Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do they keep it in cash in a piggy bank , or in a current account in a real bank ; or do they put it in some interest bearing time account ; or do they buy stocks and shares or government bonds ; or do they buy some physical asset such as a car or property ? |
| 2 | Or do I have that wrong as well ? ’ |
| 3 | Is your audience supposed to emerge with a general appreciation of a situation , or do you want some specific form of action ? |
| 4 | Or do you want some more ? |
| 5 | ‘ Is this decision of yours just to try and thwart me , or do you have any particular reason ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Or do you have some serious purpose ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Do you wish to order now , or do you need some more time to add up the calories ? ’ |
| 8 | Or did she have some other ‘ Thing ’ to invoke ? |
| 9 | Was he merely an opportunist who , having conquered these states during the war decided to exploit the situation to Russia 's advantage , or did he have some more grandiose scheme in mind ? |
| 10 | Or did I get that wrong , too ? ’ |
| 11 | Did John Dyson really have a fight with a man called Cox , or did you make all that up ? |
| 12 | So you did you just have cows or did you have any other animals ? |
| 13 | ‘ No reason , ’ she said , ‘ just the same polite curiosity that made you ask all those questions about Simone and André . |
| 14 | Wagland created the chance with a mazy run that saw him elude several desperate challenges . |
| 15 | An organisation once the size of a Station now resided in one small corner of the airfield at Wyton but it maintained the excellent tradition that saw it produce many thousands of aircrew . |
| 16 | ‘ Women ’ , announced one phrenologist , according to the Phrenological Journal of 1835 , ‘ do not extend their reasoning beyond the range of the visible world , nor do they make any great or daring excursions into the realm of fancy . ’ |
| 17 | Nor do they follow any specific pattern on the bottom , such is circles or straight lines . |
| 18 | Such models are much too simple to describe the complex viscoelastic behaviour of a polymer , nor do they provide any real insight into the molecular mechanism of the process , but in certain instances they can prove useful in assisting the understanding of the viscoelastic process . |
| 19 | Its content is not determined by a particular task domain , nor do we assume much grammatical constraint . |
| 20 | We do not know the number of firms in each major industrial sector , nor do we possess any systematic information on the origins and characteristics of Scottish businessmen . |
| 21 | We see no scientific justification for the statement about the immunogenicity of gangliosides , nor do we find any direct evidence to support the contention that naturally occurring antibodies to monosialoganglioside are pathogenic . |
| 22 | Bartram s query regarding Kalm s American observations was dealt with : Miller had not seen whether Linnaeus had included them in his Species of plants , but mentioned that Kalm had published them himself ; ‘ in the Swedish language ; but as I do not understand it , so I have not been curious enough to send for the book , nor do I hear any good character of it . ’ |
| 23 | The event was not much talked about in the family ; it was too dreadful ; and I do n't suppose for a moment that Aunt Kate , then living abroad , would have wondered whether she , herself , might not have played a part in the sequence of events ; nor do I remember any such theory ever having been put forward or even thought of at the time . |
| 24 | Hunter ended his description with a comment on Maria and a hint as to his charges to Martin Van Butchell : ‘ This body … yet promises exceedingly well , nor do I see any great improvement to be made ; a number of experiments must be made before I embalm any other body , such as finding the exact proportion of moisture Paris Plaister will take up etc. but at present I know of no other Process at all useful and considering the trouble you must have during all these Processes now laid down , you ought not to undertake it under 100 Guineas . ’ |
| 25 | I do not play golf , nor do I have any particular interest in the sport , so there was nothing I could teach Peter in the practical sense . |
| 26 | Nor did we come all this way for a christening . |
| 27 | Nor did they make any serious efforts to derive income from a huge fixed asset , which was used for only a few hours a week . |
| 28 | Not even Jane 's tender digestion would keep her from tonight 's dancing , and nor did she have any real fear of meeting her husband , for Jane well knew Sharpe 's reluctance to dance or to dress up in a frippery uniform , but the possibility of his presence was an alarming thought that she could not resist exploring . |
| 29 | Nor did she understand this new playful mood of fitzAlan 's . |
| 30 | Nor did it have any lasting effect on morale . |