Example sentences of "or [adv] [vb past] [prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the age of seven , he was sent away to boarding-school and this event more or less coincided with his father 's remarriage . |
| 2 | He walked around the stage , perfecting his stunts , or just slept in his dressing-room or paced the empty corridors . |
| 3 | She knew that Maxie was acquainted with the bulk of the male population of Tollemarche , because anyone looking for a car sooner or later strolled through his car lot . |
| 4 | The concept of ‘ satisfaction with housework ’ follows the concept of ‘ work ’ or ‘ job ’ satisfaction as used in the sociology of industry and paid work ; it represents an overall assessment of the degree to which housewives are positively or negatively oriented to their work . |
| 5 | Over a third said they hardly ever or never thought about their colour , and nearly half thought of themselves as neither black or white , but ‘ half and half ’ . |