Example sentences of "[vb past] or [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one envied or imitated the family . |
| 2 | ‘ Would you rather I simply agreed or told the truth ? ’ he asked . |
| 3 | Confusion peaked with the arrival of the rescue teams but they led or carried the survivors to the relative peace of the sick-bay . |
| 4 | Into the uneasy silence , while brother looked most earnestly at brother , and wondered , and sought or evaded the eyes of his neighbours , Brother Cadfael said : ‘ Brother Abbot , I have thoughts to share that never visited me until this morning , but are become very relevant now . |
| 5 | But qualified privilege exempts the person who made or published the statement without malice in the course of their work to a person with a duty or interest to receive it . |
| 6 | What a coup for the bastards , if they kidnapped or murdered the wife of a Cabinet Minister . |
| 7 | And er when it come to a vote to try and get anything passed or changed the wee branches were solid voting for the national agreement . |
| 8 | Holme Marsh patchy , a draw below 30 prefered or blank a possibility . |
| 9 | They stripped these books down to their narrative skeletons , then scattered a string of incidents on to the screen without caring whether they moved or excited the audience . |
| 10 | They either furthered or retarded the aim of evolution , which was and always will be , the constant increase in the ability of the being at the head of the evolutionary chain , that is man , to enjoy the experience of life . |
| 11 | And all the rime you knew that you would never take the risk of getting shot which this involved or have the necessary patience to carry it out . |
| 12 | I saw a Mummy examined that had been embalmed for 2,000 years ; the embalmer had taken out all the Viscera of the head , Thorax and Abdomen and cut all the flesh off the bones , and the cavities of the Thorax & Abdomen were filled up with Tar , Pitch & c and the form of the leg , Thigh & c were altogether made up of linen Rags dipp 'd in Tar , Pitch , & c so that I have an Opinion that they were allow 'd to carry the dead Body home by pretending to embalm it to preserve the Flesh & c , but you see they either buried or burnt the Flesh : this art always ‘ till lately appeared to me ridiculous as I know how soon putrefaction took place after Death ; since that time I have often thought it would be pleasing if we could fall upon a method of preserving dead Bodies & I thought that mankind in general would wish to have the Bodies of their Friends & c Preserved . |
| 13 | Secondly , it is immaterial whether or not he had obtained possession before he made the contract with the innocent purchaser ; it is sufficient that the possession was obtained before he transferred or delivered the goods or documents of title to the innocent purchaser . |
| 14 | It was , therefore , open to misrepresentation and special pleading , to accepting what it was told by the party that secured or took the initiative . |
| 15 | She 'd give that up when she pleased or die an old maid . |
| 16 | They therefore encouraged or strengthened the trade rather than limited it . |
| 17 | For the rest of the decade the working classes were only depicted in a small number of undistinguished films which celebrated or exploited the skills of particular groups of workers . |
| 18 | Because the internal fabric and walls of the flats always remained cold , it meant that when any warm moist air was produced when people breathed or boiled a kettle , the steam condensed on the cold surfaces which was the ideal breeding conditions for the fungus . |
| 19 | In the former case the study will concentrate on factors which constrained or enhanced the development of Western medicine ; in the latter case those which encouraged its export . |
| 20 | Passing motorists were stopped and kissed or paid the penalty of a fine if they refused . |
| 21 | The real answer is to fit the valve seats suitable for lead free petrol as previously stated , either having your own cylinder head reconditioned or fitting an exchange head available now from many sources . |
| 22 | But it is important to note that there was no one study which established or refuted the theory . |
| 23 | job and y you were n't really knowing whether it included or excluded the A Cs anyway and that sort of thing . |
| 24 | Each document is signed by a British mandate official and gives in detail the figures of sale and settlement in the name of the Palestinian who inherited or bought the land . |
| 25 | He leased or bought a number of buildings along the Bath Road , in towns used as overnight rests by the coaching companies . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've never known anything like it : over two hundred interviews with people who were in the street , mostly in the pubs , at some time between nine and eleven on the night and nobody saw or heard a damn thing . |
| 27 | ‘ the facts of the present case appear to establish that the rogue assumed all the rights of an owner when he took or received the watch and ring from the plaintiff . |
| 28 | rejected the allegation that the wife 's agreement to the opening of the account had been procured by undue influence on the part of her husband , but dealt with ‘ the suggestion that the bank are disentitled to enforce the mandate because they sent or gave the document to Mr. Shephard and did not themselves obtain the defendant 's signature ’ by holding [ 1988 ] 3 All E.R. |
| 29 | To one side , just in view , stood a magnificent funerary couch , the grey stone of its side engraved with images of gardens and pavilions in which ancient scholars sat enthroned while the women of the household wove and prepared food , sang or played the ancient p'i p'a . |
| 30 | Those of you who saved or remember the ‘ CRAP ’ incident with me and some floozy who supported Sheff Utd but got on the list , will recall that I paid Sheff Utd some compliments … in the form of Hodges , pemberton and Bassett . |