Example sentences of "and [vb past] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 6 medium-size potatoes , peeled and diced or sliced finely |
| 2 | Into the uneasy silence , while brother looked most earnestly at brother , and wondered , and sought or evaded the eyes of his neighbours , Brother Cadfael said : ‘ Brother Abbot , I have thoughts to share that never visited me until this morning , but are become very relevant now . |
| 3 | First courses such as asparagus ( choose vinaigrette rather than butter , or better yet , fresh lemon to be squeezed over ) ; oysters ( almost no calories , but watch out for the buttered brown bread ! ) ; soused and smoked fish ( the soused fish — usually herring — is lower in calories than the smoked , but both are fairly light ) ; fish and vegetable terrines ( though usually made with cream , you get very little in a slice ) ; quails ' eggs ( without mayonnaise ) ; and stuffed or marinated vegetables . |
| 4 | Everyone in London looks pale , delicate and emaciated or suntanned and emaciated . |
| 5 | Gibbon records that on the day of the decisive battle a ‘ violent tempest ’ blowing in the faces of the defending Romans ‘ disordered their ranks , wrested their weapons from their hands , and diverted or repelled their ineffectual javelins ’ . |
| 6 | Finally , the lid was put into position and screwed or bolted down . |
| 7 | At last , while the shadow of the ramparts reached quickly over the grass , they gathered up the debris of their afternoon and skipped or ran or walked or grumbled up the slopes to home . |
| 8 | A very suggestive guess , too , but there was no acting on it until Dr Reece Goodwin had made a more detailed examination and confirmed or corrected Braby 's estimate . |
| 9 | Different varieties include gathered headings , pencil pleats , pinch pleats , box pleats , scalloped headings and smocked or shirred headings . |
| 10 | Large numbers of officials were dismissed and fined or imprisoned during 1990 as the result of a major anti-corruption campaign . |
| 11 | Passing motorists were stopped and kissed or paid the penalty of a fine if they refused . |
| 12 | Admired and revered or loathed and seen by some bigots as an enemy of society , Priestley was an intellectual champion of many causes . |
| 13 | 75% of the Central Committee of the party were found guilty of such crimes and executed or deported to Siberia . |
| 14 | Witnesses were found and coerced or bullied into telling what they had seen , by the simple expedient of sealing off the entire area for blocks around and threatening all-night interrogation sessions , unless information was forthcoming . |
| 15 | Gunmen have driven countless people from their villages and seized or burned their homes . |
| 16 | Now the 27 year-old sculptor specialises In beautifully complex human and animal forms , steeped in classical influences and burnished or weathered to make them look as if they have several lifetimes of history behind them . |
| 17 | He was a quick noisy individual who laughed a great deal and sang or whistled constantly . |
| 18 | Many of her friends had stepparents , and few of them were happy about it : in their rambling and interminable discussions they would deplore the stupidity and selfishness of their elders in introducing into their homes strangers who were not of their blood and who insisted on peculiar foodstuffs and liked or disliked various types of music — whichever was most inconvenient and painful to the children of the house . |
| 19 | Once the room has been emptied it can be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected or fumigated . |
| 20 | lobby you know , erm and presented or sent them |
| 21 | The situation was made worse by the 1986 earthquake , which exacerbated the housing shortage and destroyed or damaged numerous schools . |
| 22 | Common Law might enable the defrauded party to resist an action brought against him on the contract ; Equity could order the document to be handed up and destroyed or cancelled . |
| 23 | Opponents lucky enough to escape Malawi to live in exile have sometimes been hunted down and assassinated or abducted by Malawian agents in Zambia or Zimbabwe . |
| 24 | On four occasions the appellant accosted a woman in the street , threatened her with violence , on three occasions carrying a knife , and stole or attempted to steal the victim 's purse . |