributes that he may have had would have been sufficient to individuate him in a metaphysical sense . |
| 30 | It was only that now , having finally admitted that she loved him , that she 'd loved him almost from the moment they 'd met , she was able to admit that it was those very same qualities that made him the man he was . |