Example sentences of "or ca " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't do your best when you ca n't move or ca n't breathe . |
| 2 | Yes , I did many things which I have either forgotten or ca n't find time to return to now . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , household expenses do n't go away just because you 're in hospital or ca n't work for any length of time . |
| 4 | you read the Guinness Book of Records or watch ‘ Mastermind ’ on TV or ca n't do your children 's homework or lose at ‘ Trivial Pursuit ’ . |
| 5 | The problem is not so much whether you can or ca n't but rather whether you want to . |
| 6 | That , however , is very different from arguing that the introduction of PR or the demands of Charter 88 will at the very best , provide anything but the most marginal relief to those who are unemployed , without a home or ca n't pay the poll tax . |
| 7 | One glimpse of the world 's most spectacular waterfall makes up for the tiresome form-filling in baking customs halls which any African border crossing entails — neither Botswana nor Zimbabwe are suitable for those who wilt quickly in the heat or ca n't stomach light aircraft . |
| 8 | Secondly I think the sad thing is is that at one time the idea of the foyer bar was the fact that er mother 's and children go in for a coffee facility or tea facility now I 'm I 'm one of one of the problems about criticism is is perhaps they do n't know all the facts and one of the facts which I think astounded me was the actual local police stopped that and said that that was n't permissible for if you were selling alcohol then it did n't it was n't right that that children under age and young children were allowed in the same area and that was that was changed then we got a new a new police superintendent and he said it was permissible and then we got another super he went they do n't stay very long in Harlow and we got somebody else came along and he said no that is n't permissible so we got very schizophrenic about what you could do with the foyer bar one minute you could have and the idea of about telling people and there young mothers going shopping come here for coffee , cakes for the children etc stop that we 've now got a new superintendent in Harlow and I think with applied going back to him and saying well please advice us can we or ca n't we ? |
| 9 | The number of sets can be altered , along with whether points can or ca n't be won on your opponents ' serve . |
| 10 | If you yearn to watch the late-night movie in bed , or ca n't bear missing your favourite soap opera while cooking supper , then you might think about buying a portable TV . |
| 11 | Where to now , or ca n't you say ? ’ |
| 12 | The campaign works indirectly by rumour to frighten people , and whatever they can or ca n't prove the threat is carried by word of mouth and claimants run for cover . |
| 13 | In your text book you 've got quite a lot of information in there about reinforcing , what we 're going to do in the practical session and it 's always a help I think when you have a lot of the , thrown at you to know that you can just put it up and there it is if you get a bit confusing or ca n't remember what 's what , so on page one six nine it starts telling you all about nursing and bandages and general hygiene which we 've already talked quite a lot about but it 's very useful for you to know , you can go there and look , and if you just go through the pages from there on one seventy , one seven one , one seven two , one seven three and then on one seven four it 's got the general rules for applying bandages apply bandages when the casualty is sitting or lying down , you always sit your casualty down and you work from the front of , I say why do you work from the front of the thing ? |
| 14 | We make up a story to cover the facts we do n't know or ca n't accept ; we keep a few true facts and spin a new story round them . |
| 15 | If no-one admits to having been sick during the day , or ca n't produce a witness that he was , we shall want to know what they all ate for the evening meal . |
| 16 | A short version for ghosts who are n't very good at reading — or ca n't be bothered ! |
| 17 | We suppose that 's a rule in our minds and that explains our judgments about for example and proform substitution and so on that 's so we define the notion of a constituent plus label it with brackets , and then we make certain predictions about operations that can or ca n't be performed on . |
| 18 | If you have not really thought how you could improve your space , or ca n't quite place what is wrong , ask yourself the following questions : |
| 19 | If you ca n't afford , or ca n't find , a good antique table to suit your style , get a secondhand , junk table , cover it with cloths , and invest as much as you can in comfortable chairs . |
| 20 | You must n't think every time you 're tired or ca n't sleep that it 's this thing starting up again . |
| 21 | Director of Studies : ‘ We need to start with high expectations , identify who has n't , or ca n't provide colours , then offer to provide them out of School Fund . |
| 22 | So , I do n't see from Pearson 's point of view that , that a government of any complexion will alter what we can and er , or ca n't do in relation to our current er , holdings . |
| 23 | Do we get to the stage where you know you look at the word empowerment , do you change the , the use of the word empowerment because people are saying you know well that 's jargon and all that does n't work any more or ca n't do that any more . |
| 24 | they need to , or ca n't remember third one it does n't matter . |
| 25 | Well tell me what you think you can talk about or ca n't talk about in schools . |
| 26 | Ca n't you close it through or something or ca n't you put anything in it that would |
| 27 | Or ca n't you manage to remember it ? ’ |
| 28 | will he or wo n't he … can they or ca n't they … this weekend Nigel Mansell and the Williams team are due to make up their minds at the Italian Grand Prix … that 's where Mark Kiff starts his action roundup |
| 29 | I 'll have to you 've got ta give me chance to buy papa and grandma 's grandpa 's and I can wrap them up and give them to them at the golden wedding or ca n't I ? |
| 30 | And if she wants to go off she can er go and make or ca n't she ? |