Example sentences of "or [adv] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If all Preston 's childhood friends had lined up against a wall , as when they were waiting to be picked for football , Preston would most likely have left William to pretty near the end and then put him at left back , or somewhere he would do the least damage to his own side . |
| 2 | Some of my former colleagues would agree that my recent work is unhistorical but on the contrary condemn it for this — or rather they would condemn it did they not resort to the easier course of dismissing it as the gutterings of a senile mind . |
| 3 | Or rather they can tell you that ‘ previous assumptions on the dark nature of this pigment can no longer be considered entirely operative ; indeed , we may be in total reversal scenario here , which is in line with expectations . ’ |
| 4 | He 's our lead singer , or rather I should say he was . |
| 5 | Or rather it would give a possible base for the possible erection of two or three possible motives . |
| 6 | And , of course , the man referred to as " Shakespeare " might have been Bacon , or rather he might have had the attributes associated with Bacon . |
| 7 | Rightly or wrongly they may feel unwilling or unable to adapt . |
| 8 | This meant that the men on each farm , with the addition of certain seasonal workers like the company of sheep-shearers , agreed with the farmer to bring in the harvest on ‘ piecework ’ — so much per acre of crops ; or perhaps they would contract to get the harvest in during the period of a month from the time they started ; or instead of a month some agreements would state Twenty Four Fine Days . |
| 9 | Or perhaps they would have the sense to be washing their hair when Esquire phones to ask them out . |
| 10 | ‘ Penny , this is Miss Broome — or perhaps we may call you Ianthe ? |
| 11 | If that is what is intended , the objector would say , then constructivism is nothing more than a kind of behaviourism ( another attempt to replace the mental by the behavioural ) ; or perhaps we might lump it together with Marxist attempts to ‘ resolve ’ the mind-body problem in terms of ‘ praxis ’ . |
| 12 | We can see that he had two views of what constitutes a ‘ law ’ , or perhaps we should say that he had two views as to how ‘ laws ’ manifest themselves . |
| 13 | Or perhaps we should say , Frenchly baked every day . |
| 14 | Enclosure made things more difficult , or perhaps we should say necessitated new and exciting skills , but at least there were no close ranks of trees to make the fences impossible . |
| 15 | They might appear there when normal syntax has to be subordinated to the exigencies of poetry ( or perhaps we should say " of unskilful poetry " ) and they may occur postnominally in prose in one or two special constructions . |
| 16 | " Well , or perhaps we could make some . |
| 17 | Or perhaps it might clear up ? |
| 18 | Then erm one could go on , because the building industry , for instance , civil engineering , road construction , actual buildings being constructed , they 're all very weather-prone , for quite a large extent of the contract , and so we provide erm weather advice to these people throughout the contract period usually , and not only throughout the contract period , but if the contract is held up because of weather then the , we get extension of contract comes into this , we can advise both sides on whether the claim is justified or not , because we have the statistics of how much rain fell , how cold it was , or perhaps it might have been a windy spell . |
| 19 | She did n't even know at what point friendship had turned into love , and if she had realised it when it happened the new bud of feeling might have blossomed crazily into hopeless longing and tongue-tied need … or perhaps it would have frosted away and died . |
| 20 | For those who know how , doing yoga for half an hour in the morning , or meditating in a darkened room for ten minutes just before giving the speech will assist , or perhaps it will require nothing more than taking a deep breath before you speak . |
| 21 | Glasgow is an excellent town for shopping , or perhaps you would care to visit the museums , including the Burrell Collection . |
| 22 | ‘ Or perhaps you would like me to inveigle her out of her self-imposed purdah and come up here instead of you going down to Four Winds . ’ |
| 23 | Or perhaps you would like to come in and dance . " |
| 24 | Or perhaps you might find out more about where our world 's oceans , rivers and mountains are ? |
| 25 | Other pixies can be made in the same way as the first , if liked — or perhaps you might like to add some yellow-eyed green caterpillars to sit on top of the toadstool . |
| 26 | Once you have a few names , ask for estimates , but be sure to explain exactly what you want when it comes to details not included on the plans , such as the pattern of Artex on the ceiling , or the style of the doors , or perhaps you 'd like hardwood stairs . |
| 27 | Or perhaps you 'd find being hounded into the ground by an amateur detective positively rib-splitting ! ’ |
| 28 | Or perhaps you will feel better by two o'clock ? ’ |
| 29 | Why not visit the Amphitheatre and watch one of the exciting International Shows or perhaps you will find something else to do — there is so much going on from Fashion Shows to Jazz Festivals . |
| 30 | Yeah actually , I 'd be interested if someone sitting on the planning committee , or perhaps a director erm , yeah or perhaps you could tell me , er , why why if the planning committee members are so concerned about this , did they grant the planning permission ? |