Example sentences of "[verb] or [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She almost asked whether he had not been there the previous Friday but stopped , unsure whether he had forgotten or was deliberately misleading her . |
| 2 | If not , and he 's picking the frog out of everyone who has or is still playing for the team , surely Strachan 's contribution far outweighs anything done by the Frog . |
| 3 | Generally speaking , organisms in warm , shallow seas that either build or are closely associated with reefs have been relatively vulnerable to extinction , as have planktonic foraminifera and ammonites , which have undergone a succession of ‘ boom and bust ’ cycles ( Vermeij , 1978 ; Haliam , 1981c ) . |
| 4 | This means that people who have suffered or are currently suffering from schizophrenia need to be able to withdraw from arousing circumstances , but that the extreme understimulation which could sometimes be found in an old-fashioned mental hospital should equally be avoided . |
| 5 | If this intercommunication is not properly arranged there will be the familiar symptoms of frustrating reiteration , decisions being misunderstood or being constantly revised , political manoeuvring and even concealment of progress within one or more of the teams . |
| 6 | One must be careful not to sentimentalise : more detailed anthropological studies would be needed to see how far this respect was diluted as frailty advanced or was ritually accorded , without substance . |
| 7 | At times I feel a wee bit guilty having returned home to Scotland all in one piece , when so many of my friends have died or were badly injured . |
| 8 | Normally , married women only applied for re-admission to the union and thus to the trade ( which was not granted automatically ) when their husbands had either died or were severely incapacitated . |
| 9 | Once an action becomes defended there is to be a fixed period within which the parties will be required either to set the case down for trial , on the assumption that it has not been settled or been otherwise disposed of , or to report to the court . |
| 10 | They were failing to recognize or were positively discounting the rights of those dissenting from their particular views of public order , and subjecting that dissent to the full coercion of the state . |
| 11 | Most sub-Sahara African ethnic groups followed or are still observing the custom of a long , traditional post-partum abstinence of one or more years ( often until the suckling child is weaned , or can walk , talk , etc . ) . |
| 12 | Japan in particular has been particularly conscious of the devastating effect of mercury poisoning after hundreds of Japanese died or were permanently crippled in the 1950s after exposure to mercury-contaminated fish . |
| 13 | Thus I can know what is in the bottom drawer of my desk , or what I shall eat for breakfast tomorrow , by some form of inductive inference from what I have observed or am now observing . |
| 14 | In 1712 the Goldsmiths , finding themselves responsible for yearly payments not only to the charities which they supported or were still required to pay for but also to the many hundreds of the Company 's annuities over the years 1695–1709 , resolved to mortgage their properties . |
| 15 | In other important cities , however , including Málaga in the south , Santander on the north coast , and the Basque city of Bilbao , the rising either failed to get started or was swiftly quelled by loyal troops and members of the two main armed police forces , the Civil Guard and Assault Guard . |
| 16 | That we could talk about having a breast removed or being badly damaged by surgery or our hair dropping out or whatever . ’ |
| 17 | And inwardly in his mind and in his thoughts , he will survey all the present creation and the worlds that have passed or are still standing ; the years of the world with all the happenings that occurred in it , and the men with their wealth and their power ; the revelations of the [ spiritual ] benefits which were bestowed on the Fathers , and the retributory judgements that took place generation after generation [ or ‘ birth after birth' ] , together with all the various vicissitudes which the affairs of the creation undergo . |
| 18 | Most of the programs Carter proposed either were never passed or were drastically rewritten by Congress . ’ |
| 19 | The right hon. Member for Lagan Valley said that he was not clear whether the right hon. and learned Gentleman had finished or was still giving way , and my right hon. Friend referred to what looked like only the first half of his speech . |
| 20 | If he can show this , then the onus will be on the defendant to prove that the plaintiff 's claim will fail or be so reduced by contributory negligence that the damages he is likely to recover will not be substantial . |
| 21 | Many standards related to document processing have just been published or are currently going through the later stages of the ISO process on their way to becoming official standards . |
| 22 | In the same way , the country will add up how much has been paid or is still owed from overseas countries for goods exported to them . |