Example sentences of "or go to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There would be an extra pair of hands to tend the sheep , to trade , to work the land , or go to school then work in the city and send money home . |
| 2 | She could watch television or go to sleep . |
| 3 | Each weekend begins on Friday evening with supper , followed by an introductory talk , film or video , night prayers and then the freedom to sit and chat or go to bed . |
| 4 | Manifestations can vary enormously from one individual to another ; a sufferer may — or may not — forget how to wash , dress , eat , go to the lavatory , get up or go to bed ; be disorientated in time and place ( for example , may get up in the middle of the night , or may wander away from home and be unable to find his or her way back ) ; forget the social conventions of politeness , and may therefore become aggressive or rude ( or over-friendly ) ; forget how to communicate , and even his or her own or other people 's identity . |
| 5 | If doctors fail to do something the Bill lays down , the could be fined or go to prison for six months . |
| 6 | Judge Lawrence Rubin warned : ‘ Sort yourself out — or go to prison for three years . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Produce him — or go to hell ! ’ said Mr Rochester . |
| 8 | If too many units are produced , stocks will lie idle or go to waste ; if too few are produced , the item will go out of stock , and it may be difficult to fit in further batches in the short-term . |
| 9 | First he attacked the tents of that Moorish Queen the Negress , who lay nearest to the city ; and this onset was so sudden , that they killed full a hundred and fifty Moors before they had time to take arms or go to horse . |
| 10 | Since they have been disturbed and more than a little frightened in the process they will vacate the burrow , will very likely feed and then either lie rough on the surface somewhere or go to ground in a completely fresh burrow system . |
| 11 | You may be able to sue a negligent surveyor or go to arbitration , but you are likely to be the loser , though your interests are now ( since April 1989 ) better protected in law . |
| 12 | Quiet country parsons , who had applied for twenty shares in the hope of being allotted one , now had to buy all twenty , at fifty pounds apiece , or go to debtor 's jail — all for a railway that the judge , barrister , company , and jailer knew would never exist . |