Example sentences of "[vb pp] or [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | She almost asked whether he had not been there the previous Friday but stopped , unsure whether he had forgotten or was deliberately misleading her . |
2 | This means that people who have suffered or are currently suffering from schizophrenia need to be able to withdraw from arousing circumstances , but that the extreme understimulation which could sometimes be found in an old-fashioned mental hospital should equally be avoided . |
3 | If this intercommunication is not properly arranged there will be the familiar symptoms of frustrating reiteration , decisions being misunderstood or being constantly revised , political manoeuvring and even concealment of progress within one or more of the teams . |
4 | One must be careful not to sentimentalise : more detailed anthropological studies would be needed to see how far this respect was diluted as frailty advanced or was ritually accorded , without substance . |
5 | At times I feel a wee bit guilty having returned home to Scotland all in one piece , when so many of my friends have died or were badly injured . |
6 | Normally , married women only applied for re-admission to the union and thus to the trade ( which was not granted automatically ) when their husbands had either died or were severely incapacitated . |
7 | Once an action becomes defended there is to be a fixed period within which the parties will be required either to set the case down for trial , on the assumption that it has not been settled or been otherwise disposed of , or to report to the court . |
8 | Most sub-Sahara African ethnic groups followed or are still observing the custom of a long , traditional post-partum abstinence of one or more years ( often until the suckling child is weaned , or can walk , talk , etc . ) . |
9 | Thus I can know what is in the bottom drawer of my desk , or what I shall eat for breakfast tomorrow , by some form of inductive inference from what I have observed or am now observing . |
10 | In other important cities , however , including Málaga in the south , Santander on the north coast , and the Basque city of Bilbao , the rising either failed to get started or was swiftly quelled by loyal troops and members of the two main armed police forces , the Civil Guard and Assault Guard . |
11 | That we could talk about having a breast removed or being badly damaged by surgery or our hair dropping out or whatever . ’ |
12 | And inwardly in his mind and in his thoughts , he will survey all the present creation and the worlds that have passed or are still standing ; the years of the world with all the happenings that occurred in it , and the men with their wealth and their power ; the revelations of the [ spiritual ] benefits which were bestowed on the Fathers , and the retributory judgements that took place generation after generation [ or ‘ birth after birth' ] , together with all the various vicissitudes which the affairs of the creation undergo . |
13 | Most of the programs Carter proposed either were never passed or were drastically rewritten by Congress . ’ |
14 | The right hon. Member for Lagan Valley said that he was not clear whether the right hon. and learned Gentleman had finished or was still giving way , and my right hon. Friend referred to what looked like only the first half of his speech . |
15 | Many standards related to document processing have just been published or are currently going through the later stages of the ISO process on their way to becoming official standards . |
16 | In the same way , the country will add up how much has been paid or is still owed from overseas countries for goods exported to them . |