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Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [noun] or " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I must admit the ‘ truth ’ did not smack me right between the eyes or make me leap like Archimedes from his bath .
2	Local hire is possible for those on shore holidays who can go ‘ there and back ’ , and just wish to potter locally for an hour or two .
3	I mean it 's mostly for the kids or if , w when we 're travelling in the car anywhere .
4	After primary fermentation the beer is stored ( the German word is ‘ lagered ’ ) for a short time but rarely for the month or more that is standard abroad .
5	Some of the Naval survey parties may also have landed briefly on Krakatoa , because a hot spring is marked on some maps , but apart from this we know remarkably little about the islands or their volcanic history .
6	The results relate to well-controlled , essentially ideal conditions but may reveal little about the effectiveness or safety of a procedure in widespread use in ordinary clinical practice .
7	As they became confident , she moved them into faster and more daring exhibitions , inciting them to dive skilfully for a titbit or a ‘ lure ’ .
8	Or maybe you have a desire to ‘ expose ’ yourself in some way — perhaps as an artist or politician — but are blocking yourself through fear of humiliation or rejection ?
9	‘ He 's sly enough for a Quaker or that newfangled Methody .
10	The only other low-cost option is to take a colour photograph of the screen and whilst this might suffice for business charts it certainly wo n't be accurate enough for a designer or architect .
11	It is like those cases where women were , perhaps are , discriminated against because they were not ‘ strong ’ enough for a job or part of a job ; but most people would prefer for such a task a strapping wench to a seven-stone male weakling , who gets the sand kicked into his eyes by the beach bully , courtesy of the Charles Atlas advert .
12	This does n't mean that you have to spend a fortune on tools , but beware of cheap spanners and screwdrivers which may not be strong enough for the job or of cheap hammers which may lose their heads .
13	Perhaps worth a word or two .
14	‘ At the most , they are confined only for a century or two .
15	Aunt knew her at school ; Aunt went to a posh boarding-school — only for a year or two — and she likes you to know it .
16	Cover the treatment bath to prevent the fish jumping out , even if the bath is only for a minute or two .
17	I 'd met Laura 's husband only for a minute or two , but he seemed like a regular guy .
18	I was frightened , of course , but only for a second or two .
19	At first , he was infinitely gentle and loving , his fingers moving over her body in an exploratory , almost hesitant manner , lightly caressing her , lingering only for a moment or two on her face or breasts before moving onwards again to touch her skin , most delicately and teasingly .
20	A gust of wind caught it and it slid towards the ground , but only for a moment or so .
21	He returned home only for a week or so each month and spent most of his time in his bathroom , which contained a colour television , telephones and a fully stocked cocktail bar .
22	It 's only for a week or so . ’
23	After that for six days little smoke columns seemed to be sprouting up all over the forest , now here , now there , but only for an hour or two .
24	‘ Only for an hour or so , ’ said Joe .
25	Increasingly , plants are seen as an integral part of any office complex and are not something to be considered only during a refurbishment or initial build .
26	She regarded him thoughtfully for a moment or two .
27	She stared thoughtfully for a moment or two .
28	Certain languages have still not been written down ; others exist in written form only as the Bible or sections of it .
29	In some instances members may wish to offer employment , perhaps for a month or two , at an agreed wage .
30	A worthwhile person is always competent : he never makes mistakes , slips of the tongue , errors of judgement or loses his thread halfway through a lesson or a meeting .