Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | I must get out of here or I shall say other things . |
2 | Or I could open some tins of potatoes and he 'll fry them with corned beef and beans . |
3 | You may prefer their texture or you may need extended periods of wet paint , in which case Blockx colours are very useful . |
4 | You may prefer their texture or you may need extended periods of wet paint , in which case Blockx colours are very useful . |
5 | Before you re-use the newspaper and blotting paper for another batch of plant material , do ensure that it is thoroughly ironed to remove any moisture , or you will affect future pressings . |
6 | And do n't site it too close to a house wall , or you will get sooty stains — unless you build some form of screening . |
7 | It says on it , you can pay two hundred pounds , or over three years , or you can pay ten pounds . |
8 | Say there we are you can add twelve add twelve or you can do two times |
9 | You can borrow small sums for a short period of time or you can borrow large amounts for many years , such as a mortgage . |
10 | Or you can buy some flowers from a shop or market stall . |
11 | Again you can pick up the stitches and knit them directly on to the edge , or you can knit long strips or tubes and sew them neatly in place . |
12 | For these reasons it is necessary for you to check catalogues carefully to make sure the trees you order are compatible , or you could grow self-fertile varieties that do not need cross-pollination . |
13 | For example , if your wall units do n't meet the ceiling , little-used dishes can be rowed up along the tops , or you could build extra cupboards in the gap . |
14 | You can fit drawer chests inside the units for easier storage of items like underwear and socks , or you could use sliding baskets in a rack for the same purpose . |
15 | " Or you could have champagne-tasting competitions from ladies ' slippers , " she said , laughing . |
16 | He or she may have emotional problems that result in occasional deliberate binges but that is not necessarily alcoholism . |
17 | The outgoing person who has been doing the job should be consulted as part of this , although it should be borne in mind that he or she may have certain prejudices which preclude their giving a totally satisfactory answer . |
18 | He or she may have several diseases concurrently which will complicate nursing care . |
19 | or she 'll have two talks to him , when I 've finished , but mum on again |
20 | But after they had eaten she would take his head in her lap and comb his hair , or she would play sweet tunes on her pair of bone pipes . |
21 | He or she should have good relationships with music press journalists and also have contacts within radio and television . |
22 | If a salesperson believes that a buyer is unwilling to reveal his or her true objections , he or she should ask such questions as |
23 | Or we may put different trends together to produce a novel outcome . |
24 | If we want to paint a big choral canvas , words can be repeated without any fear of being repetitious , or we can use whole sentences or sections several times over . |
25 | not apply , any more than it does to all garden plants , There are certainly some , the Mediterranean group for example , which includes oregano , lavender , rosemary and thyme , that grow in this sort of environment , but there are many more which need such conditions as shade , moisture , plenty of food , or deep soil , or they may want varying combinations of these , or any of them combined with their opposites . |
26 | Somebody may use standard enquiry facilities within the accounting system , they may use the report writing tools that are provided with the accounting system or they may use other things , Forest and Trees , Lotus , Excel , so on and so forth which run on their P C which they know and which they love . |
27 | Or they might shelter piratical degenerates who had become creatures of Chaos . |
28 | Researchers who were interested in people 's views on blood sports could either hang around waiting for respondents spontaneously to bring the subject up , or they could ask directed questions about this on a structured questionnaire , taking care to ask everybody exactly the same question . |
29 | On the academic site , detailed tephrachronology makes it possible to study patterns in the behaviour of volcanoes — the magma erupted from one volcano may become steadily more acid , or it may show cyclical changes , or it may even vary consistently during each eruption , starting off fairly basic and ending up at the close of the eruption much more acid . |
30 | It may finish earlier where no further work can be done or it may finish some minutes later in order to complete sensibly . |