Example sentences of "or [verb] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps if no one else thought it wrong to kill or steal we would be ill-advised to act on our present scruples . |
| 2 | Yes please I think I will ask her or suggest we meet or something . |
| 3 | I have never changed my view that whatever colour or race we are there is this common humanity . " |
| 4 | In his letter to the Romans , he wrote that whether we live or die we belong to God . |
| 5 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
| 6 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
| 7 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
| 8 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
| 9 | To achieve or succeed we have to climb over others in the struggle to rise to the top . |
| 10 | he may be eligible to be on a training course , for what we do n't know , but er after you 've been unemployed six months you are either required to or you have the opportunity to , or you can go on a state training course but what they train you for or to do we , we have n't actually got defined yet . |
| 11 | We are free to give time to those who are like ourselves , or like we were once , or like we shall be one day . ’ |
| 12 | We are free to give time to those who are like ourselves , or like we were once , or like we shall be one day . ’ |
| 13 | or saying we could n't really take to their child , |
| 14 | Now just so that they see whether to times or divide we 've got to tell them , it 's no good just putting a ten there is it I 've got to say it 's a times or divide okay ? |
| 15 | In these situations we commonly know or think we know of many of the conditions which must occur for the occurrence of the event . |
| 16 | which we can be sure , or think we can be sure , of biological connection is always very narrow ; but sociological kinship , which depends only on our willingness to slot individuals into particular verbal categories , can be extended as far as we like , or rather as far as local convention requires , and that may be thousands of miles and include many thousands of individuals . |
| 17 | ‘ Do we ask Sir John to restrain the soldiers — which he can not do — or do we bind him not to pursue or hound us for this action ? |
| 18 | Do we mean a symbol which only ‘ represents ’ a reality — like a road sign — or do we mean a sign which actually embodies or conveys , in some shape or form , the reality to which it points ? |
| 19 | Or do we phase that out , too ? ’ |
| 20 | Is it the magic word ‘ organic ’ which appears alongside the higher price tag that triggers this Pavlovian response , or do we weigh up the pros and cons of organic versus inorganic produce before we buy ? |
| 21 | When choosing say , a new fridge , do we worry about the power it uses compared with our existing model , or do we go for the one with the clever arrangement of shelves that gives plenty of room for the mineral water ? |
| 22 | ‘ Do you expect God to hold back the tide for us to float here all day , then , or do we turn in to Duart ? ’ |
| 23 | When we negotiate our pay-rises , are we motivated by ‘ envy ’ , or do we cooperate to maximize our real income ? |
| 24 | Dr Goode said he trusted himself , and clearly he is a good doctor ; but can we always afford to trust , or do we thereby run the risk of taking a step down the road towards euthanasia , both voluntary and involuntary . |
| 25 | Are social interactions adequately captured by separate ( albeit simultaneous ) accounts of the partners ' actions , or do we need to describe the interaction between the couple ? |
| 26 | Do we , for instance , place a tick in the square labelled ‘ baby burps ’ and another in the box called ‘ mother pats back ’ ; or do we include a box called ‘ mother responds to baby ’ ; or at a higher level , does she score a point on an index of ‘ sensitivity ’ ? |
| 27 | Or do we use stealth to obtain it ? |
| 28 | Do they still own the name or do we have to change ours to The Screaming Yellow Cassettedecks ? |
| 29 | Does it rankle and jar or do we feel at home with the sound ? |
| 30 | Should we identify brain functions with components of psychological processes revealed in psychological studies or do we need a new set of concepts for describing brain function ? |