Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [adv] [verb] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results of this tour , so far as the ladies of the party were concerned , tended to confirm all my previous impressions of their valour and vigour , and also to the strengthening of my determination never to undertake or propose any arrangement from which the ladies must of course be excluded . |
| 2 | I wrote asking if my information still applied or had some legal restrictions been imposed since the programme had been shown ? |
| 3 | Many of the illustrious are there too , their signatures sometimes smudged or rain-spotted , but nonetheless memorable for that : Hobbs , Sandham , and Strudwick ; Nichols and O'Connor ; Hammond and Charlie Parker ; Hallows , Watson and Makepeace ; Freeman and Woolley ( the short and the tall ) ; the 1928 West Indians , including Learie Constantine ; and the ‘ All-Indian ’ tourists of 1932 . |
| 4 | Mambo Leo was popular not for its opinions but because it was well produced , entertaining and readable ; nevertheless , its popularity did not mean that its readers either believed or trusted it . |
| 5 | They are solitary creatures who would happily spend most of their lives either eating or sleeping . |
| 6 | As a small boy , he spent his days either reading or watching cricket , a game that dominated all aspects of West Indian social and cultural life . |
| 7 | I think that some people may not realise fully too is that in order to make a decision you have to be full informed , and teachers are very busy people and a teacher really is spending nearly every moment of his day either teaching or preparing to teach , and it 's impossible , therefore , to establish in a school or a community college the faculty committee structure that one might have in a university , where people do probably spend some time informing themselves before debate . |
| 8 | I felt sure that he was more than a little drunk , but his voice never slurred or changed from that flat resonance that makes so many Americans sound as though they are speaking over a loud-hailer . |
| 9 | Erm I mean I 'm concerned again through his eyesight that i were we to put him as the assistant and put him on a machine , that he might just put his hand somewhere and get his hand bloody trapped or whatever with his eyesight . |
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| 11 | If your business regularly makes or receives payments in foreign currencies , or wishes to borrow in anticipation of receiving payments from abroad , you may find it convenient and cost-effective to open foreign currency bank accounts . |
| 12 | ‘ Has your head suddenly swollen or something ? ’ |
| 13 | You better have your orchards well fenced or you 'll be out of apples by October . ’ |