Example sentences of "or [verb] [adv prt] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dog usually just stops dead or veers off on a different course . |
| 2 | Then lie or sit down on the nearest piece of furniture , try to keep warm and wait calmly for help to arrive . |
| 3 | The thinking of politicians for whom education is only important if it helps boost the national economy , and this is important because it helps people enjoy what they want , and this is important because it encourages consumption and thus industry , either goes round in a vicious circle or takes off on an interminable regress . |
| 4 | Before settling an agreement or starting out on a particular course of conduct , a number of fundamental factors have to be taken into consideration . |
| 5 | Here at Club M'Diq you can either do your own thing or involve yourself in the daily and evening activities and events available for free ; you can lazy on the spacious sandy beach , or go off on the optional excursions to see something of what this colourful Moslem country has to offer . |
| 6 | Individual difficulties would be singled out for special treatment : ‘ When a passage went wrong during practice , she did n't mentally beat herself with a stick and get angry , merely went over it again , maybe more slowly or homed in on the particular difficulty that had tripped her up and worked on that . ’ |
| 7 | Training should be as specific as possible and so for karateka I recommend either shadow boxing against a mirror , or working out on a light punch bag . |