Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frequently we stopped , turned and went back for another try to the left or right Our order did not change , with Odd-Knut out in front , then Tony and Nathan , and me bringing the line to an end . |
| 2 | Why did she feel like a raw beginner in medical school , having to explain her actions , or rather her lack of them , to a senior ? |
| 3 | She was fed up with her life in London , a whirlwind of social engagements which recently had seemed unbearably shallow , and more to the point she needed time to put her engagement to Jonathan , or rather her decision to break it off , into perspective . |
| 4 | Besides , Hugh 's presence in her life — or rather her pretence at his continued existence — was a pawn in her game , the game of survival . |
| 5 | Or rather her birthday present ! |
| 6 | The olive colouring of her skin was back in full bloom , and though she was wearing little or no make-up , her lips , or rather her mouth , which , with her nose , was the most notable part of her features , was bright red . |
| 7 | Rayleen helped too , or rather her uniform did , giving us a pseudo-official status which meant we could jump the queue . |
| 8 | And what language do we use to name that place , or rather whose language ? |
| 9 | This was the context in which John XXII told the king c.1318 that ‘ the state of ecclesiastical dignity is in the realm of England more notably depressed , or rather its liberty crushed , than in all other parts of the world ’ . |
| 10 | Secondly the archive base became much more than the database ( or rather its constituent tables ) . |
| 11 | This month we turn to Yeovil in Somerset to hand out the bouquets , or rather our Gold St*r award . |
| 12 | We 've had a few technical difficulties with the computer , or rather our printer has had trouble with it . |
| 13 | It also means that if the piece is cut you , or rather your company , will still benefit from having all the facts reported albeit briefly . |
| 14 | Explain to sellers that under the new National Protocol , it is their obligation ( or rather your obligation on their behalf ) to undertake a local authority search . |
| 15 | As an occasional journalist his only ‘ offensive weapon ’ was his pen , or rather his word processor . |
| 16 | One of the major debates has hinged on the question of Columbus 's , or rather his crew 's , role in the pandemic of syphilis at the end of the fifteenth century . |
| 17 | Gordon sat quite still for a few seconds , then uncrossed his legs and went out of the room , a room in his own house , or rather his mother 's . |
| 18 | Emily got Stanley to drop them off at Vic 's house ; or rather his father 's house , since strictly speaking Vic 's address was the shed . |
| 19 | Horses were there to earn their living , or rather his living . |
| 20 | Under a trust of this kind , a debtor was asked by his creditor ( the settlor ) to repay the money not to him ( or rather his heir ) but to a third party . |
| 21 | Sir Thomas , however , or rather his stomach , clearly did not agree , for halfway through the entremets , with a few words of apology he absented himself from-the table . |
| 22 | The group went on growing until St Augustine , or rather his source , made it include all the barbarians : " Atlantici Libyes , Aegyptii , Indi , Persae , Chaldaei , Scythae , Galli , Hispani " ( Civ. dei 8.9 ) . |
| 23 | Now if I could just remind you of what 's happened at the Lyndford Haven er er , Synod , last March erm , the Financial Committee have suggested that we should go for a target of five hundred and ten thousand but er , this is we are not gon na be able to even start looking at the eleven and a half thousand if if er all the provinces do it for months and more and we , I think very bravely or foolishly whatever way you li , look at it , proposed that we should got to five hundred and forty thousand and it looks as thought we 're gon na end up certainly nearer to five ten than five forty . |
| 24 | There was a limit to what she could make out , given the angle and that she was trying to see the page upside-down , but what she saw was enough to confirm that this book , or perhaps its predecessor for the previous year , had the potential to tell her exactly what she most needed to know . |
| 25 | A proper discussion of a football match can not occur if one of the participants is quite ignorant of the rules of the game ; and the kind of assessment of a restaurant meal that would involve the possible insertion of the establishment into a good food guide ( or perhaps its deletion from it ) will not get very far if one of the diners does not care for the meal because his idea of a gastronomic treat is a cheeseburger and french fries ( though within the order of the burger discriminations are possible ) . |
| 26 | JUST when you may been ready to despair , it seems that this country of ours may have found something of its heart , or perhaps its soul . |
| 27 | A great deal of very useful research can be carried out wholly from documentary sources of one kind or another , but often social researchers find themselves in a position where they want to investigate social behaviour on which there is very little published research or perhaps what research has been published is not relevant enough to their own particular areas of interest . |
| 28 | The lines from his nose to his mouth were deeper , his mouth was set in a grim line and his eyes were bleak , or perhaps her memory was at fault … but she knew it was n't ; she knew every inch of his face . |
| 29 | It 's not her dying while he 's there that panics him , I reckon ; it 's the thought of something messy or perhaps her dipping into another decade and making him one of the period characters . |
| 30 | Except for one or two people very close to me , my mother or perhaps my ayah when inspecting for cradle cap , no one had ever laid their hands upon my head , and stood silently , mysteriously behind me while I visualised some wonderful , luxuriant Shangri-la , in the middle of which , on a mahogany table stood my typewriter , beside it a glass of sparkling Perrier . |