Example sentences of "or [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] [coord] " 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 | pictures or shopping or round the market or just for a walk or for a meal . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Clearly you are not going to do all this in an hour , in an afternoon , or even in a day or two . |
| 9 | or indeed from a resignation or premature retirement following the procedure , must generally be met from outside the school 's own budget share . |