Example sentences of "[noun] or [vb base] [pron] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We may produce guidance to local authorities or call them in for private chats ’ . |
| 2 | In it Timmy would crawl for hours or pull himself up and stand precariously balancing , his napkin invariably falling about his knees . |
| 3 | Most frogs lay eggs coated in jelly and then abandon them , but some rear their eggs in pouches on their back , in their throat sacs or hold them back in their oviducts . |
| 4 | But if they ever cut the money or knock something off , we 'd be in deep . |
| 5 | ‘ You have twenty-four hours to return here with the money or phone it in . ’ |
| 6 | members of staff who may be required to brief candidates or show them around ; |
| 7 | In future , students will be able to take individual Higher National Units or build them up to gain group HNC or HND awards . |
| 8 | If you have failed to brief them properly then they have little option but to either put it on hold or send it back as it came out and let you sort it out . |
| 9 | Often clients think they know best and have the trade publication editor to lunch or ring him up with titbits and gossip . |
| 10 | By 1755 serious friction had developed between England and France over their respective Far Eastern and North American colonies , and it was rapidly learned in London that the French had , though reluctantly , decided that only a major invasion of England itself could force the English to keep ships at home or bring them back from overseas . |
| 11 | When designing a fabric , for example , you would probably not complete the design and transfer it to the knitting machine or print it out in just one session . |
| 12 | Anselm acquiesced in this explanation and waited for peace , but then , long after it had been apparent to others , it dawned on him that he must either do the job or give it up — preferably , so far as he was concerned , the latter . |
| 13 | The OR then calls a meeting of creditors to decide whether they will make the debtor bankrupt or let him off by accepting an arrangement for less than 100 per cent of their debts to be paid in full and final settlement . |
| 14 | It is extraordinary how often professional golfers record the wrong score or add it up incorrectly . |
| 15 | Never throw a fork or spade or put it down near your feet . |
| 16 | Where either the High Court or a county court is satisfied that proceedings before it are required to be in the other court whether by reason of the 1991 Order or any other provisions made under s 1 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 , or by reason of any other enactment , then it must either transfer the proceedings to the other court or strike them out ( CCA 1984 , ss 40 and 42 ) . |
| 17 | Or sniff glue or sniff anything out of tins . |
| 18 | One of the Edinburgh employers ( perhaps inadvertently ) revealed that " either very experienced girls or experienced men make it up into pages or make it up into sheets " . |
| 19 | It has done nothing to encourage banks to reserve against dodgy loans or write them off , for some banks risk insolvency if they do so . |
| 20 | If it 's too hot , use gloves or push it over with a spade and lift the other end up so now the holes that were in the bottom are now on top and there is smoke coming out of them . |
| 21 | Only the National Assembly has the power to amend the constitution or vote itself out of office — an unlikely prospect given that only 50 or so assemblymen have accepted the government 's offer of a $175,000 tax-free retirement pension . |
| 22 | They are pressing the Prime Minister either to withdraw the Bill or speed it through . |
| 23 | A spokesperson will then either transition the module into a conceptually approved state or hold it back for further work before approval . |
| 24 | Pinned as she was beneath his weight she had n't even the leverage to free her arms or buck him off — though she tried desperately . |
| 25 | For more information — no obligation — contact at the above address or phone her on . |
| 26 | Then , opening them again , she resumed her earlier apologetic furtiveness and , like a nocturnal animal twitching before a predator , begged her sister not to laugh , not to make fun of her , not to comment straight away or say she was an idiot or slap her down , but please , please , to let her have her dream about him just for a night . |
| 27 | ‘ I know , ’ Cleg 's big hand covered hers , ‘ but , for your own sake , send your cousin packing or marry him out of the way , then no-one will have room to talk . ’ |
| 28 | Some skip the tight fantastic by using them as a jumping rope , others wear them as a scarf or string them up in the garden as a washing line . |
| 29 | If you do n't have them , use manual valves to adjust the radiators or turn them off in rooms not in use . |
| 30 | The tape on his answering machine had said , ’ … leave a message or try me on … ’ |