Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [verb] a " in BNC.

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1 Or make one using a headboard kit from Cover Up and cover it with fabric .
2 It would be no problem for her to make a meal for two , or suggest he bring a take-away , and , prior to this morning , she felt she probably would have agreed to that .
3 Since the article need not be made or adapted for burglary , stealing or cheating it bears a wide meaning .
4 If my servant , acting bona fide within the scope of his authority , procures or causes me to break a contract which I have made with you , you can not sue the servant for interference with the contract ; for he is my alter ego here , and I can not be sued for inducing myself to break a contract , although I may be liable for breaking the contract .
5 Was she real , or have I created her , or transmogrified her to suit a desired image of my own ?
6 Or has she had a lift ?
7 The equanimity of your average tosser of coins depends upon the law , or rather a tendency , or let us say a probability , or at any rate a mathematically calculable chance , which ensures that he will not upset himself by losing too much nor upset his opponent by winning too often .
8 Doubtless there is a batteur in the wings or for the chorus , the orchestra only needing a maître de musique , or let us say a conducteur ; a batteur de mesure being not the ‘ most essential artist at the Opera ’ but the most intolerable …
9 Well , do you normally walk in or , or , or do you expect a ride ?
10 Do you want to order now or do you want a quote ?
11 I had or believed I had a secondary , and had every right to be there .
12 Individuals who repeatedly take overdoses or injure themselves constitute a group for which there is a considerable dearth of information , both of the causes of this behaviour and means of providing effective help .
13 The expectations on him to perform as a wit at the Painters ' Table further drained his energy and if feeling jaded or bored he drank a lot .
14 Whether we ignore the inner planets , or assume they add a tiny contribution to the overall effect , the key dates that come out of the analysis are the same — and I should have made that clear in the article .
15 Or suppose you have a program which is wonderful .
16 ‘ When you have showered or bathed you touch a sensor pad on the machine and it blows warm air over you . ’
17 Are you struggling to find a particular product or feel you have a need which is n't being catered for ?
18 In the meantime , since no amount of nagging would persuade Maxie to rake up the leaves or to allow her to employ a man to do it , she would have to do the job herself .
19 In fact it seems more likely that Picasso felt that the Demoiselles as he decided to accept or leave it represented a truly astonishing challenge with which he himself must come to terms ; obviously if he had been dissatisfied with the look of the painting he would not have left it as it is , and it has been argued that the stylistic discrepancies within the painting are essential to its iconography , to the message which it is intended to convey .
20 When banks withdraw funds , the Bank of England relieves the resulting discount market shortage at that rate of interest which it thinks appropriate , nudging rates upwards perhaps to reduce the demand for bank lending or lowering them to counteract a rising exchange rate .
21 Do we mean a symbol which only ‘ represents ’ a reality — like a road sign — or do we mean a sign which actually embodies or conveys , in some shape or form , the reality to which it points ?
22 Is it a compulsory set of questions on or do we have a choice ?
23 Do we , for instance , place a tick in the square labelled ‘ baby burps ’ and another in the box called ‘ mother pats back ’ ; or do we include a box called ‘ mother responds to baby ’ ; or at a higher level , does she score a point on an index of ‘ sensitivity ’ ?
24 Or do we get a new car ?
25 Should we identify brain functions with components of psychological processes revealed in psychological studies or do we need a new set of concepts for describing brain function ?
26 Or do they do a public service by tilting government towards more openness and accountability ?
27 Could they be introduced as token , surface changes or do they necessitate a fundamental reorganization of the way the school operates ?
28 Is it me or do they whistle a lot ?
29 Or do they exhibit a regular alternation , recalling the systematic mosaics seen in some non-mammalian species ?
30 Or do they need a mass literacy programme ?
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