Example sentences of "[verb] or [verb] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The makeshift bomb lobbed into an upstairs bedroom was packed with nuts , bolts and glass in an attempt to kill or maim anyone in the room . |
| 2 | The blastocyst will now implant or embed itself in the endometrium , losing its membrane . |
| 3 | Community Care Grants are to enable people to establish or maintain themselves in the community rather than having to be in hospitals , nursing homes and residential care homes etc . |
| 4 | Assaulting a constable , or obstructing or resisting him in the execution of his duty are all specific statutory offences . |
| 5 | A throw forward occurs when a player carrying the ball throws or passes it in the direction of his opponents ' dead-ball line ’ . |
| 6 | If I ca n't read or understand something in the paper he discusses it with me — about what is happening in the country or the community or about what politics can mean . |
| 7 | If he had known his man , and cared for what he knew , he could have battered Albany 's son and heir into surrender , instead of hauling his horse off from crushing or smothering him in the mud . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've a great deal to thank-you for , Edward , ’ he said , ‘ not many would have helped me the way you did or taken me in the way I looked that night . ’ |
| 9 | What the charity groups think of him is hardly going to make or break him in the operatic world . ’ |