Example sentences of "[noun] or [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I w I was wondering myself did the watchmen make up the story or did it come ? |
| 2 | ‘ So , are you going to climb on board or do you prefer to stay here in the water ? |
| 3 | Well designed information systems can give the information which will assist managers make better decisions , give their businesses competitive advantage or help them improve their cost structure or product base . |
| 4 | While I have great sympathy for the doctors of twenty years or more ago who did not realise the addictive effect of such tablets when they began to prescribe them , I do not feel equal sympathy for those doctors ( fortunately their number is growing less ) who still hand out similar prescriptions to their patients and then fail to monitor their progress or to help them give up the medication as soon as possible . |
| 5 | This whole business of sex education and teaching morality in schools , do you think it is the school 's responsibility or do you think mum and dad ought to play more of a part ? |
| 6 | And is it quite regular hours or do you work all over the time ? |
| 7 | Oh bye , oh hello , are you waiting for your mum or do you go home by yourself ? |
| 8 | Do you want me to put this in the bin mum or do you want it ? |
| 9 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 10 | How do you work , do you buy in the uppers or do you do the entire job yourself ? ’ |
| 11 | You also need to be inventive and prepared to look to untried and untested ways to earn money or to make it work for you . |
| 12 | Were you given the money or did you have to pay for that yourself ? |
| 13 | I mean , that 's the kind of thing one often hears on this programme , is it wishful thinking or d' you think we could actually achieve it ? |
| 14 | Did you obtain any of that information from the collators card or did you know it yourself ? |
| 15 | They do n't admit much light or let anyone see through them very clearly , even when the heavy curtains which hang behind them are open . |
| 16 | Do you think there 's a prejudice against women playing football or do you think it 's easy fo for women to play football ? |
| 17 | Are you a jack of all trades or do you prefer to specialize ? |
| 18 | I must admit the ‘ truth ’ did not smack me right between the eyes or make me leap like Archimedes from his bath . |
| 19 | At the same time they should know how to order the right meal and whether , when work is done , they should take their client to the opera or a night club or let him go home . |
| 20 | Do you have a car or do you rely on public transport ? |
| 21 | I wish he 'd get his teeth seen to ; do they have special police dentists or do they have to go to the ones everybody else goes to and hope the dentist does n't have some … have some grudge … some grudge against … ? |
| 22 | Is this a mating ritual or do I have a pair of schizos in the tank ? |
| 23 | Do you want a ham sandwich or do you want a come on what 's a ninety niner Ian ? |
| 24 | Did you was it you who chose to go and work in Llaneilian or did they send you to work there from ? |
| 25 | Well I sort of gave them a choice , do they want to nominate who does overtime or do they want to have a cat or do they want to pay , get paid less and they said they 'll get paid less . |
| 26 | And do , do you normally play with Kay or do you have er |
| 27 | Was that just talk or did you have something real in mind ? ’ |
| 28 | Do you want that piece or do you want me to cut you another ? |
| 29 | And when you 've er loose them in the fore end or the front of the lock or do anything like that that article as it 's in , when you lock it out it 's got ta fit just as tight when it 's locked out as when it 's in . |
| 30 | Moreover on a single decision — do we license this environment to the rest of the industry or do we keep it to ourselves — can depend the entire future of a computer company , with the wrong decision spelling oblivion . |