Example sentences of "or [verb] very " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't relax or laugh very much , perhaps because of the effect Lowood school has had on you . |
| 2 | Married women found themselves either excluded entirely from , or treated very poorly by , a whole range of measures designed to work through the labour market . |
| 3 | Such were the army , in which both George I and George II took a strong personal interest , and foreign policy , about which as a rule few ministers knew or cared very much . |
| 4 | Few people in the West knew or cared very much if they did . |
| 5 | If you are putting the Process Directory deep within the hierarchical structure , ( or using very long directory names ) so that the directory name , excluding device name , will be more than 20 characters , you will need to use concealed logical names ( or pseudo-devices ) . |
| 6 | She would run , or yell very loudly — or perhaps both ! |
| 7 | They 'll be silent or cheer very loud |
| 8 | Moreover , if we examine social scientific practice at all closely we can often see how substantially the same data can be used to support or discredit very different , sometimes contrary , theories : the generic use of data and methods should not make this too surprising an observation . |
| 9 | You can either stand on them , or look very stupid on the stage . |
| 10 | Q THIS year some of the buds on my clematis , Comtesse de Bouchard , have either dried up or produced very small flowers . |
| 11 | And then she either becomes terribly unfashionable , or wears very expensive hats that another woman 's husband has to pay for . ’ |
| 12 | She did n't seem or look very intelligent , but she must be . |
| 13 | People with HC may be clumsy , or fall over a lot , or get very fidgety . |
| 14 | Norway also produces Gjetost , a sweet , dark brown , fudge-like cheese that should be pared or sliced very thinly . |
| 15 | Many of the larger investment managers now concentrate on institutional funds or set very high minima of £1m or so for the private client portfolios they will take on . |
| 16 | As you know the authorities or control very very closely , as to the additional members of staff that come on . |
| 17 | So because many elderly people ca n't see or hear very well , they may be missing information which the rest of us see and take in without even thinking about it . |
| 18 | You could not see or hear very far through it , but it would be quite a supportive , cocooning medium — foams can be very viscous . |
| 19 | Tudor urban families often either died out or disappeared very quickly . |
| 20 | Seles admits she ca n't lob or serve very well to save her life . |
| 21 | And the more these artists are able to work on their own , or become very powerful , then the more precious and ungrown-up they tend to become . |
| 22 | If the tank is new , or kept very clean , feed the mussels every other day with frozen Filter Feed , sold for marine invertebrates . |
| 23 | The consumer press , for example , will not be interested in any kind of pack shot and brand and company names should be removed or kept very small indeed . |
| 24 | This will form a braid or plait very common in Aran knitting With a selection of these traditional braids and cables it would be very easy to produce a typical Aran sweater on your machine . |
| 25 | If the child has a special skill or the parent has a special interest and they enjoy together exchanging this skill or interest , like teaching a child to swim very young , teaching it to play or listen to music , or play very simple rhythmic sounds , then as long as it is done within a relationship that is , above all , a loving relationship , great . |
| 26 | If the child has a special skill or the parent has a special interest and they enjoy together exchanging this skill or interest , like teaching a child to swim very young , teaching it to play or listen to music , or play very simple rhythmic sounds , then as long as it is done within a relationship that is , above all , a loving relationship , great . |
| 27 | More than one-third of the economists either refused to answer the question regarding what is fair , or gave very complex , uncodable responses . |
| 28 | They remove wood or paint very quickly and aggressively . |
| 29 | Sometimes they may not be able to eat or talk very well . |
| 30 | Neurotics may appear to be concerned for others , but this is based on unconscious hostility towards someone , so that their concern that someone may die , or fall very ill unless some particular action of their own is done or not done , really masks an unconscious wish for their death : ‘ … the original wish that the loved person may die is replaced by a fear that he may die ’ . |