Example sentences of "or [vb base] [pers pn] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be no problem for her to make a meal for two , or suggest he bring a take-away , and , prior to this morning , she felt she probably would have agreed to that . |
| 2 | The equanimity of your average tosser of coins depends upon the law , or rather a tendency , or let us say a probability , or at any rate a mathematically calculable chance , which ensures that he will not upset himself by losing too much nor upset his opponent by winning too often . |
| 3 | Doubtless there is a batteur in the wings or for the chorus , the orchestra only needing a maître de musique , or let us say a conducteur ; a batteur de mesure being not the ‘ most essential artist at the Opera ’ but the most intolerable … |
| 4 | Or suppose you have a program which is wonderful . |
| 5 | Are you struggling to find a particular product or feel you have a need which is n't being catered for ? |
| 6 | Do we mean a symbol which only ‘ represents ’ a reality — like a road sign — or do we mean a sign which actually embodies or conveys , in some shape or form , the reality to which it points ? |
| 7 | Is it a compulsory set of questions on or do we have a choice ? |
| 8 | Do we , for instance , place a tick in the square labelled ‘ baby burps ’ and another in the box called ‘ mother pats back ’ ; or do we include a box called ‘ mother responds to baby ’ ; or at a higher level , does she score a point on an index of ‘ sensitivity ’ ? |
| 9 | Is it me or do they whistle a lot ? |
| 10 | Do individuals lose all sense of time and become erratic , or do they maintain a rhythmicity in their lifestyle and bodily functions ? |
| 11 | Is this a mating ritual or do I have a pair of schizos in the tank ? |
| 12 | The main fault I can find with the vehicle is the cab noise at speeds over 40 mph , ( it will only do 60mph ) I know the Land Rover was never meant for motorways but we plan on taking it on our holiday , is it normal for gearboxes to sound like they are going to fly out of the window or do I have a fault ? |
| 13 | Or do I have a fault ? |
| 14 | Those obviously include all the further education colleges that do the basic um and the basic things and then the H N C H N D it gives you the open learning things which includes then the private sector people communicate and all sorts of other agencies , erm it depends really what you see as a beginner , do you mean a beginner in the communications field in its entirety , or do you mean a beginner as an in-house industrial editor or a freelancer by definition a beginner is not likely to be a freelancer ? |
| 15 | Or do you want a hand ? ’ |
| 16 | She had just stuck the first stamp on the envelope when a friendly voice behind her said : ‘ Can you manage all right , missy , or do you want a lift up ? ’ |
| 17 | or do you want a nappy on ? |
| 18 | One English girl of nine asked me ‘ Coloured people believe in our God , but do you Indians believe in him or do you have a God of your own ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Or do you have a guest here already ? ’ he snarled . |
| 20 | Where does yours fit in to the various classifications — or do you have a baby who 's a mixture of several ? |
| 21 | Is your mother perhaps a widow or divorcee , or do you have a father who is too busy to exert authority over his wayward daughter ? |
| 22 | I mean do you sort of maximise the good of all , or do you use a criterion of everyone thinking that they themselves are happy , or is it some other means ? |
| 23 | So I suspect that you wo n't be talking to these kinds of men , or do you get a chance to talk to the men that you perceive are part of the problem . |
| 24 | Or do you get a weighting because everybody 's dealing with their own , but you 're actually dealing with the institution , and |
| 25 | His article outlines the failure of research programmes in Argentina , Peru and Colombia during the last fifty years ( p.27 ) but does not explain it or help us to find a way round the problem . |
| 26 | They used to see us and say , ‘ Here they are , the lovebirds , are we talking today or have we had a lovers ’ tiff ? ’ |
| 27 | Are we still investigatory stage , or have we taken a policy decision that we will purchase this ground ? unclear at the moment , is n't it ? |
| 28 | Or have you got a day off ? |