Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here 's a form of declaration by a spouse or any other person who may have an interest for which , acting for a buyer , you are entitled to ask : I hereby undertake that in consideration of your entering into an agreement to purchase the above property any interest which I may have or acquire therein shall be deferred to any interest of you or any mortgagee or chargee and that I will not apply for the registration of any land charge , caution , notice or restriction in respect thereof . |
| 2 | Perhaps I must eat or drink something , but the question is , what ? ’ |
| 3 | ( If my private test convinces me that I do not want what you think I want , I assume error in your reading of me the public tests , which I must expose or leave you unanswered . ) |
| 4 | As for his suggestion that I should comment or write on the series , I did not follow this up . |
| 5 | Questions I should rethink or practise : |
| 6 | On our return from the Celtic path , I asked my guide if there was anything else I should see or know about . |
| 7 | My peers are more tolerant , more willing to accept me for what I am rather than for what I might produce or become in the hierarchy . |
| 8 | ‘ Sit down , sir , I 'll talk or listen to you as long as you like . ’ |
| 9 | If these were the alleyways of Paris or the runnels of London I could hide or strike back . |
| 10 | The only saving grace is that under pressure your decision-making seems to speed up and I 'm pleased to say that , instead of freezing , I quickly resolved that there was no way I could brake or slew the aircraft — still travelling at 55 or 60 mph — away from the ditch . |
| 11 | A foolish girl , in spite of all I could say or do , would come after me , or rather |
| 12 | Every day I used to row or sail there , while the Queen and her ladies watched . |
| 13 | Ahead I could see the Bomb Circle , where I would stop or turn . |
| 14 | And what more , what more should we expect from a Party that is led nationally by a man who , in 1983 , says , there are no circumstances in which I would order or permit the firing of a nuclear weapon , which leads somebody to say , Kinnock 's lust for power is so great that he 's prepared to ditch any principle to get it . |
| 15 | I would plead or cry or run away . |
| 16 | Since a whole book could be written about the professional work of each of these innovators , there is a danger that in the process of selection I shall distort or over-simplify . |
| 17 | I am glad to hear of your intended marriage with Ellen Nicholl , and , as I promised to assist you at starting , I am happy to tell you that I will pay to you one hundred and fifty pounds yearly during my life , and until your annual income derived from your profession of a Chancery barrister shall amount to six hundred guineas , of which your own admission will be the only evidence that I shall receive or require . |
| 18 | ‘ I am a man , and a man of passions ; I must go to a woman , otherwise I shall freeze or turn to stone … ’ |
| 19 | ‘ When and if the TCCB tell me to resign or change things , then I will resign or change things . |
| 20 | If I 'm making a film of myself and I 'm on probation , at the end of the year I can pass or fail or have my probation extended because I 'm not successful enough to be called a qualified teacher , then I 'm opening myself up for people to come and look at my mistakes . |
| 21 | ‘ There is nothing I can do or say to save you from the wrath of God , or indeed from the wrath of your own father , poor man . ’ |
| 22 | And is there anything I can bring or send you ? |
| 23 | I mean , I can swim or cycle , but I ca n't go to aerobics or do those kind of things , because I 'd feel too self-conscious . |
| 24 | But at this point I ca n't decide if the evening 's cabaret will consist of , ‘ Deep down , I 'm just the same old Lil you knew before , so how about it ? ’ or ‘ I 'm a star now , baby , and I can make or break you , so let's do it my way . ’ |
| 25 | Nowadays , though , I can take or leave a traffic jam in New York . |
| 26 | I can take or leave that but I do like the main course , I do like |
| 27 | It just ai n't something I can savour or enjoy . |
| 28 | I can write or speak to anyone with a say in how society or the Church spend money — our money , God 's money — and I can discuss these things with others . |
| 29 | In this view , the solution to pauperism lay in ‘ eugenics ’ , defined by its founder , Francis Galton , as ‘ the study of agencies under social control which may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations ’ . |
| 30 | The concept of eugenics was defined by its founder , Francis Galton , in the early 1880s as the ‘ study of those agencies under social control , which may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations . ’ |