Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [v-ing] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not always easy to keep Warrant Officer McSeveny 's mind on catering , because he is a rugby referee of note and When not on parade with his whistle he is usually talking or playing rugby . |
| 2 | Native speakers of English typically use " have " in the present tense ( as in these two examples ) only when they want to imply that the event described is still happening or is still the case . |
| 3 | The sudden change in writing or in speech from what is deeply moving or sublime to what is foolish or unimportant . |
| 4 | I mean , when we 're all like , laughing and joking and everything he 's like , oh yeah really in with it but when everyone 's like arguing or whatever he he |
| 5 | This makes it difficult to tell whether HP and other retail credit , as a part of consumers ' overall spending , is now increasing or declining . |
| 6 | Are there significant changes of style according to who is supposedly speaking or thinking the words on the page ? |
| 7 | For the Spectrum owner who is either using or considering the purchase of a Microdrive system an interface unit may be unnecessary as the Microdrive interface itself is supplied with a serial interface which can be used to drive a printer . |
| 8 | So it will tend to pull and it almost definitely is either reaching or pulling or holding something or holding on for your life , |
| 9 | As Pottz said , ‘ Anyone who paddles out at big Pipe and says he 's not scared is either lying or crazy . ’ |
| 10 | She is either lying or crazy , he reasons , believing that Martin was incapable of such alien behaviour . |
| 11 | These variable data give us a basis for examining processes of change , since they suggest initially that either the higher or lower variants are innovatory , or — more properly — that the direction of change is either raising or lowering of /Ε/.; |
| 12 | Unfortunately my phone line runs through several dozen pastures and chances are , like when I talk to Dave , that at all times a cow is either standing or chewing on the line . |
| 13 | So it 's either setting or not setting the weights and in the N tuple rule all we do is in fact set the weights . |
| 14 | In most cases it is also useful to develop a statement of the primary task of the enterprise , based on a neutral assessment of what is actually happening or is being achieved ( such as making motor cars , or providing a specified service and so on ) . |
| 15 | This is the proportion of the potential labour force which is actually working or actively seeking work . |
| 16 | Well it 's not very clear whether he 's actually thinking or seeing it . |