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

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1 The other thing is with employer legislation update , did we decide to do some training on that or did we decide that we would produce a handout ?
2 Or did he think Or did he think it was pneumonia ?
3 Did he mean that he was on holiday because it was Sunday , or did he mean that he was on holiday in the area ?
4 Were they just words he was reading , or did he realize that three aircraft meant twenty-one crew , and countless women waiting anxiously for the phone call that would tell them their man was safe — or the letter that would tell them he was not ?
5 Was it me or did it look like the game was in slow motion then ?
6 Or did you go and ask , did you say do you want any jobs doing ?
7 ( Or did you feel that you wanted to say more ? ) 3 Did everyone else get a fair chance to express their opinion ?
8 You see , you know I was talking to you earlier about , about punchlines basically , but I ca n't remember the words I was using for it , times like by the way , right right , or did you know or did I mention to you do you follow me , a lot of key lines that you can think on that you use
9 Had Canon Wheeler not known , or had he known and not passed on the information ?
10 And then he smiled at her as if for the first time , a smile that made her think that he had been touched by God .
11 There was a Puritan austerity about him that made one doubt whether he ever enjoyed anything at all .
12 It must have been the totality of the situation that made me feel that heaven was very near and the invisible clearly seen .
13 ‘ Maybe it was seeing the Dawsons that made me realise that you ca n't lose something you never had . ’
14 It was that inner voice that made me cringe as I lay sleepless on my lumpy mattress listening to the pogoing of the bedstead against the wall next door , where my co-tenants were pursuing their nightly quest for the elusive grail of Trish 's orgasm .
15 And that made me wonder if you were in it , too , and he 'd had a rendezvous at the cottage .
16 But then , having exhausted his recollections of the circumstances of his writing the paper , he switched to more personal matters and enquired carefully how I was getting on in a way that made me reel that my mission had been worthwhile and that I had by no means wasted his morning .
17 Though what those powers were that made him think and say such things , he did not know or understand .
18 He often wondered what they did in there that made them scream and shout as they ran out .
19 She handed me a glass of cider , others accepted a small glass of a clear liquid that made them wince as they swallowed it .
20 After a little tense silence that made it seem as though the very air were holding it breath , he said very evenly , and with dangerous softness .
21 Again , it was reason rather than faith that led him to believe that this was the only adequate ground for the proclamation of the universal offer of the Gospel .
22 Little Gabriels , out of control most of the time and impossible to educate , but with a fund of kindness that led them to rescue and foster wounded animals and plague her with them in the home .
23 Goodwill , one of Mr Garner 's pet projects and the subject , he believes , that got him noticed and invited to join the ASB , is also on the agenda .
24 He was in the courtyard , unfastening a pair of skis , his jet-black ski-suit moulding itself to his body in a way that drew her glance whether she liked it or not .
25 Something happened , something came into his mind , while he was there at Aurae Phiala , that prompted him to disappear and let the party leave without him . ’
26 The tall , tough grass that covered them ruffled and flattened with the wind , like a cat 's fur being stroked .
27 Yet it was not God that kept me going but my critics .
28 It was not a magical experience , enabling him to go without food for the rest of his flight , but it was a meal for the spirit that kept him nourished and firm in his intention until he reached Horeb the mountain of God ( 1 Kings 19:1–8 ) .
29 It was presents from Gran that kept her attired as she was .
30 And it was n't self-pity that kept her tossing and turning till dawn …
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