Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [vb base] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many signals are merely STOP or GO . |
| 2 | It is usual for a given level to be entirely duple or entirely triple ( although variation across levels is more common ) . |
| 3 | You will have been given a time at which to expect clearance to leave the hold — this could be either EAT or OCT . |
| 4 | We planned to go full belt , we planned for 1989 to be either win or retire . |
| 5 | Toilet cleaners : The use of such a description , unqualified , can be exceedingly dangerous as such products can be either bleach or acid based and the different products need to be kept apart . |
| 6 | I think I have narrowed down the possible causes to be either hogweed or nettles and I am in the process of removing these . |
| 7 | It occurs naturally in Palestine , but the hyssop of the Bible is thought to be either marjoram or the caper plant ( Capparis spinosa ) . |
| 8 | ‘ As of Friday last , I am without house or home — and I never felt better . ’ |
| 9 | These were often porn or ‘ snuff ’ videos . |
| 10 | His theory is that the two men were either freelance or else they decided to try and kill the President by themselves without telling the others . ’ |
| 11 | Bills are either sight or term ( thirty days , etc. ) , drawn by the exporter on the issuing or confirming bank ; if it is a term bill it can be discounted . |
| 12 | The delightful tunes are all there , but some of them are taken too slowly , and some of the settings are either lachrymose or slurred . |
| 13 | It is mainly rot or insect attack which affects the serviceability of timber structures . |
| 14 | First is the excitement of the sense of calling ; second , the passionate and painful struggles in overcoming sin which bring him into a darkness which initially is without savour or delight ; third , the experience of light and comfort in the darkness which he describes as the work of Christ illuminating the soul " with schynynges " ( 27.98r. – 345 ) ; and fourth , the full light and bliss of heaven which this light in the darkness anticipates . |
| 15 | ‘ Often , what 's perceived to be aggression is simply fear or nervousness , ’ Joanne added , recalling the first dog they rescued . |
| 16 | It is either pride or obstinacy , but she is determined to pay her way and I 'm not allowed to help her out . |
| 17 | There is nowhere better or , frankly , easier than this to see some of the high Pyrenean lakes , of which there are at least four that you can get to here by car , as well as a fifth reachable fairly simply on foot . |
| 18 | Then he remembered a woman he 'd met once on a train , she was singing hymns to the window , he 'd been embarrassed at first , half her fringe was missing as if someone had taken a bite out of it , only he knew she 'd done it because she caught him staring and laughed and said , ‘ I always cut it when I 'm loaded , ’ and he remembered something about a house , and because there was nothing left to cling to , because it was the only piece of wreckage left afloat , he remembered how to get there too , it was either remember or die . |
| 19 | It was absolutely make or break . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The cross connections between her and Charles were so powerful , it was very make or break , ’ says Penny . |