Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might say " I am no artist " , or " I ca n't draw a straight line " , or " I have n't drawn or painted since I left school . " . |
| 2 | Many airlines are so confused or battered that they no longer have anything resembling a clear business strategy . |
| 3 | When something goes wrong , I find the quickest way to make matters worse is to launch in with my own fury , or insist that they repair the damage MY way . |
| 4 | The purpose of this study is to determine whether accounting practices need to be adjusted or developed if they are to be of use to firms operating in the highly changeful high technology sectors . |
| 5 | But whether or not the contract has anything to say on this subject , an employer should at least explore the possible alternatives to dismissal , such as allowing you to make other transport arrangements or seeing if you can be fitted in elsewhere within the organisation . |
| 6 | He stopped neither to rest or eat until it was almost dark . |
| 7 | After a while , Marcus , as if impatient , or to see if he had had any effect , stopped the breathing exercise and , half sitting up , began to pull the limp body about , almost roughly , almost angrily , as if he would scarcely believe that he was not succeeding . |
| 8 | Force the other party to try hard to get your attention and let them know or think that they could lose out to someone else . |
| 9 | And where to go when you 're there |
| 10 | It is entitled To Choose or to Lose and it proclaims a strategy ‘ developed against the background of the desire to solve or gain control of environmental problems within the duration of one generation ’ . |
| 11 | And he did n't know whether to grin or grimace when it produced a point-saver from Wright after a link-up between Steve Bould and Lee Dixon . |
| 12 | If I showed the slightest sign of taking sides about Bodyline , or suggesting that it was a threat to cricket , my reports would be censored and I would probably be replaced . |
| 13 | Think how often you see two people struggling to rig or de-rig because they are too embarrassed or independent to ask someone to help . |
| 14 | The condition is treated with sulphonamides or tetracyclines and the inguinal bubo may be aspirated or drained before it bursts . |
| 15 | Outdoor lighting should not cause any glare and even low-power lights should be fitted with diffusers or placed so they bounce their light off trees , shrubs or walls . |
| 16 | Discuss the importance of the UP to urban and inner cities community development initiatives with your MP and any other MP or Peer that you may have contact with and ask them to raise these issues with government . |
| 17 | No more scrabbling for notepads or realising that you 've left your diary on your secretary 's desk . |
| 18 | A British citizen with a valid passport does not need a visa to visit the U.S. for up to 90 days for holiday or business or to transit if he enters the country on an air carrier that has agreed to participate in the no-visa program . |
| 19 | It is also illegal for manufacturers to give their product a misleading name , or to claim that it is made of a particular ingredient which in fact makes up a very small proportion of the product . |
| 20 | Britain grinds out almost five million tonnes of hazardous waste each year , of which about 63,000 tonnes are so difficult to store or treat that they are burnt at high temperatures here in Gwent or at one of three other centres : Ellesmere Port ; Fawley , near Southampton ; and the unfortunately named Killamarsh , near Sheffield . |
| 21 | I do n't know if it 's sex , or fear that I 'm up to some trick . |
| 22 | Even if you are resorting to it out of nervousness or fear that you have bad breath it will create a very negative impression on the interviewer . |
| 23 | If you are one of them , do not worry , or fear that you will be handicapped as a helper and comforter . |
| 24 | There 's no way that a farrier can shoe a horse that is so angry or frightened that it is rearing and leaping all over the place . |
| 25 | You may like to add the name of one or two referees to your c.v. , either to vouch for your general honesty and reliability or to confirm that you have the skills and experience you claim in the c.v . |
| 26 | Five others either declared their candidacy or announced that they would soon do so : Edmund G. ( Jerry ) Brown Jr , Governor of California in 1975-83 ; Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas ; Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa ; Senator Bob Kerrey of Nebraska , and Governor L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia . |
| 27 | ( The previous method was to leave the pieces slightly large , and then to ease them by plane or chisel until they fitted into the mortises , etc . ) |
| 28 | The value of the lecture is doubled or trebled if you have read — even in a desultory fashion , without making notes — the essential features of the forthcoming discussion . |
| 29 | Some were imprisoned or banished when they refused to be silenced . |
| 30 | Who remembers or cares that it was he , who as minister of local government , introduced the poll tax and defended it passionately to the death ? |