Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hire a bike or bring your own . |
| 2 | The House might decide to act on its own by appointing a committee to inquire into the matter or a private member might move resolutions or introduce his own measure . |
| 3 | Fewer people grow their own vegetables or make their own soup . |
| 4 | The average business traveller , who does n't pay his own bills or make his own booking , will plump for that option in preference to a detour down a country lane or through suburbs in search of some unknown quantity which might turn out to be a gem . |
| 5 | Choose one of the many pre-cut stencil designs on the market , or make your own from card . |
| 6 | Bear in mind that bread from a bakery can contain additives although it does not have to be labelled — buy bread from a healthfood shop or make your own . |
| 7 | One or more cages for the caterpillars-you can buy these ( see address on p. 60 ) , or use the spider cage ( Chapter 1 ) or make your own special caterpillar cage . |
| 8 | Or make your own fabric tie-backs ( see instructions on page 20 ) . |
| 9 | You can either buy a ready-cut type or make your own , tracing the design from a pattern elsewhere in the room , such as the curtains or the carpet . |
| 10 | You may think you stand on your own , or have your own choices , or make your own fate , but you do not do so . |
| 11 | During this stage , the government may accept amendments or amend its own bill if deficiencies in drafting come to light . |
| 12 | Go to his office and make a scene , or send him some flowers there with a really embarrassing message , or something . |
| 13 | Currently , real-time operating systems tend to be optimised for either low end , mid-range or high end applications , and customers either buy VRTX , go somewhere else or build their own system . |
| 14 | He did not look up , or say anything more . |
| 15 | Add to this the fact that many people no longer have the time to bake their own bread and cakes or grow their own vegetables and you will see how the situation has changed even in the years since the end of the war . |
| 16 | When music historians coin or appropriate their own terms ( e.g. Ars Nova ) , they themselves can define the stylistic and chronological boundaries and guarantee that the two are congruent . |
| 17 | Ken and Pat Ferguson would like to re-cover your dining-chair seats for a labour charge of only £5 each plus the cost of fabric , which you can choose from a selection of pieces available in stock at reduced prices , or supply your own fabric . |
| 18 | Are you going to sell your customer 's foreign currency forward , take out a currency loan or cover it some other way ? |
| 19 | Set up , or let us both set up , a credit for me . ’ |
| 20 | The Volvo hurtled backwards and Donna gripped the wheel tightly , knowing that this particular ploy was going to stop the Audi or kill them both . |
| 21 | No , there 's , they say in the brief you 've read it , eh , ok , if they ask you tell them , or show them this form , say what it 's all about , but do n't tell them till after . |
| 22 | In other words , exploit them , but do not get too close to them or show them any affection . |
| 23 | For example , if you want to know how big a kiwi fruit is , I can outline its shape with my fingers , or show you another object which I believe has similar proportions . |
| 24 | The largest group works full-time outside the home , while others work part-time or at home , or run their own businesses ( 8% ) , sometimes from home . |
| 25 | Perhaps you have always had a yearning to play the piano or flute , or run your own business , or work abroad , or build a boat , or write short stories , or run a marathon , or live in a country cottage ? |
| 26 | Harry felt as if he had heard or read them all before , in one form or another , and none of them shed any light on what had struck Mrs Diamond as ‘ not right ’ : |
| 27 | Fitzpatrick has been involved in one way or another with this text-copying enterprise since the 1970s and you can see it for yourself or read it this month until the 31st at Salander O'Reilly . |
| 28 | A Face Pack disk is then inserted into the disk drive and you can either choose individual fonts from the list or select them all before pressing OK to install . |
| 29 | The survival of international banking and the euro-credit market depends on adequate money market funds in each currency , the alternative for a bank being to purchase foreign exchange with domestic currency and thus incur a potential foreign exchange risk or lend its own domestic currency to overseas borrowers , e.g. Albion Bank lends sterling to overseas customers . |
| 30 | Or give her some relief |