Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must admit the ‘ truth ’ did not smack me right between the eyes or make me leap like Archimedes from his bath . |
| 2 | Serve the food properly or let me do it . ’ |
| 3 | or let me lay on my belly |
| 4 | Miss Havisham had never intended to make me rich , or let me marry Estella . |
| 5 | Or let me come underneath . |
| 6 | Or let me die ! |
| 7 | So be it when I shall grow old or let me die . |
| 8 | After a time he began to whisper in a voice that tried now to be soft and gentle , in complete contrast to his alarm calls : ‘ Come on , Minch , you ca n't really be so ill that you ca n't show me your face just for a moment , or let me hear the ruffle of one of your wings . |
| 9 | You are forced to ask : Do I stop here or do I go on through ? |
| 10 | I 'm sure that Ruth searches her heart , she , she may of made her decision lightly way back to go with Ruth er , to go with Naomi but not now , its a heart searching decision she makes , the choice before her , do I go back or do I go , do I go on , do I go back to Moah with its familiarity with all the things I am aware of or do I go on into the unknown with my mother in law and with her god Auper makes a choice and she goes back and Ruth had , Ruth says no and she makes the commitment and she says there , in verse sixteen , do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you , for where you go I will go and where you lodge , I will lodge , your people should be my people and your god my god and its those last few words that makes all the difference , your god will be my god , I will not be a stranger there , I will not be an alien there , I will be part of your people , and the only way she could be part of Naomi 's people was for Naomi 's god to be her god , that was the thing that kept , that was , that was the common denominated should all of Naomi 's people , because they all belonged |
| 11 | Now do you come quietly or do I use force ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Lachlan Cattanach , ’ Farquhar said sternly one day , ‘ will you for God 's sake be either forgetting the lass , or letting me carry her away up the hill for you ? |
| 13 | Or do I continue to lurk ? ’ |
| 14 | Or do I mean all the same technique ? |
| 15 | It 's a matter of investigation — or do I mean snooping ? ’ |
| 16 | Or do I mean no ? |
| 17 | ‘ It seems from the eager glint in your eye that you are a practised hand … or do I mean foot ? ’ |
| 18 | As the dawn breaks , she drags out a battered cardboard boxfile with a rusty clasp , from behind a stack of unread texts on the deconstruction — or do I mean demolition ? — of cinematic narrative . |
| 19 | Or do I mean Bunyanesque ? |
| 20 | Or do I mean , why is an elephant a god ? ’ |
| 21 | Or do I mean that ? |
| 22 | Or do I drag you out ? ’ |
| 23 | Now do you tell me the story you had from Lady Usk , or do I go to the old witch myself ? ’ |
| 24 | I 'm sure that Ruth searches her heart , she , she may of made her decision lightly way back to go with Ruth er , to go with Naomi but not now , its a heart searching decision she makes , the choice before her , do I go back or do I go , do I go on , do I go back to Moah with its familiarity with all the things I am aware of or do I go on into the unknown with my mother in law and with her god Auper makes a choice and she goes back and Ruth had , Ruth says no and she makes the commitment and she says there , in verse sixteen , do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you , for where you go I will go and where you lodge , I will lodge , your people should be my people and your god my god and its those last few words that makes all the difference , your god will be my god , I will not be a stranger there , I will not be an alien there , I will be part of your people , and the only way she could be part of Naomi 's people was for Naomi 's god to be her god , that was the thing that kept , that was , that was the common denominated should all of Naomi 's people , because they all belonged |
| 25 | Do I go on the race track or do I go straight up ? |
| 26 | Do I want the truth , or do I want money ? |
| 27 | Ask yourself the question , ‘ Is it my desire , my greed , my wish to be in control that drives me in this matter , or do I feel the lightness of purpose that is a mark of the guidance from within ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Are you going to tell me your story , or do I demand it of the world at large ! |
| 29 | Where do you come from , Miss Telford — or do I appear to be inquisitive ? ’ |
| 30 | And again or do I put A |