Example sentences of "or that she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it is no accident that the teachers are black ; or that she enlisted the active help of Dance Theatre of Harlem . |
| 2 | No one ever said they liked her hair that way , or that she looked lovely when she smiled … |
| 3 | Or that she had drunk one glass too many ? |
| 4 | But she pretended to herself that she had not seen it , or that she had misinterpreted it . |
| 5 | Bunny did n't feel it was either the time or the place to mention the half-dozen empty aspirin bottles strewn about the floor of the phone box — their contents were later found heaped like so many loose sweets in the bottom of her handbag — or that she had ‘ popped out ’ in the middle of the scene in Cleopatra 's boudoir . |
| 6 | She had no idea how he knew Kattina was in police custody , or that she had agreed to take over the job . |
| 7 | Many of the protesters , together with much of the black press , attempted to publicise the jogger 's name and to vilify her character , claiming variously that she had never been attacked , that she had been raped by her white boyfriend , or that she had gone to the park in search of sexual adventure . |
| 8 | It was n't as if he was married to Wendy , or that she knew about it . |
| 9 | Possible inferences might be that the teacher was angry , that she actually hit Mary , that she hurt her , or that she swung her hand and missed . |
| 10 | Even though the table excludes those unable to give an appropriate answer on both occasions the answers which were given could mean a variety of different things ; for example , that the respondent really was feeling worried when she said so , or that she thought ‘ worried ’ meant something else , or that she thought the answer meant something else , or that she answered at random . |
| 11 | Even though the table excludes those unable to give an appropriate answer on both occasions the answers which were given could mean a variety of different things ; for example , that the respondent really was feeling worried when she said so , or that she thought ‘ worried ’ meant something else , or that she thought the answer meant something else , or that she answered at random . |
| 12 | Presumably not : but it would be a very bold man , a Karl Marx indeed who would assert that , for each and every woman and always , housework is her spontaneous activity , that it is the satisfaction of a need ; or that she fulfils herself in it ; or that through it she develops freely a physical and mental energy and will not be physically exhausted and mentally debased . |
| 13 | She was n't sure that she could offer the same kind of commitment in return , or that she wanted so much responsibility . |
| 14 | This could perhaps be that the new doctor 's surgery is nearer , or easier for her to get to , has less steps to climb to the front door , or that she has a neighbour on his list who would accompany her to the surgery . |
| 15 | Little wonder that her scrapbook of photographs appeared to be her dearest possession , or that she prowled the landscape at night like an unquiet spirit . |
| 16 | But , to repeat and stress , the minimal attributions involve different language-games since the claim that the child Mary believes the ball is stuck , or that she desires it , is made of a being who does use language and the judgement carries with it this enhanced contextual implication . |
| 17 | Assuming however that the mother 's claim was not valid , or that she did not make it , the question arises whether the justices ought to consider the care being offered by the grandmother in assessing the threshold condition rather than the care which is actually being provided by the mother . |
| 18 | You could argue it was n't his fault that Clare was killed — or that she did n't love me as much as I loved her — and I 'd have to agree . |
| 19 | Even though the table excludes those unable to give an appropriate answer on both occasions the answers which were given could mean a variety of different things ; for example , that the respondent really was feeling worried when she said so , or that she thought ‘ worried ’ meant something else , or that she thought the answer meant something else , or that she answered at random . |
| 20 | An undemonstrative woman , the mother was quite incapable of putting her arms around her son and telling him that she was proud of him or that she loved him . |
| 21 | It was an inconsequential remark but she hoped it might lead to some interesting revelation on Ianthe 's part , that Bishop Heber had been an ancestor or that she loved Victorian poetry , for , looking at the bookshelves , she was sure that she did . |
| 22 | Whether it was Millie 's infuriated strength that caused the woman 's grasp on the scissors to slacken , or that she changed her tactics and meant to direct the scissors towards the child 's face , could n't be known , but Millie grabbed at the open blades and , managing to twist them round , consciously or by accident drove one of the blades into the nun 's arm . |