Example sentences of "or [verb] [pers pn] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or has he not bothered to work it out ? |
| 2 | Or let us not forget that research on Japan in the 1930s has revealed conflicts of interest between and within the military , zaibatsu , politicians and the bureaucracy . |
| 3 | Although this is also true , we might not be surprised if the judge interrupted this witness and accused her of being facetious , or told her not to waste time . |
| 4 | When I asked the headmistress of a junior school my daughter had been attending about the racist remarks children at the school had been making her answer was well-meaning and typical : ‘ Asking them to say thank you and please or asking them not to swear is one thing but asking them not to say ‘ nigger ’ or ‘ wog ’ or ‘ black people stink ’ is quite another . |
| 5 | What it comes down to is do we , or do we not approve of killing animals for fun do we approve of allowing a pack of dogs to hunt an animal to its death . |
| 6 | What about the cattle which our bird and animal loving army allows to graze on the latter , or do they not matter ? |
| 7 | ‘ But , ’ said the stranger , ‘ do you or do you not know that the law of England supposes every man to be innocent until he is proved — proved — to be guilty ? ’ |
| 8 | Or do you not see any point in keeping them at all ? is the number to dial . |
| 9 | If the present article can not answer every question raised by Carse , it will answer this one : ‘ did they [ at the Opéra ] or did they not beat time with a baton throughout the whole opera ? ’ ( p.311 ) . |
| 10 | Or did she not think at all ? |
| 11 | The main point was , did she or did she not think that the whole ghastly superstructure should be brought down and got rid of , root and branch , once and for all ? |
| 12 | Was Mr. MacGregor lying , or did he not know ? |
| 13 | Or did they choose a kind of evening do you know ? or did it not matter ? |
| 14 | Did I tell you or did I not tell you |
| 15 | Or did you not bother with the slap because you were enjoying the tickling so much ? ’ |
| 16 | Or did you not tell her a time ? |
| 17 | What time did you tell Marg , or did you not tell her a time ? |
| 18 | ‘ Did you or did you not say that the purpose of my presence here this evening was to give you information about my work ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Did you or did you not get a cheque ? ’ |
| 20 | Well let me put it plainly , did you or did you not know that there were two children or three children indeed in that flat ? |
| 21 | ‘ Did you or did you not read this book to the reception class ? ’ yelled Ali . |
| 22 | Or does it not do it ? |
| 23 | ‘ Does he , or does he not know where the ship is ? ’ |
| 24 | Does he or does he not propose to abandon the green form scheme totally and completely ? |
| 25 | I think from what I 've heard , every shift had its own little methods of trying to turn people away or advising them not to come in . |
| 26 | Or had they not known about it ? |
| 27 | Have we or have we not made a mistake ? |