Example sentences of "or [vb base] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Alternatively , a woman may have low self-esteem , feeling she can only impress others or make them like her by buying status symbols or the latest fashions . |
| 2 | Her hands flew to his shoulders , but whether to fend him off or make him stay she could not have said . |
| 3 | She might even be weaving a spell to tangle her feet or make her lose her way in the wood ! |
| 4 | These er er orders today are n't based on a thorough inquiry er into how audits on the the financial institutions are conducted , what 's wrong with them , what goes wrong , not even a thorough er inquiry into what happened in the B C C I case , er we ca n't legislate , we ca n't legi or regulate I put it without er er er a thorough inquiry and yet here we have er orders brought in er without inquiry . |
| 5 | ‘ Shall I be mother and pour or d' you want me to disappear while you two talk Jockey Club business . ’ |
| 6 | I mean , that 's the kind of thing one often hears on this programme , is it wishful thinking or d' you think we could actually achieve it ? |
| 7 | If you then say , yes I think that 's very good I 'll do as you say you do not repeat no give them your money , or let them handle your money . |
| 8 | I certainly do n't have to let him take advantage of it or let him bludgeon me into a marriage that would be power-based and intolerable . |
| 9 | But you do n't tell him Condor is a DIA operation or let him think you 're with DIA HUMINT . |
| 10 | Or let him damn himself with his own words ? |
| 11 | But instead of setting about matters in a straightforward way and asking Marko if he would sell him the ram , or let him have it as a gift-which Marko might well have done , for he was a good-natured young man-the king asked the advice of his prime minister Milosu , who was Marko 's uncle . |
| 12 | Serve the food properly or let me do it . ’ |
| 13 | You can then either hem and gather it with shirring tape before it is fixed to the walls ; or let it gather itself naturally as you push the rods through the turned-over hems at top and bottom . |
| 14 | The water was fine , as long as you did n't drink it or let it touch your skin . |
| 15 | You 'd think he would either apply for another one or , or let you have his . |
| 16 | It does n't prevent them being ambitious and idealistic for themselves , or stop them comparing themselves with other students in their class , their school , in other parts of the country or the world . |
| 17 | If the new resolution is less than the original , you can show part of the original at full resolution , and pan it around if appropriate , or compress it to make it all visible . |
| 18 | If the computer does not understand what you have said it will ask questions , offer alternatives or tell you to rephrase your question and try again . |
| 19 | She could not provide him with small talk , or prod him to abandon his silences . |
| 20 | We may think we see the dead person walking down the street , or hear them calling our name . |
| 21 | In each case , whether represented as a guess or as a known fact , the notion is seen as conditioned by a mental process or state which allows one to predicate it and so is represented as a consequence thereof by means of the to infinitive . |
| 22 | Fewer than average feel informed about the Unit , or believe it wants their views — these , too , are measures of line management communication . |
| 23 | According to the Laws of Manu , a vānaprasthin must control his senses , keep his organs in subjection , abandon his belongings , commit his wife to his sons or allow her to accompany him , be chaste , patient , friendly , and compassionate towards all creatures . |
| 24 | If you do not help your people , or allow them to help themselves , they may all die , and take you with them . |
| 25 | The way it is at present , we can not , we can not get more loot to put into the new project but the bank manager , i.e. the Chancellor of the Exchequer , reminded us a few months ago that the other way of funding our projects he encouraged us to look at our current assets and if possible liquidate some of that asset and fund it , or or use it to fund our new schemes and this Mr Mayor is what we should be doing . |
| 26 | Because her expectations were realistic , she accepts without rancour the fact that she must either do the work herself or employ someone to do it for her . |
| 27 | She did not throw clothes away if she could mend them or alter them to make them more fashionable . |
| 28 | Wait for the opponent to move , or force him to pull his weight off the front foot before sweeping or hooking it . |
| 29 | Or do we send them to Mike ? |
| 30 | Or do we dump it ? |