Example sentences of "or [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | pictures or shopping or round the market or just for a walk or for a meal . |
| 4 | Clearly you are not going to do all this in an hour , in an afternoon , or even in a day or two . |
| 5 | or indeed from a resignation or premature retirement following the procedure , must generally be met from outside the school 's own budget share . |