Example sentences of "or [num] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ages tend to be entered initially as six , seven or eight mainly with a view to achieving an acceptable age of completion for secondary entry . |
| 2 | It were six Five or six o'clock in the morning I think I arrived in Aberdeen at six o'clock . |
| 3 | The lower foot is usually placed at about 2 o'clock or 10 o'clock to the slope . |
| 4 | Normally , the Italian is one of the two or three best in the world at the latter event and this opening race will gauge her recovery . |
| 5 | He thinks nothing of staying up till two or three o'clock in the morning in casinos , although I tell him it 's very , very bad for one 's constitution to have irregular hours . |
| 6 | The poor chap 's having to get up at two or three o'clock in the morning , this is being paid for it . |
| 7 | I usually watch it about two or three o'clock in the morning . |
| 8 | They are , I mean there 's only usually two or three there at a time , but you see it 's all bricking at the present |
| 9 | The following night , I was speaking at a transport dinner in London and found myself sitting two or three down from a general . |
| 10 | ‘ It now happens at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning . |
| 11 | Lectures often began as early as 5 or 6 a.m. in the summer ( 7 a.m. in the winter ) , and sometimes the first lecture went on for three hours , no provision being made for any food before 10 a.m . |
| 12 | We rode hard all night and it was about eight or nine o'clock in the morning when we reached Strelsau . |
| 13 | Well we never heard the name shop steward in those days I do n't think they went that far , there was somebody in charge sort of thing but erm they er got the na the name afterwards I think you know shop steward , but er and then they used to be Miss used to have the garden fetes the garden parties on her lawn , that was for the Liberal Party you see as soon Labour was mentioned there were only Tories and Liberals at that time and er we used to , when there was an election er we used to wait up for the results and then if the Liberals got in Squires ' big bell would be rung if it was twelve o'clock at night or one o'clock in the morning the Squires ' big bell would be rung you see , to say who 'd got in , if the Tories got in it was n't rung because it was a , Squires were Liberals , strong Liberals and er they used to attend the Liberal Club at Shortheath but erm there used to be some fun in those er what 's the name parade if the Liberals got in and dances you know to raise money for the various things , and the garden fetes used to be lovely but er on their lawn . |
| 14 | On Fridays we 'd often go to the Royal College of Art where they used to have these great shows which went on till three or four o'clock in the morning . |
| 15 | I waited and waited for him at the points and eventually met him about three or four o'clock in the morning for the first time . |
| 16 | ‘ After all , Gav , I can just stay up till your drinking pals have decided to head home , or Norris 's card school chums finally drag themselves away , or crash out and snore on the Richter scale , whatever ; the fun rarely extends beyond three or four o'clock in the morning … why , that would leave me a good four or five hours ’ sleep before an early lecture . ’ |
| 17 | If there is n't a false cornice or cove , form one by painting a stripe or two immediately under the ceiling . |
| 18 | " Saigon has a twin city , Cholon , a mile or two away across the plain — that 's where they 're making for . |
| 19 | Then plan a week or two away from the village in order to catch up with some of those desk jobs that are hanging over your head . |
| 20 | He stopped a pace or two away from the bed and regarded her with an unexpectedly teasing glint in his eyes . |
| 21 | I had visited Paris once or twice , but now I was fortunate enough to secure a grant from the LCC — £15 , but princely for those days — which permitted me to spend a week or two there for the purpose of study , my subject being modern French philosophy . |
| 22 | He would fast frequently , only take one meal a day , and would rise at one or two o'clock in the morning to pray . |
| 23 | He added : ‘ They wake people up at one or two o'clock in the morning with their laughing and shouting . ’ |
| 24 | The apprentices er did n't start before six o'clock in the morning of course they could n't start apprentice before six o'clock in the morning until he was maybe in his last year then it would be either one o'clock or two o'clock in the morning . |
| 25 | They began with Haydn 's Cello Concerto , which was a pleasant surprise for me as I had heard the piece only a week or two before at a concert of Mozart and Haydn 's music featuring Camerata and had liked the piece very much . |
| 26 | With a little wave of his hand he indicated that his officials and guests should take a pace or two backward into the aisle between the adjoining rows of pillars to clear the way between the throne and the open doors , and the next moment the ranks of singers and musicians drawn up around the walls of the courtyard outside burst into a plaintive musical chant . |
| 27 | ‘ I rather hope I may get those concerned to invite me to do you in the Authors and their Work series — though I have n't done anything about it — I might then like to quote a bit or two out of a letter ( e.g. about Ivy ) , but I devoutly hope you will be able to censor the thing for yourself ’ — for there was still hope , or I was allowed to think so . |
| 28 | Yes I have been here until 1.00 a.m. or 2.00 a.m. in the morning when they have the gigs . |