Example sentences of "or [adv] [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael spent hours sitting in the garden , or rather lying on a folding bed . |
| 2 | There 's a large area of shallow water off the beach , ideal for practising water starts or quickly recovering from a fluffed gybe , so it 's an easy place first to develop funboard skills . |
| 3 | I fall asleep more grudgingly , thrashing at the waves , either reluctant to let a good day depart or still bitching about a bad one . |
| 4 | This may involve raising money , donating time or possibly recovering from a serious illness to compete in a race for charity . |
| 5 | At school leaving age , parents who had previously been able to cope with a child attending or possibly boarding at a special school are faced with the continuing prospect of full time life with their mentally handicapped son or daughter who may be unable to find a place in a training centre or enter full time education . |
| 6 | Yet , while the New Popsters produced a stream of memorable hit singles ( Culture Club 's Do You Really Want To Hurt Me , or Duran 's Hungry Like The Wolf ) , within three years they 'd all be defunct , or frantically searching for a new ‘ adult ’ audience . |
| 7 | More typically , the individual child stands at the teacher 's desk , muttering or stentoriously chanting for a few minutes , until checked by the ticking of a card which is slipped into the reading book at the page he or she has reached , or is expected to reach " by next time " . |
| 8 | You will probably not succeed in being word-perfect , and there is danger in reciting a memorised speech either of appearing unnatural or of forgetting a complete section or even coming to a dead halt . |
| 9 | Sure enough , Andy 's new baby is a delicious-sounding thing — crisp , subtle and very , very sensitive , perfect for anything from complex traditional-style tunes through to New Age doodlings , thumb-picked ragtime or simply strumming with a light pick . |
| 10 | For the outsider , however , it 's often difficult to tell whether Dublin is undergoing a prolonged rock renaissance or simply wallowing in a lazy , hand-me-down hippiedom that outlived its sell by date everywhere else . |