Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv prt] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's become harder and harder to smile or laugh out there during an international match . |
| 2 | As a result , the body would not normally receive light during the critical period , but it would do so if the patient stayed awake all night or got up early . |
| 3 | Yeah , that 's it , or sit on there or get |
| 4 | This category , in contrast with the business salariat , owes its existence to the social democratic expansion of state services under the sign of an ideology of state-sponsored social improvement , and is therefore less likely to subscribe wholeheartedly to the traditional middle class values of personal independence and responsibility , or to go along so readily with the middle class complaints against ‘ wasteful state spending ’ and ‘ excessive taxation ’ . |
| 5 | Some of the time one gets a good response from people willing to help and some interesting periodicals to read or browse through briefly before doing the coding and counting . |
| 6 | The only question is whether we do it now or lose out altogether by supposing we can do it later . |
| 7 | The glider should not be steepened up or levelled out immediately after leaving the ground . |
| 8 | There are frequent butter , grain , wine and beef mountains which are stored at great cost or sold off cheaply to other countries . |
| 9 | Among the companies which have threatened to cut their operations in the country , or to pull out altogether , are Shell , Dow Chemicals , and the Dutch division of Hoechst , a spokesman for whom said that it would consider moving to " Kazakhstan — where pollution really is a problem " . |
| 10 | Keen powderhounds traditionally look high , or head off early , to chase the light white stuff . |
| 11 | Inexperienced pilots sometimes find it difficult to remember , or to work out quickly , the control movements needed to keep straight . |
| 12 | Men and women discharged from hospital with nowhere to live , or released from prison back into the community , are having to sleep rough or doss down wherever they can find a willing friend . |
| 13 | Whether or not this control and its prerequisite knowledge remain as properties of a single ‘ command ’ module , or shift about heterarchically , both views are forms of what I shall later want to call a ‘ light up ’ view of consciousness : as in a pinball machine different areas light up at different times depending on the state of the game . |
| 14 | Real supermodels do not have tearful mothers , but then real supermodels know the difference between a full turn and a Paris turn and would never need to be told to wear black gloves with a black hat or to stand up straight instead of slouching . |
| 15 | These were chapels which did not have the coming-and-going of suburban churches where people sought out the latest new preacher or moved on once their income increased . |
| 16 | She would always be bad-tempered , liable to peck out an eye or lash out dangerously with those sharp claws . |
| 17 | Many degree courses , on the other hand , clearly belong to the specific stage in a person 's educational development , after which his or her interests and horizon may narrow further , in specialized research or employment , or broaden out again . |
| 18 | They save their wrath for other working-class youths like themselves , who happen to have been born or grown up somewhere else . |
| 19 | The hot steam melts away the sticky oils and greases , releasing the dirt and grime which can either be absorbed by the cotton towel provided or vacuumed up later . |
| 20 | Uniformed cops went on shift in pairs , joking , or came off singly , depressed . |
| 21 | To call up SideKick use Ctrl-Alt or hold down both Shift keys . |
| 22 | During the study the subject was allowed to sit up , or walk around briefly if they wished every 60 minutes . |
| 23 | knitted directly to edge or sewn on afterwards |
| 24 | We might , if i if it 's a nice day we might possibly have a little walk out somewhere or run out somewhere , or something |
| 25 | On the other hand , scribbling in a note-book , or rushing off somewhere to scribble in a note-book , could easily ‘ kill ’ a piece of action . |
| 26 | They have an equal right not to dread going to bed alone , or waking up alone ; there need be no loneliness on quiet Sundays . |
| 27 | They had lost weight by taking appetite suppressors , fasting or going on highly restrictive diets they could not sustain , avoiding all favourite foods . |
| 28 | She 'd never really been interested in boys , or going out much . |
| 29 | This has its limitations as it only records what happens in one part of the room and there is no possibility of changing the angle or going in closer to one group . |
| 30 | She still slept at her flat , where Jack either spent the night , as under the previous arrangement , or arrived back very late ‘ not disturbing ’ Franca , who had until today ( also without comment ) continued to sleep in the upper bedroom . |