Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the old days , life was simple in schools in the sense that if pupils did n't do what they were supposed to do you thrashed them , or made them stand in the corner , or expelled them . |
| 2 | Student prejudice kept the KGB off the list , which made Trent mad or made him laugh , depending on the day of the week . |
| 3 | We chose the following three dads as the winners of our Top of the Pops Competition because they either warmed our hearts or made us laugh . |
| 4 | We chose the following three dads as the winners of our Top of the Pops Competition because they either warmed our hearts or made us laugh . |
| 5 | She had n't seen or heard him approach . |
| 6 | The accidental loss or destruction of a will has no effect upon its validity , and its contents may be proved by the production of copies or drafts , or even by the recollection of persons who have seen it or heard it read . |
| 7 | How many times have you read or heard someone say ‘ Listen within , listen to your conscience , to that still inner voice that will give you direction on how to live your life and how to overcome its hurdles ’ ? |
| 8 | ‘ Or did ye inject it ? ’ |
| 9 | Theodora was faced with the usual dilemma of such contrivances , did one hammer on the outer door ( there seemed to be no bell ) and risk not being heard or did one penetrate to the inner door proper and risk being judged intrusive ? |
| 10 | The other thing is with employer legislation update , did we decide to do some training on that or did we decide that we would produce a handout ? |
| 11 | Or did we decide we 'd do both ? |
| 12 | Now what about these other campaigns we mentioned last time , did we decide what , or did we leave it till this meeting cos there was India and there was Women 's |
| 13 | What major good were we producing or did we start producing around nineteen seventy seven ? |
| 14 | This became tiring , so I called a halt and suggested that Eddy , who was taller than I , should be the next horse — or did we use the word ‘ donkey ’ ? |
| 15 | Or did we have a reader ? |
| 16 | or did they want five pounds for him ? |
| 17 | When I rang up to say I were coming I asked them did they want Easter eggs or did they want fa er a box of chocolates or bars of chocolate we |
| 18 | Was it d d d w was there was there like er erm sort of pa er erm love of country or or did they stress , say the virtues of honesty a a and fairness , can can you remember anything like that ? |
| 19 | Did they think it was wrong to kill and steal , or did they think it showed what good fighters they were ? " |
| 20 | Or did they do that too ? |
| 21 | " When asked " Were they forcibly evicted , or did they go of their own free will ? " he answered " Some left voluntarily owing to the poor markets . " |
| 22 | Did they have a , did they have a band or anything in the church or did they sing without music ? |
| 23 | Full of anticipation they were fitted out with very chic driving overalls , registered for the day ( or did they sign their lives away ? ) and listened very intently to the briefing . |
| 24 | Did you was it you who chose to go and work in Llaneilian or did they send you to work there from ? |
| 25 | Or did they choose a kind of evening do you know ? or did it not matter ? |
| 26 | Did they di do you think they I was going to say enjoy there but I do I do n't think that 'd be the right word , but d did they like or did they prefer to work piece work or was it something that they loathed or I mean there was more money to be made at it was n't there ? |
| 27 | Was it a case of KLM bringing pressure , for commercial reasons , on the RLD to accept the DC-10 , or did they feel unable to challenge the validity of the FAA certificate of airworthiness ? |
| 28 | What we do know is that I M R O asked for this information in June nineteen eighty-eight and not long afterwards I M R O granted recognition to B I M and other Maxwell Companies , all the more surprising perhaps having raised the questions whether the question must come about , did they continue with their investigation , or did they let the matter drop and perhaps you might to comment in that context . |
| 29 | There was only one day , was n't there , or did they have days here but they were just very long ? |
| 30 | Or did they have their own trains ? |