Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [conj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | consulted or asked or involved or anything like that |
| 2 | There 's nothing human like hearing or seeing or pitying or helping about him . |
| 3 | He ca n't behave or think or speak or do anything else better than I can — nearly as well as I can — so he 's going to be the Old Man of the Sea until I shake him off somehow . |
| 4 | Befriending schemes have been established so that , where it is desirable , students with special educational needs can be accompanied by a volunteer helper who will interpret or explain and assist as necessary . |
| 5 | The message I draw from this is that the gay movement is not ultimately about the liberation of any particular sexuality but actually about the liberation of a whole set of relationships ; an affirmation of relationships which are sexual or non-sexual , relationships through which sexuality can be realized or transformed or denied or changed or just lived . |
| 6 | The species horse does n't chew or gallop or jump or bring forth its young alive . |
| 7 | Talk , talk as though you can tell each other everything you 've ever done or seen or said or thought . |
| 8 | Speaking on television on July 7 , he said : " At no time did anyone in the campaign , connected with the campaign , associated with the campaign , meet or negotiate or agree or conspire with anyone to delay the release of the hostages . " |
| 9 | Wo n't smudge or run when touched and can be cleaned off with ordinary remover . |
| 10 | He used his hands flirtatiously , slowly , not flapping or pointing but caressing and floating , as if wiping his flat hand inches from the surface of a painting . |
| 11 | Places to eat , places to drink , places to watch a show , places to put on a show , place to smoke or sniff or inject or otherwise absorb any of the various ecstatic drugs , places to find a partner or several , places to lose a partner , places to gamble , places to indulge you smallest whim no matter how illegal or depraved , places where if you wished you could simply stand and scream . |
| 12 | I ca n't work or read or play or anything until I know that you will some day be mine ! |
| 13 | He was interested only in what he could see or hear or touch and , above everything , measure . |
| 14 | The life-eater virus , spreading at amazing speed , would attack anything whatever that breathed or grew or crawled or flew as well as anything of biological origin : food , clothes , wood , feathers , bone . |
| 15 | Sunil has shown me places in the club where the members rarely go and where , therefore , it 's safe to read or write or sleep as long as you wear your uniform and can pretend to be doing something vaguely official if someone comes in . |
| 16 | We do not see everything that we think or do or fantasise or desire as equally ‘ central ’ to ourselves . |
| 17 | If you do not automatically receive literature covering basic information when you are called for an interview , telephone or write and ask if there is any available . |
| 18 | At last , while the shadow of the ramparts reached quickly over the grass , they gathered up the debris of their afternoon and skipped or ran or walked or grumbled up the slopes to home . |
| 19 | The message I draw from this is that the gay movement is not ultimately about the liberation of any particular sexuality but actually about the liberation of a whole set of relationships ; an affirmation of relationships which are sexual or non-sexual , relationships through which sexuality can be realized or transformed or denied or changed or just lived . |
| 20 | You must ensure that any loads carried or towed or secured and do check and see , do not overload your vehicle or trailer , when on a motor cycle , scooter or moped you must wear a safety helmet or designed which maybe fastened securely , you also must wear sturdy boots and gloves , tell other seen , wear something bright coloured or bright , reflect the material , open the door , brighten materials help in daylight as do and sheen . |
| 21 | The life-eater virus , spreading at amazing speed , would attack anything whatever that breathed or grew or crawled or flew as well as anything of biological origin : food , clothes , wood , feathers , bone . |
| 22 | Cos you never know if they 're gon na get into trouble with other people , or whether they 're gon na get er sexually assaulted or raped or mugged or owt . |
| 23 | On moonlight nights , we , the women , used to sit there and talk or sing and prepare and eat Pan ( betel leaf ) . |
| 24 | getting up and coughing and wheezing and all the rest of it and they actually slept very well last night . |
| 25 | And we went three times and they always planned and planned and planned and had ideas what they could do . |
| 26 | She rose and plunged and rolled and staggered and behaved generally in a most frisky fashion . |
| 27 | One so that I can go up there and sit and read and erm sit and knit and er learn to type |
| 28 | My therapist , Elinor , a man called Graham Young , suspects that the only way forward for me emotionally is to fasten my fingers round your windpipe and squeeze and squeeze and squeeze until your face turns black … ’ |
| 29 | My therapist , Elinor , a man called Graham Young , suspects that the only way forward for me emotionally is to fasten my fingers round your windpipe and squeeze and squeeze and squeeze until your face turns black … ’ |
| 30 | And he would bring back goods from the market , such as meal , and sell or exchange that for what the Dalesfolk had brought . |