Example sentences of "or [pron] [modal v] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or you may sort of erm people who you do the same thing over and over again , the same sort of job , would you not agree a little bit of complacency can set in and erm things do n't perhaps come over quite as they should ? |
| 2 | You must be careful or you 'll trip up . ’ |
| 3 | Concrete can also be used as a base on which to lay paving slabs on five dabs of cement and sand , or you can bed crazy paving on it . |
| 4 | Or you can page up and page down or |
| 5 | What 's point three , well it 's about the cube root of three , or you could sort of try cube root of three |
| 6 | The fee is about £300 plus VAT excluding transport costs — or they can re-enamel the bath in situ . |
| 7 | Or they could mill it by hand . |
| 8 | Or they could fork to the right , up Once Hill , past the rectory and on to the steep , narrow road that wound over the downs to Badstoneleigh , off which the entrance gates of Sea House opened . |
| 9 | If the hiatus is serious he may have to shut down all or part of the system or it may trip automatically and the operator 's task is to observe/control the shut-down to a quiescent state . |
| 10 | It can bolt it or it can corner but so long as the muzzle is in place it can not kill . |
| 11 | A woman she passed was telling her husband to put on his shirt or he would bum . |
| 12 | On the other hand a diary entry such as ‘ ring X ’ is effective and if the entry is some way in the future it may be necessary to amplify with a trigger of the form ‘ ring X re Y ’ and to have easily accessible some factual data such as the X telephone number and some data re Y. In a different context a car driver will develop a strategy to ensure that he does not run out of petrol , he may rely on a light which appears when the tank is nearly empty or he may calculate from his expected travelling that he need not concern himself about the issue until at least the next weekend , or he may programme himself to react to the fact that he is approaching a particular garage . |