Example sentences of "or [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had regarded it rightly or wrongly as a wangle and as an attempt to ally capitalist forces against the worker . " |
| 2 | but erm it had sorted itself out after , well more or less after a week or two a lot of the evacuees of course did n't stay very long , they went back home because erm I know mother had a , a little boy from erm Guildford when we lived at Debenham and er he went back after a while , the mother used to come down and visit him from time to time , they were very , came from very poor circumstances and the |
| 3 | Another kind of formal link between sentences is the substitution of words like do or so for a word or group of words which have appeared in an earlier sentence . |
| 4 | In the early years about 50% of aircrew going through the course were National Servicemen who would only serve some three months or so on a squadron before their commitment was ended . |
| 5 | views that hold a good life to be readily achievable only in certain well-defined types of social structure , or only in a society that works concertedly for the realization of certain higher human capacities and the suppression of baser ones , or only given certain types of economic relations among men . |
| 6 | pictures or shopping or round the market or just for a walk or for a meal . |
| 7 | Remember to stretch while the muscles are still warm from working or directly after a bath and hold each position statically for at least 15 seconds . |
| 8 | Whenever this can be done better , more quickly , or cheaply by a picture than a book , the picture is entitled to a place on the shelves and in the catalog . |
| 9 | Under section 518 of the Companies Act 1985 if you are owed £750 or more by a company and it is overdue you can serve that company with a notice requesting payment within 21 days . |
| 10 | In fact I 'll change with the last record that I heard ; if I hear someone I really like on a record , or even at a gig before I play , then the chances are I 'll be playing some of his licks . |
| 11 | It is , however , not on his career at Court or as a bishop or even as a controversialist that Andrewes ' place in the history of the Church of England depends , but on his sermons and private prayers , which were published after his death . |
| 12 | At this point , it is sufficient to point out that it is difficult to see a link between the themes of the above clauses , or even between a rheme and a following theme , for instance . |
| 13 | To those who , for reasons of personal inhibition , administrative convenience or even from a feeling that " they " do n't need sex , are determined to " keep sex out of the Home " , one can only suggest that , ultimately , they are doomed to failure . |
| 14 | Clearly you are not going to do all this in an hour , in an afternoon , or even in a day or two . |
| 15 | It states that sex is not appropriate in every situation where a couple are mutually attracted , or even within a relationship that is expected to last for some months or even years . |
| 16 | It often gets me when I am in a high building or can look down over the city , or sometimes at a station when there is another journey to begin . |
| 17 | or indeed from a resignation or premature retirement following the procedure , must generally be met from outside the school 's own budget share . |