Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] they [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am King of England — or so they tell me ! |
| 2 | No elil for miles , or so they tell me . |
| 3 | I did n't suffer from morning sickness but I 've become an insomniac over the months and had the good fortune ( or so they tell me ) to have a healthy foetus that started kicking me at thirteen weeks . |
| 4 | Or so they tell me . ) |
| 5 | Beauty is , however , only skin deep , or so they tell us . |
| 6 | For the next three weeks or so they wean their babies on the frozen sea of the Gulf of St Lawrence . |
| 7 | But it 's interesting to know that a lot of the copies either must have copies , which they should have or that they know what bin it . |
| 8 | In the airs they compose the French always look for what is sweet , easy and flowing , and for what follows on readily ; everything is in the same key , or if they change it sometimes , they do it with preparations and softenings which render the air as natural and as continuous as if there were no change at all … |
| 9 | Those who drink large amounts of coffee during work hours may suffer from caffeine withdrawal at weekends , or if they miss their morning cup of coffee . |
| 10 | It is important to accept our children , single or married , without making them feel that they are less valued if they remain single , or if they marry someone who is not our choice . |
| 11 | But they would n't take that trouble , but they 'd always speak to the uniform policemen , if or if they heard anyone smashing glass , but they would n't go out of their way . |
| 12 | What way they dried them , whether it was in the sun or if they 'd anything to dry them with , I do n't ken . |
| 13 | Or if they get her , one of her cubs will be back . |
| 14 | People can not be expected to buy the co-operative alternative if they do not know of it , or if they misunderstand it . |
| 15 | It has to be the subject of a proper report er by the er audit commission , but the district auditor and if they find that there has been er er wrong doing , if they find that there has been any er wilful neglect or if they find there has been any er unacceptable er maladministration then I will certainly join with the er the Secretary of State in condemning that . |
| 16 | There neither is , nor can be , any general responsibility in managements not to alter prices , or if they alter them , only to lower them . |
| 17 | yeah , basically , or if they think you 're good looking . |
| 18 | They never did know or if they did they were n't saying . |
| 19 | It is apparent from the findings of fact that the justices made no findings , or if they did they did not record them , as to whether ( i ) the child was likely to abscond from any other description of accommodation , or ( ii ) that if he absconded he would be likely to suffer significant harm . |
| 20 | We went back to the villa hand in hand and no one ever knew we had been out , or if they did they did n't say . |
| 21 | Few , if any , suspected the doctor or my father of being involved ; or if they did they did not say so . |
| 22 | Or if they did it was so modern that nobody got to hear about it . |
| 23 | The training officer group were more likely to refer to joint or group decisions , none of them specifically mentioned the need for central approval , few mentioned relevancy to post as being essential ( or if they did it was within a wider framework of reference than relevance to post alone ) , and they were more likely to specify that the needs of the service and the needs of the individual were both taken into account . |
| 24 | The note says sort of do n't tell people until after or unless they ask you |
| 25 | so he can either sleep in bed with his dad and J J or but they make him up a bed on that . |
| 26 | At a general level the answer is easy ; it is because their families are unable to look after them , control them or because they cause them to be ‘ at risk ’ . |
| 27 | Though mainly public gallery owners , the ADAA numbers a handful of private dealers as well , admitted because of their stature in the field or because they took their public concerns private . |
| 28 | However , this did not suggest that they became pregnant by default or because they had nothing else to do , rather motherhood was a central focus of their lives ( Phoenix , 1987 ) . |
| 29 | Darwin realized that many secondary sexual differences were a consequence of the greater intensity of competition between males for access to mates and that many traits were more highly developed in males either because they conferred an advantage in fights or because they rendered their possessor more attractive to females . |
| 30 | I think he was certainly mixed up in the beastly business of getting into England some of those unhappy Asians who pay through the nose either because they 're desperate to join relatives , or because they think they can find work here . |