Example sentences of "listen [prep] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can do that , probably a number of other people can do it too , but the vast majority would n't have the remotest idea what to listen for or know how it is done . |
| 2 | Often there is no intention to frustrate the child ; the rejections — such as not listening to or fobbing off the child — may be the consequences of the parent 's being too busy with chores or being tired and irritable after a day 's work , and so forth . |
| 3 | This caused him to invent Ambivalent Music , which you ca n't quite tell if you are listening to or not ( see Ambulance house music … ) |
| 4 | always spread a and I I was listening to or or during a programme and it said er , we 're always told how firms are going down the shoot ! |
| 5 | Anyone listening to or reading about the debate will know that the nub of the Government 's thinking is that they want the Bill to be passed . |
| 6 | How do you mean , erm listen to or play some |
| 7 | The corporate ideology is public service broadcasting : this entails the provider deciding what the purchaser ought to listen to or watch , rather than being led by the latter 's clear preference . |
| 8 | you know , there 's a description which you can choose to listen to or not |
| 9 | It implies , however , a recognition that the minority who occupy powerful positions in British society are able to make choices , based neither upon notions of democracy nor upon calculations about who has power , about whom they will listen to or consult . |
| 10 | The crux of the matter today is that those children were not listened to or believed when they complained to the very people in whose care we had put them for protection . |