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

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1 He ca n't behave or think or speak or do anything else better than I can — nearly as well as I can — so he 's going to be the Old Man of the Sea until I shake him off somehow .
2 A drastic measure considering electromagnetic pollution has , as yet , taken only a handful of lives , but compliance with a new European Directive could make or break and electronics company .
3 And er they would maybe er devise or make or r find a piece of suitable wood or something to scratch in the garden or in the sand or on a piece of nice soft soil , to make furrows and er imitate maybe what their Dad was doing out in the field and er they had no concept of doing anything else to play really , it was just pretending they were pretending they were grown up and working .
4 Then everything was movement , sensation , and she could no longer laugh or speak or do anything but be carried along by a force greater than anything she had ever known before , a force that took them to the heavens to touch the stars that had already decided their destiny .
5 According to Hazlitt , ‘ Man is the only species who can laugh or cry because he is the only being who knows the difference between what is and what should be ’ .
6 ‘ I think a lot of Canadians have been waiting with baited breath for several months wondering whether he will stay or go and I think the fact he 's leaving is going to be good for the country , ’ the deputy Liberal leader , Sheila Copps , said .
7 They never kill except for protection of their young , they do n't eat or drink unless they need to : that 's living in harmony .
8 Father said she 'd not eat or drink till she gave in ?
9 There is absolutely nothing you can not eat or drink if you want to .
10 I had instantly buried the intense feelings hoping that with time they would decompose or reform and grow into normal healthy heterosexual longings .
11 Faye could not paint or draw while lying in bed , but in the mornings Belinda usually read to her for an hour while she rested her eyes , then left her alone for the remainder of the morning to rest or scribble ideas for future painting projects .
12 He ca n't behave or think or speak or do anything else better than I can — nearly as well as I can — so he 's going to be the Old Man of the Sea until I shake him off somehow .
13 If these conditions are satisfied , the party suffering from mental disorders , on recovering his sanity , or those entitled to act on his behalf , may repudiate or confirm and enforce the contract .
14 The species horse does n't chew or gallop or jump or bring forth its young alive .
15 He 's not Robinson Crusoe , there are other old newspaper owners so he will say okay the government in Australia is doing what I like , therefore my newspapers or usually most of my newspapers , in fact one or two of them wo n't , will support that government and that government can be totally different one in the United States where in the Washington Post or you know in the New York Post or whatever will go and attack or support because he thinks it 's in the less interest that his commercial interest and the U S because he sees us doing the same thing there .
16 The northern English towns might not know or care that Wall Street had crashed .
17 He did n't know or care whether Dickens liked this stuff , but he was damned certain he did n't .
18 Since this condemnation of research opportunity , few studies have penetrated deeply beneath the sensitive skin of ‘ police culture ’ , and even though Chatterton in his notes to my thesis argued there has been a considerable amount of ‘ participant police research ’ , I would question whether many of these inquiries achieved the finer grain and detail' of the insider 's account , for they can never really know or tell if they have been excluded from the inner workings of police practice or prevented from gaining access to the hidden realities ‘ contained inside the heads of the constables ’ .
19 Force the other party to try hard to get your attention and let them know or think that they could lose out to someone else .
20 I had so much invested in my identity as a young success that when it all evaporated I was left with a part of myself I did n't know or understand or like .
21 ‘ For as long as I am the champion I will not recognise or defend or fight for their dishonoured belt . ’
22 ‘ ( 1 ) Where a local authority consider it expedient for the promotion or protection of the interests of the inhabitants of their area — ( a ) they may prosecute or defend or appear in any legal proceedings and , in the case of civil proceedings , may institute them in their own name …
23 Where no form is prescribed for a transaction , or a prescribed form can not be conveniently adapted , r75 provides that the instrument shall be in such form as the registrar shall direct or allow but shall follow the approved forms as nearly as possible .
24 first of all if there 's a reference , no question of validity arises , what would happen is proceedings are stayed , subject to turns that your Lordship may direct or order and then
25 That commitment can waver or disappear if the arguments of the philosopher or the historian appear to destroy its rational basis .
26 Thin or topped chip A lot of golfers will thin or top when they have to play a delicate shot over a hazard .
27 Kylie can sing , act and dance and is unique . ’
28 It is when we do not act and behave as Jesus ' followers that adultery can take place , followed by legal proceedings for divorce .
29 It would jump and shudder and you would have a very uncomfortable ride .
30 Amid it all was their constant awareness of Moran 's watching presence , sharpening everything they did with the danger of letting something fall and break and bring the weight of his disapproval into the small chain .
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