Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's a different player to Dean , more in the Murray Mexted mould : taller , a bit more athletic , but without the bulk that either I or Dean can supply . |
| 2 | McAllister or Strach would feed it out to Sharp ( who was absolutely brill — see below ) who would either wait for the overlap from Dorigo or take on Breacker ( skinning him most of the time ) . |
| 3 | I 'd have given his place to Fat Frank , but if he 's off to , then maybe Whelan or Forrester could get the starting nod . |
| 4 | A young woman going to buy material for her Salwar Kamiz in Bradford or Newham would almost invariably be accompanied by her mother or husband or cousin or at least a friend . |
| 5 | The purchase of an interest in either Jaguar or Saab would extend another trend by the two Detroit carmakers which has seen both buy a number of small motor engineering firms in Europe in recent years to acquire technology . |
| 6 | I have to find another flat , a quiet one , or else a country cottage where Marcus can be a hermit . |
| 7 | ‘ Where Marcus can be a hermit . ’ |
| 8 | They could lose their jobs , or DPR could go bust , without warning . |
| 9 | But that was n't the end of it ; they had made up their minds to sample every diversion that Wickhams had to offer , and went on to explore the entire store , from Haberdashery , where Mabel bought some knicker-elastic , to Hardware , where Florrie could not resist a patent vegetable slicer which was being demonstrated by a lady in a snowy white apron , who showed them how the little gadget peeled apples , chipped potatoes , sliced onions and generally made itself invaluable to the busy housewife . |
| 10 | Rocastle did do well , but was n't quite as dynamic as Strach — he 'd do some very pretty stuff every now and then , but occasionally hold back a bit where Strach would have gone headlong into attack . |
| 11 | ‘ But Jamie or Gary should prove to be suitable donors . |
| 12 | The call to the Navy or RAF might be made indirectly through Forward Observation Officers or others but the effect was the same , if not more devastating . |
| 13 | This does n't mean that any Tom , Dick or Sheila can get a degree — far from it — stringent measures are being taken to ensure quality control . |
| 14 | Only The Frank & Walters would honestly care about Norway . |
| 15 | The sale of Speed or Macca would be unforgivable by the board or Wilko should either of these two depart then the club would face a wholesale revolt . |
| 16 | Curiously enough , in the one movement , the concluding ‘ In te Domine ’ , for which Charpentier employs , his accustomed time-signature for very fast movements , and where Christie could have justified doubling the speed , he adopts a more leisurely minim=g3 . |
| 17 | Winsor & Newton used to make double-sided drawing pins , but alas , no longer . |
| 18 | Winsor & Newton used to make double-sided drawing pins , but alas , no longer . |
| 19 | But from April onwards it was obvious that either Huddersfield or Cardiff would win the Championship . |
| 20 | Inside , one can still see the Map Room , where Churchill used to study the progress of the war , the Cabinet Room where many of the Second World War 's most important decisions were made , and Churchill 's personal accommodation from which he made several of his wartime broadcasts . |
| 21 | Derby start 2-1 down to Cambridge and Villa defend the same score at Wolves , where Taylor may have to trust in another piece of sports sagacity . |
| 22 | He must make some progress , he thought , impose some order on the chaos which faced him or Burnell would not need to order his departure from Scotland . |
| 23 | Along with the Midland and GWR , the L & NWR can be classed as one of the three great Victorian railways . |
| 24 | Sometimes Jack would bring Alison and leave her with Franca , or Alison would ‘ drop in ’ on Franca after seeing Pat . |
| 25 | I 've a feeling one of the lads from Portsmouth or Sunderland could end up a national hero . |
| 26 | a handy refuge for many punters fed up with processed pop , but the indigenous musics of Zimbabwe , Soweto or Venezuela will never serve the same purpose as Gim me Shelter or Relax for a British , French or American listener . |
| 27 | I had to tell you , but , if you like , either I or Ian will go for you . ’ |
| 28 | Dana would laugh and say she had been teasing , and they would talk about the big show for charity where Dana would model the wedding gown Claudia had designed . |
| 29 | ‘ Get up and behave yourself or Marie will have to take you back to the nursery , ’ their father ordered . |
| 30 | The Empire was a warm haven where Frankie could watch his favourite films or close his eyes and sleep without fear . |