Example sentences of "or [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those days , if you were a woman or recognizably so , it was wellnigh impossible to procure a pint of beer in a public house . |
| 2 | Copernicus had shown that the apparent movements of the planets as observed from the earth can not be satisfactorily or coherently explained on the assumption that the earth itself lies immobile at the centre of the universe . |
| 3 | Now , however , he simply makes a small incision in , or beside , the navel and inserts a laparoscope ( viewing tube ) to see inside . |
| 4 | Here lamina representations are constructed upon specified orthogonal surfaces on , or within , the geometric domain of the object . |
| 5 | He believes , or he chooses to believe , that in Chicago or somewhere else there were readers of Poetry magazine in 1918 who zealously and in all seriousness wanted to know what French poets of that time they might profitably read , and what in the broadest terms they should look for in each of them . |
| 6 | More likely you rot as a tutor in High Wycombe or somewhere like Hatherley School of Fine Art , teaching the talentless children of the rich . |
| 7 | Like Scotland or somewhere . |
| 8 | Whether accompanied by a light meal of sandwiches and cake served in a cosy sitting room in front of a fire , or somewhere as elegant as the Ritz , a cup of tea is part of the English way of life and the tea ceremonies of all the Orient are equally famed . |
| 9 | Jack was most likely in there , or somewhere about . |
| 10 | They could transfer me to Detroit , or somewhere . |
| 11 | When he was a famous , rich , literary-establishment figure living in Antibes or somewhere they would all realize it . |
| 12 | ‘ He told me he was round Madge 's this morning — He might have put them back — in her cardi pocket or somewhere . |
| 13 | As has already been said , if the bereaved person has a supportive family or friends or somewhere like a church group where they can talk about their response to loss in an open way then this may be all the help they need . |
| 14 | It was like spending an evening with a character from Catcher in the Rye , one Holden Caulfield would have designated ‘ a phoney from some crummy place like Des Moines or somewhere . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ If he gets advised to go to Sotheby 's , the letters 'll vanish , into America or somewhere else , or Blackadder 'll get them if we 're lucky . |
| 16 | Boy would have been happiest to stand on the end of a pier from which big ships , real proper ocean ships , embarked ; but he would have settled for just an ordinary pier , a small one — so long as it was big enough for him to walk away from the city , into the wind , turn his back on everything and stand there looking west at an empty sea , or a far horizon , and think about America , or somewhere . |
| 17 | Your father was chief cook to the Maharajah of Patiala or somewhere but I ca n't boil an egg . ’ |
| 18 | Just gang down the court or somewhere then come home . |
| 19 | In the zoo , or somewhere . |
| 20 | Now he 's too young for me to hit — but you can get 'im at school , or somewhere . |
| 21 | If you do not have an airing cupboard or somewhere useful to hide all the ironing while you are steeling yourself to do it , then buy an ottoman . |
| 22 | I 'd like to start somewhere not too much in the public eye , because it takes the pressure off , so I 'll probably go to Argentina or somewhere like that , do some rehearsals and some gigs and see what transpires . ’ |
| 23 | To illustrate , let us eavesdrop on Mrs Smith : ‘ I went to that little shop on the corner , you know the one , bought by Miss Thingambob when poor old Mr Whatshisname went to Australia or somewhere with his asthma . |
| 24 | If it had been grey and raining and chilly he might have taken one look at Wyvis Hall and turned tail and fled to Crete or Delos or somewhere . |
| 25 | ‘ I sometimes think now , Oh gawd , I must have really looked like a schlepp when I used to turn up at Motown or somewhere taking a punk rocky attitude with me . |
| 26 | Some breeders I rang did n't have any left , others did n't have any chicks of the age I wanted ( and after Barny , I was very wary of buying anything more than a few weeks old ) , and others lived in the Highlands of Scotland or somewhere equally inaccessible to me . |
| 27 | If they 'd caught her , they 'd have stuck her in Imbrium or somewhere , some institution She 'd been in places like that before That was like death to her There must have been a lot of them caught like that , at the end , |
| 28 | ‘ Look , I 'm just going to Plenty , not Charon or somewhere . ’ |
| 29 | By combining these two exercises , teachers are in a much better position to be able to say to the demanders , whether parents , government or somewhere in between : ‘ Given the resources of time , material , support and expertise , we are able to do A , B and C or C , D and E , but not A , B and E , let alone all five . |
| 30 | When the chimney is in place keep picking up Wilma , who 'll be near the Burger Bar or somewhere down below . |