Example sentences of "be [pron] [adv] [verb] or " in BNC.

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1 And you still know how to do you se do you feel the same am I only dreaming or is this burning
2 Am I only dreaming or is this burning Shut up !
3 The group of gentlemen who prepared the list and signed the covering letter to Panmure , however , emphasised that unless Panmure wrote the letters in favour of James Milne which they had requested , then their friend would withdraw ‘ & let your declared oposers run away with what they could not , were you either present or your intrest heartily interposed ’ .
4 Were they still dressing or had the ADC forgotten to switch off the lights ?
5 Virtually all infections , be they sexually transmitted or not , provoke the formation of antibodies , some of which can be found circulating in the blood-stream .
6 Cathy Massiter made it very clear in her television interview that MI5 and Special Branch alone decide who merits a dossier and which group they belong to and can open a file on any person or group of people or organisation they please , put into it anything they like , be it only gossip or hearsay , and once opened the file remains there indefinitely .
7 Here 's his best save or saves coming up .
8 So is it here to stay or could we , all of us , do without drugs ?
9 Is he still shaving or
10 To the old question , did she fall , or was she pushed ? were added two more refinements : was she also choked or poisoned ?
11 Still not satisfied with the delicious idea of a soldier taking the doubtful reading matter away in a wheelbarrow , Dostoevsky adds , in Stepan 's reportage , ‘ and covered it with an apron ; oui , c'est cela , an apron ’ — as if in the eyes of Stepan there was something specially affronting or sinister , anyhow notable , about the apron .
12 Was there much damage or disturbance ? ’
13 If so , was he actively hunting or was he , like a vulture , simply scavenging from the skills of other predators ?
14 Was he still handcuffed or were the handcuffs off ?
15 Was it properly refereed or passed through at the urgings of the editor ?
16 Was it ever published or was it just
17 And the tumble dryer , was it still turning or was it the sound of the Meloch that was always with us ?
18 Was anything else said or acted upon or shall I use the kids who are done today ooh , tha that should be done .
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