Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the beak could hold no more , they disappeared into the depths of a thicket where presumably they had a well-hidden nest of young . |
| 2 | Or rather they 've given our county councillors a bloody nose by throwing them out , and the councillors are taking it out on us . |
| 3 | The fact is that for most children maths has been taught badly or rather they have learnt it badly for one reason or another , so there is a need for , for an improvement or a change , so the idea that if children can understand something this will help them to remember it or to make it more real to them , this does seem to be a shift over the last generation . |
| 4 | You ca n't really ask the government to do something about the logging when it 's owned by themselves , I mean , or rather it 's controlled by the powers of the country and the only way to do something there is to boycott their timber , not to pressure the government , and we 're back to , you know , back to square one . |
| 5 | Or rather she had assumed it without thinking . |
| 6 | She had a conscience — or rather she had what was an Asian 's limited version of a social morality , the strong sense of a favour done and an obligation to requite . |
| 7 | He had retired to NZ after a long career in education and publishing with Schofield & Sims , Collins Educational and Holmes McDougall , where latterly he had been publishing director . |
| 8 | Well , rightly or wrongly we 've come to arrangements with the Liberals , not because we like the Liberals , not because we wanted to , but we , we were fed up with be being in opposition to tell you the truth . |
| 9 | Archosaurs , the forerunners of dinosaurs , also probably lost heat through their surface skin , or perhaps they had air sacs beneath the skin to effect further cooling , and which also may have made them lighter on their feet . |
| 10 | Lambert hesitated , finding excuses in wanting to oversee the complete destruction of the flaming balloon , or wondering where the Triplane was , or perhaps they had a third balloon somewhere … |
| 11 | Or perhaps they had gone with their people to comfort them . |
| 12 | I mean if he 's , I mean he , he says or the implication is that it will stop when they get everything they achieve or perhaps they 've already got what they set out |
| 13 | ‘ Or perhaps we 've strayed into a black hole , ’ Philip Swallow continues , evidently enchanted with his flight of astronomical fancy . |
| 14 | That was what it was , a fit , during which something in her burst and she lost control of herself — or perhaps it had had something to do with the terrible heat . |
| 15 | Or perhaps it had been clear a long time before that . |
| 16 | Or perhaps it had been a present from a — he swallowed , feeling sweaty with embarrassment — from a lover or something . |
| 17 | Or perhaps it had . |
| 18 | She seemed to have completely forgotten her rage , or perhaps it had been channelled into a more dangerous , calculating form , thought Isabel in dread . |
| 19 | Or perhaps it had never existed . |
| 20 | Or perhaps it 's been moved . |
| 21 | Or perhaps you had n't noticed ? ’ |
| 22 | Or perhaps you 've found that you can not make a square turn to the right like those you find so easy to the left . |
| 23 | Maybe you need to track down an old kitchen manufacturer , or perhaps you 've just signed a contract to get rid of a high-pressure salesman , and are worried because there does n't appear to be a get-out clause . |
| 24 | Or perhaps you 've an idea that you might worm your way into my affections , is that it ? |
| 25 | Or perhaps you 've been telling her about when her periods will be due . |
| 26 | Or perhaps you have a good relationship with your financial backers ? |
| 27 | Or perhaps you have friends in my bank , eh ? ’ |
| 28 | Or perhaps I had better have another brandy first . ’ |
| 29 | Very red and frothy , frothy colour blood , okay , supposing I had er damaged the lining of the stomach , or perhaps I 've had an ulcer that I 've perforated , and I was coughing up blood from the stomach what colour might that be ? |
| 30 | Or perhaps he had heard rumours of my goings-on , and had come personally to find out ‘ what Kirkup 's up to now ’ — the traditional BC phrase wherever they have the misfortune to discover my presence . |