Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 You have n't even enquired about my holiday or where I spent it . ’
2 I am King of England — or so they tell me !
3 No elil for miles , or so they tell me .
4 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 .
5 Or so they tell me . )
6 Beauty is , however , only skin deep , or so they tell us .
7 Force O'Neill to CONCEDE MORE THAN HE WANTS TO OR THAN HE THINKS HE CAN DARE GIVE without risking overthrow by the more reactionary elements among the Unionists .
8 And whether they tend to get older and move on , or like you say I totally agree , Have they took off somewhere else ?
9 Remember that once a design is either drawn on screen or recalled from the disk into the working memory , it will remain in the working memory as long as the controller remains switched on , or until you erase it from the screen with the ERASE DRAWING option from within the FUNCTION menu in the menu bar at the top of the design screen .
10 Stay at Ivrigar for a time , or until I deem it safe to return . ’
11 As she watched her daughter run before her down the stairs , she thought , As long as he lives or until she escapes she 'll never be free to do what she likes .
12 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 …
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 There neither is , nor can be , any general responsibility in managements not to alter prices , or if they alter them , only to lower them .
16 yeah , basically , or if they think you 're good looking .
17 They never did know or if they did they were n't saying .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 Few , if any , suspected the doctor or my father of being involved ; or if they did they did not say so .
21 Or if they did it was so modern that nobody got to hear about it .
22 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 .
23 Or if we tell them about anything dangerous so they can get it before it gets their precious settlements .
24 It 's perhaps perhaps easier to see it as the as the N As and the O Hs though okay or if we did it with sulphuric acid we 'd have hydrogen sulphate plus sodium hydroxide what 's that going to give us ?
25 If we have no reason to slim , if no one cares whether we slim or not , or if we feel we are trying hard on a diet but nothing seems to be happening , no wonder we get fed up .
26 Or if anybody told me , I mean I would n't and talking in confidence about their private life or
27 Sadly , it no longer spouts , or if it does it has a frequency measured in years .
28 Of course exactly that case never occurs , or if it does it occurs in such a way that it is not recognized as being a repeat run of the previous bitter experience .
29 If walking down streets teeming with non-residents induces mild panic , or if it strikes you as undignified to whizz around a museum in 10 minutes , because entry is part of the combination ticket you have bought from the tourist office , then forget Bruges .
30 Good do n't forget if I go too quickly or if I give you too much say , Ooh hang on .
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