Example sentences of "it was [adv] [verb] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he remembered a woman he 'd met once on a train , she was singing hymns to the window , he 'd been embarrassed at first , half her fringe was missing as if someone had taken a bite out of it , only he knew she 'd done it because she caught him staring and laughed and said , ‘ I always cut it when I 'm loaded , ’ and he remembered something about a house , and because there was nothing left to cling to , because it was the only piece of wreckage left afloat , he remembered how to get there too , it was either remember or die . |
| 2 | ‘ Early this morning or perhaps during the night the room was vandalized ; everything in it was either damaged or destroyed . ’ |
| 3 | to me that it would be perverse of us to fall into the trap if we were to do so of endorsing Policy E two and not know that what we were endorsing was in fact what the Secretary of State specifically rejected on the grounds perhaps that it was unduly restricted or detailed or inappropriate for some of those other reasons that are set out in the earlier part of that notice of approval . |
| 4 | The army undertook to transport film and copy but it was often delayed or lost . |
| 5 | One of the major costs of implementing new technology was the need to train for new skills , but Ms Edwards found that once new technology was adopted it was often under-used or misapplied because of the lack of expertise and investment . |
| 6 | And also , the use of the yellow background , I do n't know , erm whether it was deliberately chosen or whether she just happened to be standing there , but the yellow background makes it stand out . |
| 7 | Until then the grist mill existed , but presumably it was then demolished or converted . |
| 8 | It was absolutely make or break . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The cross connections between her and Charles were so powerful , it was very make or break , ’ says Penny . |