Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] or [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What d do you make them or sell them or what ? |
| 2 | The client is encouraged , and initially assisted , in developing and carrying out strategies for testing thoughts and beliefs about what might happen , e.g. ‘ If I ask my boss for a raise he 'll sack me or bite my head off . ’ , |
| 3 | We find the world nearly empty of images and accounts with which we can prepare ourselves or comfort ourselves , or find a mirror of our exaltation or grief . ’ |
| 4 | However , they have told me recently that , when I was about nine or ten , they thought me a bully because I would surreptitiously pinch them or pull their hair in order to keep them in line — that is , in order to make them behave as my parents would have wished them to . |
| 5 | Not images , but people who can direct them or lead them , channel their energies or expand their scope are what they need . |
| 6 | Does she entice him or does he appear by chance ? |
| 7 | Should we beat them or lock them up until they learn their lessons ? |
| 8 | You can show me or remind me of the difference between orange and pink , perhaps by showing me a colour chart . |
| 9 | Will I collect you or do you want directions ? |
| 10 | All you can really do is construct something that will divert it or block its way for a while ; persuade it to do something it does n't really want to do . |
| 11 | Yeah I 'll see you can borrow it or buy it . |
| 12 | If you are not satisfied with your new car for any reason within 30 days or 1,000 miles , you may exchange it or have your money refunded . |
| 13 | Do they actually listen to it or do you edit it or do they actually |
| 14 | When a number of people have taken that holiday , they may conduct another poll to investigate whether they enjoyed it , and , most important , whether they would repeat it or recommend it to friends . |
| 15 | They ensure , for example , that meals are eaten at the right time , that appointments are kept , that a daily routine is adhered to and that patients do not neglect themselves or put themselves in danger . |
| 16 | Let me make it plain I do not want you or need you here . |
| 17 | We can not see them or turn our minds from them . |
| 18 | What did you decorate them or did you just leave them plain ? |
| 19 | If they do suspect someone or know someone fitting the description , speak to us in confidence and we will investigate it . |
| 20 | The investigators had also come into possession of what was said to be Fhimah 's personal diary , improbable though it must have seemed to them that a trained intelligence agent would keep one or put anything in writing , let alone the incriminating English word ‘ taggs ’ ( sic ) in the middle of an entry in Arabic and then , according to media reports , leave the diary behind for the investigators to find . |
| 21 | I treated her rotten whilst I was studying like I would n't take time off studying to go and see her or phone her when I saw her as often as I could , every weekend |
| 22 | One could only fear him or fight him , and she had chosen to fight long ago . |
| 23 | Reminding Riva , as if she needed it , of how certain laws ordain that a woman put to shame must be dragged to the temple mount and forced by priests to drink the bitter waters that will either poison her or prove her innocence . |
| 24 | ‘ She confessed she had not meant to let me see it or sign it and said Joseph had promised to take it to America and sell it under her own name . |
| 25 | I could n't understand it or analyse it , but it was there . |
| 26 | I did n't understand it or share it and was n't part of it . |
| 27 | They are no longer prepared to ‘ like it or lump it ’ with publicly delivered services . |
| 28 | they , told them they can like it or lump it and they said the miner 's strike , but she still won the election after the miner 's strike which |
| 29 | The knowledge that you are yourself , and the world may like it or loathe it , but here you are . |
| 30 | We are incompatible with them because they can not understand us or comprehend our heritage . |