Example sentences of "or [vb base] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take out one item and scrub or agitate with a brush or cloth . |
| 2 | Students may use this form to indicate whether they wish to be awarded a certificate or DipHE as a terminal or intermediate award and may even indicate the order in which their two fields are to be listed on their transcript and CNAA parchment . |
| 3 | A high pitched shriek or cry in a tossing or stuporose child . |
| 4 | That way , we can call the police if there 's any trouble , or send for an ambulance if we 've a need to , which God forbid . ’ |
| 5 | For example , ‘ Bramley ’ is very difficult to keep small or grow as a cordon as it needs quite different pruning . |
| 6 | No person shall be appointed or re-appointed or act as a Director unless he is a solicitor or a registered foreign lawyer . |
| 7 | No person shall be appointed or re-appointed or act as a Director unless he is a solicitor or a registered foreign lawyer . |
| 8 | Much conscious fantasy is different ; we may ‘ tell a story ’ to ourselves ( or listen to a story and fantasise it as about ourselves ) ; and sometimes we may attempt an imagined resolution , through fantasy , of some aspect of our social situation . |
| 9 | Exceptionally , however , a peerage could be conferred or devolve upon a daughter or other heir . |
| 10 | The villagers were suspicious at first , waiting for the demand of a bribe or request for a chicken or a village girl , but in the end they decided to believe him . |
| 11 | People see advertisements out of the corner of their eye as they drive along a road or look through a newspaper or magazine ; they catch a glimpse of half a TV commercial round their wives ' or husbands ' broad backsides as the biscuits are brought in during a commercial break . |
| 12 | ‘ I never force myself , or run for a record and if you are not running under pressure you can achieve more . |
| 13 | Method 1 : Sit in a comfortable chair or lie on a bed or the floor — whichever you prefer . |
| 14 | These sorts of rule-breaking are amenable to strategies of correction or control in a way that most forms of isolated crime can not be . |
| 15 | Could he give her the best of food or pay for a doctor if she fell sick or buy her fine clothes or anythin' she fancies ? |
| 16 | In other words the traditional concept of the sign as a vehicle or substitute for an idea or a thing can fairly easily be transposed tot he structure of the sign itself , with the signifier being regarded as a substitute for the signified . |
| 17 | Trying to work out whether I should go to the Electric Ballroom tomorrow or go to a pub or something . |
| 18 | She chose to read or follow a hobby or go for a walk or just relax in the bath . |
| 19 | Holiday parks in which you can camp , or stay in a chalet or caravan are now remarkably good — so much so that if you have n't tried this kind of holiday for a few years you could be in for a very pleasant surprise . |
| 20 | Page 382 of ’ Erskine May ’ concerns the citing of documents not before the House and makes it clear that a Minister may not ’ read or quote from a despatch or other state paper not before the House , unless he is prepared to lay it upon the Table . ’ |
| 21 | Mum was given a choice : either to stay in the caravan they were living in and not have me home , or move into a flat so I could live with them . |
| 22 | According to Robin Cranko , he consulted John 's headmaster , St John Nitch , and the advice he received was that John would not be suited to a rigid academic life , or work in an office or commerce . |
| 23 | I enjoy the actual hunt in the same way that a fisherman enjoys casting his fly or bait near a fish that he has seen in the hope of catching it . |