Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among those I met or saw were the Begum Aga Khan , who was with her very attractive daughter Princess Zahra Aga Khan ; the Director General of the British Equestrian Foundation Major Malcolm Wallace , two of our top Event riders Miss Karen Straker and Mrs Jane Thelwall ; and Mr Andrew Dixon , who had all come over from England with the Hermès party ; Mr Peter Laing , the Hon. |
| 2 | Going round the stands I met or saw Lady Grierson whose husband Ronald , received a knighthood in the Birthday Honours , and her son Mr Jacob Grierson ; . |
| 3 | After that she came to expect a kiss whenever we met or parted — if we were alone , of course . |
| 4 | Of those 363 hotel pools , 31% were found to have inadequate or no rescue equipment and 21% lacked or had insufficient pool surround fitments . |
| 5 | Over the centuries the title of Count has passed from family to family as old dynasties withered away , intermarried or perished in battle . |
| 6 | Give credit card details , say ‘ please debit my card accordingly ’ , state whether you want it posted or if youll collect it on the day , and finally give your voice number for them to call ‘ if there are any problems ’ . |
| 7 | Give credit card details , say ‘ please debit my card accordingly ’ , state whether you want it posted or if youll collect it on the day , and finally give your voice number for them to call ‘ if there are any problems ’ . |
| 8 | I was in , I was in the industry for thirty years before I realized or find out that it 's an Arabian craft . |
| 9 | It was n't that I disliked , distrusted or in any way doubted the sympathy of my friends . |
| 10 | Could n't Dersingham leave it to someone he designated or adopted , something like that ? ’ |
| 11 | I learned , too , that English lesbian feminists expected you to become one of them … you either assimilated or you disintegrated . |
| 12 | During the last year of her life , when she knew herself to be mortally ill , she resolutely avoided seeing anyone she knew . |
| 13 | Walls need to be mellow : dark creams , possibly sponged or rag rolled to give a textured effect . |
| 14 | a pink shuff shuffalot , lent or something |
| 15 | On the question of provenance the V&A 's acquisition policy states : ‘ Every effort must be made to prevent the acquisition of objects illegally excavated , appropriated or exported ’ . |
| 16 | As unification approached many of the 4,250 prisoners in East German prisons rioted or went on rooftop protests or hunger strike in support of demands for a general amnesty on Oct. 3 . |
| 17 | Bodies concerned with the more ‘ peripheral ’ areas of social welfare , sport and research , would wonder whether they qualified or not . |
| 18 | Many of the victims ' relatives broke down , fainted or shouted abuse . |
| 19 | Although the examiner appointed by the court may submit a report which accompanies the deposition , this is merely intended to give him the opportunity of recording facts , including incidents during the examination ( for example , that the witnesses fainted or rose up and tried to assault cross-examining counsel ) ; the examiner can not indicate his opinion as to the credibility of the witness or his own impressions of the witness 's demeanour . |
| 20 | If she had sobbed or fainted or begged him , he would probably have given way . |
| 21 | As recording and video costs can rise with the artist 's gradual development , there will be an evaluation of every record 's sales figures to ascertain why a record failed or achieved only marginal success . |
| 22 | He got rid of oppositionists by proposing some impossible task , and when they failed or refused would move their expulsion , anyone who voted against automatically expelling themselves . |
| 23 | In his view , the court could intervene only if the minister ( a ) failed or refused to apply his mind to or to consider the question whether to refer a complaint to the committee or ( b ) misinterpreted the law or proceeded on an erroneous view of the law or ( c ) based his decision on some wholly extraneous consideration or ( d ) failed to have regard to matters which he should have taken into account . |
| 24 | He either failed or did n't take his finals ; I could n't make out which . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ A good thing you were near Gullholm when the engine failed or you 'd never have survived . ’ |
| 26 | It is Vic 's impression that English wildlife is getting streetwise , moving from the country into the city where the living is easier — where there are no traps , pesticides , hunters and sportsmen , but plenty of well-stocked garbage bins , and housewives like Marjorie , softhearted or softheaded enough to throw their scraps into the garden , creating animal soup-kitchens . |
| 27 | No one envied or imitated the family . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Rural Britain is full of retired brigadiers and industrial captains , chaps who got where they were through diplomacy , cunning and an instinct for knocking heads together when the bugle blew . |
| 30 | All I could do was write a letter , and by the time I 'd written a letter and it got where it was going and a reply got back , a week or two weeks could have gone by . |