Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are sorry to be negative but , quite simply , we just do n't trust you , or rather we do n't think that you yet trust yourself to know exactly what 4oz ( 115g ) of lean meat , 6oz ( 170g ) of fish , 2oz ( 55g ) of carrots , or 4oz ( 115g ) peas really look like . |
| 2 | Governments come and governments go ( or rather they do n't ) , pop idols streak through the firmament and disappear , but there is one constant in a topsy-turvy world , the beacon of truth and clarity that is the NME . |
| 3 | He did n't seem to hear , or rather he chose not to . |
| 4 | We sat after lunch on Monday in his room ; or rather he sat chubbily at his desk , living up to his nickname , spooning Hymettus honey out of a jar and telling me of the flesh and fleshpots he had bought himself in Athens ; and I lay on his bed , only half listening . |
| 5 | Or rather you did violently , but I judged you too hastily and I am not angry now . |
| 6 | I mean if he 's , I mean he , he says or the implication is that it will stop when they get everything they achieve or perhaps they 've already got what they set out |
| 7 | Or perhaps they did n't actually do any work at all . |
| 8 | Clearly Littlewoods , the pools group and retailer , does not believe in either solution — or perhaps it does not really want to sell . |
| 9 | Or perhaps it had never existed . |
| 10 | Or perhaps you had n't noticed ? ’ |
| 11 | Maybe you need to track down an old kitchen manufacturer , or perhaps you 've just signed a contract to get rid of a high-pressure salesman , and are worried because there does n't appear to be a get-out clause . |
| 12 | Or perhaps you do n't remember ? ’ |
| 13 | Now ladies , I do n't mind if you do n't cleanse properly or perhaps you do n't even tone but the moisturizer is the most important , from my point of view . |
| 14 | Or perhaps you do n't need to . |
| 15 | Or perhaps you do n't . |
| 16 | Or perhaps you do n't know about that — goodness , dear , you 've gone a very funny colour ! ’ |
| 17 | Or perhaps you did n't get the habit ? |
| 18 | Or perhaps you did n't get the habit ? |
| 19 | Or perhaps I took up my Arabic textbook . |
| 20 | Or perhaps I had better have another brandy first . ’ |
| 21 | Perhaps her mother had convinced him that Shiona was incapable of such behaviour , or perhaps he had n't needed any convincing . |
| 22 | Or perhaps he had already found them . |
| 23 | Or perhaps he cheered up and they had to get rid of him . |
| 24 | Perhaps he has forgotten that his lord ought to be murdering his lady just at this juncture ; or perhaps he thinks Emilia is as corrupt as himself ; or perhaps he does not understand love , The error is great , since Emilia is the only person who knows the truth about the handkerchief . |
| 25 | But perhaps Evan still thinks too much , or perhaps he does n't think enough or , then again , perhaps he does n't really think at all … |
| 26 | Or perhaps he does n't . |
| 27 | Or perhaps he 'd simply lost interest in the diversions of aesthetes . |
| 28 | Or perhaps he has intentionally made the ‘ syntax error ’ in order to alert people to the danger of their nuclear inventions . |
| 29 | He ignored her questions , or perhaps he did n't even hear them , engrossed as he was in making his point . |
| 30 | Perhaps he 's got worries he 's not sharing , or perhaps he 's simply been working too hard . |