Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Routine thinking throws up no ideas about how to work on or round or against a seemingly impossible situation — which reaffirms powerlessness .
2 ‘ There are also bruises on her thigh , which must have been caused by her being stamped on or kicked as she struggled . ’
3 Loads cabbage with plenty of butter on or sprout and broccoli
4 All of these factors weaken the ties that such businesses have with the communities in which they are located and make it less difficult for them to close down and/or relocate if and when business conditions deteriorate in one country relative to other countries .
5 ‘ The houses should either be knocked down or renovated because this is not good , ’ said resident Ray Smith .
6 The plaintiffs ' contentions under this heading do not seek to cut down or erode or encroach upon the privilege against self-incrimination .
7 Users could either join in or sit and do nothing .
8 The old program may be recovered with the OLD command provided no new program lines have been typed in or deleted and no variables have been created .
9 Narrow neutrality consists in helping or hindering them to an equal degree in those activities and regarding those resources that they would wish neither to engage in nor to acquire but for the conflict .
10 Previously you could ask someone to type up first draft , second draft , maybe a third draft , but how far can you drive your secretary , and now they can be wholly in charge of this — they can change the layout of it as much as the words within it ; they can ask colleagues to come in and comment and even add a little bit .
11 They can ask colleagues to come in and comment and you can add a little bit .
12 As one teacher said , ‘ I rather resent people coming in and criticising when they have n't been in on a regular basis ’ .
13 The priests should be thrown in and burned as well . ’
14 You know , you normally go in and rant and rave , we did n't , we did n't today because we said like , I mean I think everybody sensed that , even at three nothing first half .
15 They just walked in and saw that you had posters up and
16 Sergeant Bourne came in and hovered until Wycliffe spoke to him .
17 At first the ideas appeared as rumours and reports : that , although it had not yet been announced , the US had already taken steps to halt the fighting ; that , in Washington , ambassador Bonnet had been called in and told that a settlement was imperative ; that if the matter was brought up in the UN the US would not necessarily support France ; that the US wished to ensure that no Lend-Lease weapons were being used ‘ to suppress Vietnam — although it was suspected they were ; and that the head of Southeast Asian Affairs at the State Department ( Mr A.L.
18 Such freedom can only be exercised if the manager has the full authority to make decisions , without the need to ask a boss for approval , and without the chance that a boss might step in and alter or reverse the subordinate 's decisions .
19 It 's time people gave some of our youngsters the credit for realising the state the country is in and knowing that they are the ones who are going to have to put it right — and are prepared to work hard to do so .
20 Half-way through one driver came in and said that the Minister for Human Resources had spent half an hour longer than he had agreed . ’
21 Yeltsin had given a dramatic description of tanks closing in and said that he believed that he had not much time left .
22 It was a pointless ‘ command ’ , for Baldwin was on the edge of nervous collapse , irritable , complaining and , in the closer judgment of Jones , ’ entirely without resource The Downing Street secretaries circumvented the King by getting an haphazardly chosen doctor ( they had previously tried fourteen others , all of whom were away ) to come in and certify that the Prime Minister had to go .
23 The officer was duly fetched in and asked whether or not he had taken a statement from Wells .
24 I went in , explained the position I was in and asked if I could see one of the rooms .
25 A young man came in and asked if he could help with distribution .
26 I went into the van where the people were booking in and asked if there was any chance of me having a go .
27 So , I was very disappointed , and on the way back to catch the bus on Parliament Street , I passed erm a shop called Jowers which was next to the Corner Pin , and er er although I was very nervous , I went in and ask if they wanted a tailoress .
28 Every six months we 'll send them a statement showing how much they 've paid in and withdrawn and , more importantly , how much interest they 've earned .
29 They do n't want the experts to come in and advise because it is the experts that have let them down . ’
30 He stood up when she came in and waited until she had taken the chair on the other side of the desk .
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