Example sentences of "or [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But at home you might put an open packet on a bench in the greenhouse or spill some seeds , or leave them on the grass while you run to answer the phone . |
| 32 | In the summer months do n't shut your plants in a hot car or leave them in the sun while they are waiting to be loaded . |
| 33 | Or leave them in the trolley . |
| 34 | You can show me or remind me of the difference between orange and pink , perhaps by showing me a colour chart . |
| 35 | You can align and rotate objects , group or ungroup them or move them to the front or back . |
| 36 | Do you want to give them now or do it at the end ? |
| 37 | Or write or write it on the table and the table |
| 38 | 1.7 , a point of some significance in the context of this essay , and one to which I shall return later ) , or take them to the Temple for the ritual redemption of the first-born ( idem ) ; they were exempt from making the thrice-yearly pilgrimage to Jerusalem at the feasts of Passover , Pentecost and Tabernacles ( Hag . |
| 39 | Tony found that the best thing to do was to put her in the buggy and push her round the town , or take her to the park . |
| 40 | If you have no secretary to fend off telephone calls turn the telephone off or take it off the hook while you are conducting the interview . |
| 41 | I think you can ask the council to take it away or something or take it to the dump |
| 42 | Yet in spite of the drive to encourage employers to recruit more people with physical or mental difficulties — or retain them in the wake of ill-health — too many are still backing off from taking on such staff , according to the Department of Employment . |
| 43 | Is there anyone who would act as a referee or recommend me for the job ? |
| 44 | WHEN Mrs Norma Major first came to our attention , she was reported to either make her own clothes or buy them off the peg from John Lewis . |
| 45 | You can either grown them in a pot , or sprinkle them on the cotton wool in the shape of your name or a pattern . |