Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's a different player to Dean , more in the Murray Mexted mould : taller , a bit more athletic , but without the bulk that either I or Dean can supply . |
| 2 | McAllister or Strach would feed it out to Sharp ( who was absolutely brill — see below ) who would either wait for the overlap from Dorigo or take on Breacker ( skinning him most of the time ) . |
| 3 | I 'd have given his place to Fat Frank , but if he 's off to , then maybe Whelan or Forrester could get the starting nod . |
| 4 | The purchase of an interest in either Jaguar or Saab would extend another trend by the two Detroit carmakers which has seen both buy a number of small motor engineering firms in Europe in recent years to acquire technology . |
| 5 | They could lose their jobs , or DPR could go bust , without warning . |
| 6 | ‘ But Jamie or Gary should prove to be suitable donors . |
| 7 | This does n't mean that any Tom , Dick or Sheila can get a degree — far from it — stringent measures are being taken to ensure quality control . |
| 8 | Winsor & Newton used to make double-sided drawing pins , but alas , no longer . |
| 9 | Winsor & Newton used to make double-sided drawing pins , but alas , no longer . |
| 10 | But from April onwards it was obvious that either Huddersfield or Cardiff would win the Championship . |
| 11 | I 've a feeling one of the lads from Portsmouth or Sunderland could end up a national hero . |
| 12 | I had to tell you , but , if you like , either I or Ian will go for you . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Get up and behave yourself or Marie will have to take you back to the nursery , ’ their father ordered . |
| 14 | Nicholas said , ‘ For what you are doing , I hope God or Allah will reward you . |
| 15 | My hunch that Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer would emerge on top proved to be bang on target . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's just that I do n't think Hugo or Georgina would do the job as well as you do . |
| 17 | If Annie or Jean could see you now , says one Kate to the other , they would n't know you . |
| 18 | The promotion of Peru 's telecommunications firms will begin in earnest next month after the regulatory framework and methodology for fixing rates have been established , Reuter reports from Lima : investment advisers Morgan Grenfell and Coopers & Lybrand will begin pre-qualifying firms interested in acquiring 100% of the state 's shares in Entel Peru SA and 20% of the government 's stake in the Compania Peruana de Telefonos SA ; Peru has just 2.3 lines per 100 inhabitants . |
| 19 | It was difficult to anticipate which direction this visualisation would take ; it might be entirely subjective or Ari might manifest physical sensations and want to touch herself . |
| 20 | Either Alice or Bert could bring such a claim if they suffered damage . |
| 21 | Or Kay could take me up bingo I ai n't worried . |
| 22 | I 'd rather been hoping Lewis or Verity might have asked me what the file contained by now , and what I was doing , but — annoyingly — neither of them had . |
| 23 | If J. Sainsburys or Waitrose could see us using the necks of 40/60 mm jam jars they would be surprised ! |
| 24 | This is vintage Saddam : over the past 21 years he has swung between killing Iraqi Kurds and offering them more self-rule than the Kurds in Turkey , Iran or Syria can dream of . |
| 25 | ‘ If someone tries to get into the first room , two of the three men will fight , but Rupert of Hentzau or Detchard will run into the second room and kill the King , ’ Johann said . |
| 26 | I think flowers in her hair would be wrong , but a small posy of Christmas roses from Pulbrook & Gould would look pretty . ’ |
| 27 | Noodle or Blueboobs would have flown at the kid to avenge Crackpot . |
| 28 | I think that Rocky & Deane will have a good enough rest of season to get then squad places |
| 29 | Organised in regular gangs or teams on the model of seasonal harvesters , led by an elected captain who negotiated terms and shared out the proceeds of the contract , poor peasants from Italy , Croatia or Ireland would criss-cross continents or even oceans to provide labour for the builders of towns , factories or railways . |
| 30 | ADAM & EVE will analyse the vocabulary of the text according to the database of word frequency contained within the software . |