Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 They were amused by the way she consumed endless bowls of ice-cream or asked them to make her special snacks in between the normal meals .
2 I had a number of telephone conversations with him , and an interim letter dated 7 January in which he suggested , or asked me to suggest several possible dates .
3 Mr Jordan 's advice to any woman who thinks her doctor has behaved unprofessionally or asked her to do something humiliating is to refuse straightaway and report the incident .
4 He had n't explained what he wanted , or asked her to call back , but Loretta 's resolution wavered momentarily .
5 In the event eight did , but , everybody who could n't come phoned up or got somebody to phone
6 Even if bitten or pecked it continues to lie limply on the ground .
7 In the old days , life was simple in schools in the sense that if pupils did n't do what they were supposed to do you thrashed them , or made them stand in the corner , or expelled them .
8 Student prejudice kept the KGB off the list , which made Trent mad or made him laugh , depending on the day of the week .
9 made a Lady , or made I mean she was given that title , or actually I 'm dead against the fact it was her husband who was given the title , erm but to abstract away from that at the moment , somebody who 's been in public service all their lives and who 's devoted much of their life to the cause of the people , I mean I realize that an awful lot of people would think that Margaret Thatcher has n't done that , but let's say that , for the sake of the argument , that at least that 's what she intended for the time being
10 We chose the following three dads as the winners of our Top of the Pops Competition because they either warmed our hearts or made us laugh .
11 We chose the following three dads as the winners of our Top of the Pops Competition because they either warmed our hearts or made us laugh .
12 Nobody took much notice of them or expected them to start up any form of conversation , so Charles was surprised when Eric addressed him by name .
13 Whenever she felt unwell or oppressed she embarked on a new course of treatment at the alternative medicine centre or ingested a new range of vitamins .
14 But these were matters which preoccupied theologians ( whose intellectual reputation was not high ) , philosophers and artists ( who were admired but somewhat in the manner in which wealthy men admire the diamonds they can afford to buy their women ) and social critics , of the left or right , who did not like the kind of society they lived in or found themselves forced into .
15 Davide , after returning from America , had lost his bump of locality for his native place ; when the plan showed a turning one way , he missed it , or found he wanted to walk back where he had come from , or go in another direction altogether .
16 Sentencing the two men , Judge Richard May said he was bearing in mind that the defendants had n't put the money in their own pockets or used it to support expensive lifestyles .
17 His occasional outbursts of anger shocked those around him , but he felt an uncontrollable flame of fury whenever he saw a child being bullied or mistreated which blinded him to all else .
18 Was she real , or have I created her , or transmogrified her to suit a desired image of my own ?
19 Where a summons or other originating process has been served on a defendant by post or insertion in his letter-box under Ord 7 , 4 10(1) ( b ) or 4(a) or r 13(1) ( b ) or ( 4 ) and after judgment has been given or entered it appears to the court that the process did not come to the knowledge of the defendant in time , the court may of its own motion set aside the judgment and may give any direction or make any such order as the court may think just .
20 Or pretended he did .
21 But he took charge of men ; organized them ; persuaded or inspired or commanded them to endure incredible things .
22 Those who initiate racialist talk ( without referring to a racist ideology ) may be a minority too , but since they are rarely contradicted or opposed they tend to shape the norms of the group .
23 While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule .
24 While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule .
25 While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule .
26 While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule .
27 A local authority , once satisfied that an odour amounts to a statutory nuisance is under a duty to serve an abatement notice in accordance with s.93 of the Public Health Act 1936 on the person whose act , default or sufferance gave rise to the nuisance or caused it to continue , requiring that person , in a specified time , usually two to six months , to abate the nuisance and to execute such remedial works and take such steps as may be necessary for that purpose .
28 I had or believed I had a secondary , and had every right to be there .
29 ‘ I wanted to have my own artistic input into it and not be dictated to or told what to do . ’
30 And it was just a pity that the material she was given or told us to read , she said was too advanced for us .
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