Example sentences of "or [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or push him off the ball or something |
| 2 | Always carry it with you or push it into the soil . |
| 3 | Situations in which they can prove useful are in small and/or lightly-stocked tanks , and rearing tanks where feeding is rather heavy and regular , as long as the turnover rate is not too high so as to stress the young fish or drag them into the filter . |
| 4 | At least it was comforting to know that he would n't consider her compliance ‘ cheap ’ or despise her for the speed with which he had been able to seduce her . |
| 5 | Control the interview or lose it to the candidate ? |
| 6 | And as Joe was saying , he said , all we do is just go back to them and just try and say well look you know when you come to see us again do you want to accept this or regret it on the basis that you 're going to strike , but all the other section in the company 's accepted that . |
| 7 | As the program is installed , you can elect to have Power Launcher entered as a startup program — or place it in the startup program group , which keeps your WIN.INI cleaner — and also allow it to replace the control button at the top left of every application window with its own red and white icon . |
| 8 | I told the others , ‘ we either write some new songs and start behaving like a proper band again or knock it on the head , this time for good ’ . |
| 9 | If you can keep your characters partially obscured , or fly them behind the enemy lines and out of his fire arcs then so much the better . |
| 10 | In the corner of another carriage there sits , his face screened by a magazine , some lonely soul who has no one to bid him adieu at this end of his journey or welcome him at the other . |
| 11 | I found the wire loops , though , having seen the boys set them , and I tore them out or put them under the grass on the paths the boys used to take when they came to inspect their traps . |
| 12 | If you decide at the end of the day the thing to do is to pick up this kid and run like hell for somewhere you can gain , wave for help , or put him in the car and drive like mad to the hospital , then you might just do that , even though it breaks all the golden rules of first aid |
| 13 | Place the joint in a trivet over the tin , or put it on the oven rack directly above the roasting tin , so that the juices from the meat ‘ weep ’ into the potatoes and onions . |
| 14 | • The UNIPOT needs the minimum of cleaning , to keep its good looks simply wash in hot soapy water or put it in the dishwasher . |
| 15 | I might be going swimming at lunchtime today so I could probably run up there or put it in the post if I go . |
| 16 | stick it in your pocket for next time or put it in the bin . |
| 17 | There seems to be little difference in the actual amount of weight lost whether you eat all your calorie allowance in one go , or spread it over the day . |
| 18 | While running , Brownies must not drop the egg or hold it on the spoon with their fingers . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll go and collect her , or meet her on the way home . |
| 20 | I was thinking maybe next weekend I might or meet her for the day |
| 21 | Please include your application for tickets on your postal booking form , or obtain them from the Festival House box-office from 15 October . |
| 22 | erm sequences such as what happened yesterday , what happened today , what 's going to happen tomorrow — dyslexic people very often have great difficulty with this and transferring from the two dimensional to the three dimensional , like you might say to a dyslexic adult when he or she asks directions , ‘ Oh , well , it 's first right , second left and then there 's a tower on your right and you 've got to turn to the left after the tree ’ and so on , and a dyslexic person ca n't remember any of that at all , or transfer it from the map to the reality . |
| 23 | You can stamp on toes , feet or shins ; knee him in the thigh or groin ; grab and squeeze testicles or pinch the soft inside of thighs along the trouser seam ; elbow him or her in the ribs or stomach if the person is behind you , or knee them in the belly if in front ; grab the little finger of one of the hands that is holding you round the waist or arms , and bend it backwards , forcing him or her to let go ; bite the side of the neck or slap a cheek or ear ; bash the nose with the front or back of your head ; force the head back by pressing your fingers up nostrils or squeezing the flats of your thumbs into eyes ; or even spit into eyes to make them blink . |
| 24 | She would n't help him ; he was weak and unsteady , but she would n't take his arm or guide him to the bed . |
| 25 | Why does he just hang it you know put in the tumble dryer or hang it in the garage ? |
| 26 | Whether this device would , in a crisis , have served to drive people away or draw them to the spot seems not to have been put to the test . |
| 27 | Ask your Ski Club Representative or Party Leader for vouchers or get them from the Clubhouse . |
| 28 | You ca n't therefore change the software in any way , include it in another program or package or resell it without the author 's consent . |
| 29 | They can either discharge the case , or refer it to the Sheriff for Proof . |
| 30 | Most people keep a gun or two in the house ; some carry them around with them , or stow them in the glove compartments of their cars . |