Example sentences of "or [vb base] [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To let herself out of the back she 'd either have to clamber over the seats or squeeze out of a window , and because of the shape of the doors the windows did n't even open all the way . |
| 2 | Or grind down to a powder if you want to add it to smooth sauces . |
| 3 | People will help themselves and save you a lot of work , as will buying paper plates for everyone to use and making the buffet a finger buffet with lots of little bits and pieces of food , and nothing that has to be served onto a plate with a spoon or cut up with a knife and fork . |
| 4 | When we feel resentment or act out of a sense of duty it can sometimes be seen and felt by the person concerned . |
| 5 | After a time , all knew that the concourse was not going to turn sour or break up in a fight . |
| 6 | Now of course you may not be able to do anything to change the basic situation — you ca n't very well turn the children out onto the street or walk out on a job just because it is tedious . |
| 7 | If you stand on a hill in winter when there is a thaw or look down from a motorway , especially in the Midlands , you can hardly miss the pattern of long parallel bands of snow , which are always the last to go from the hollows of the old ridge and furrow . |
| 8 | ‘ My mam says he 's prob'ly in prison or run off with a bit of stuff , ’ said one of the hostiles in the playground one milk-break . |
| 9 | Nor did Mme Guérigny visit the cinema or theatre , or drop in on a neighbour . |
| 10 | Renew contacts with old friends Saturday or drop in on a parent or much loved relative . |
| 11 | as for trade , it will be encouraged by it every way ; for carriage of all kind of heavy goods will be much easier , the waggoners will either perform in less time , or draw heavier loads , or the same load with fewer horses ; the pack-horses will carry heavier burthens , or travel further in a day … all which will tend to lessen the rate of carriage , and so bring goods cheaper to market . |
| 12 | Or wake up with a stalker |
| 13 | For example the sport of crown green bowling , which was very little known outside of the north of England , has been shown to a wider public ; the greens are often oddly bereft of spectators , and the northern accents of the players are plainly audible as they urge on their woods or confer solemnly as a pair over the last bowl of an important ‘ end ’ . |
| 14 | At these heights , the first turn or so generally dictates whether you go up and get a climb , or go down for a landing . |
| 15 | For instance , in a group of patients with rheumatoid and osteoarthritis who were treated with an elimination diet followed by a wheat-free diet , cervical reintegration and the green-lipped mussel preparation , Seatone , significant and often dramatic improvements were obtained in a fortnight of an order similar to , or better than , those obtained by either homoeopathy or Seatone alone over a period of three to six months . |
| 16 | You need to be ‘ with it ’ , because you can never guarantee that you wo n't have a launch failure or end up in a field instead of back where you started . |
| 17 | Visits to hotels or theatres , going on holiday or to restaurants are all difficult things to do on one 's own , and if they are undertaken , people may have to pay more or end up in a corner , marginalized and away from the main clientèle . |
| 18 | They do n't just prove that it 's dangerous to fly , ski , skateboard or dress up as a Mutant Hero Ninja Turtle and try to act tough on the Northern Line late on a Saturday night . |
| 19 | Blot up any excess , using white absorbent paper or scrape off with a palette knife . |
| 20 | Knit two rows and bind off for a round neck or cast off for a V-neck . |
| 21 | It is for the tribunal which decides the case to consider , not as law but as fact , whether in the whole circumstances the words of the statute do or do not as a matter of ordinary usage of the English language cover or apply to the facts which have been proved . |
| 22 | Adults eat to excess to ease depression , turn to the bottle for comfort or suck contentedly on a pipe . |
| 23 | You are saying that I will not ride there , or open a hollowing , or step down through a cave , but must find the threshold to a journey inwards . |
| 24 | Grateful though he was — and there are few examples of anyone more grateful and generous than he was to those who had in any way helped him or even just been around in the bad times — he was not going to be craven or knuckle down like a goody-two-shoes . |
| 25 | Before diving offshore , get local knowledge or join up with a club who has dived the site previously . |
| 26 | I assure him I will return with a treaty that I can recommend to the House or come back without a treaty . |