Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever you may think or believe about my mother , you must understand that . ’ |
| 2 | The Ohio bank does not leave its newcomers to sink or swim by themselves . |
| 3 | Herluin advanced upon the altar very slowly , as though these few paces , and the climbing of the three steps , must be utilized to the full for prayer , and passionate concentration on this single effort which would make or break for him a dear ambition . |
| 4 | If coal was just another industry or a medium-sized company in the private sector whose product was not as much in demand as previously , or had been superseded by another product that it could not make or compete with it , that industry or company would slim down or might even close altogether — with the same tragic effect on families and communities as has been seen in the coal industry . |
| 5 | In each case women from neighbouring and related families come to mourn or rejoice with them . |
| 6 | ‘ I told him how I had to go for special lessons and how other kids would sometimes laugh or pick on me . |
| 7 | After a three-year investigation involving the Police Complaints Authority , it was announced that a number of police officers were to be admonished or advised about their conduct and were to face disciplinary charges . |
| 8 | Your intruder alarm must not be altered or replaced without our prior written agreement . |
| 9 | As noone has posted or commented on it I will in case some of you did nt hear it . |
| 10 | For many people this was the last time they were to see or speak to him and they are left with a good memory and a triumphant one . |
| 11 | Older siblings living in mainland Scotland were not permitted to see or communicate with their younger brothers and sisters , even though they were in no way involved or implicated in the allegations that had been made against the parents . |
| 12 | In addition , they control resources which can be withdrawn or redeployed at their discretion , and are of vital importance for workers ' livelihood and the revenue base of state expenditure . |
| 13 | My own opinion — for what it is worth in view of the two cases above referred to — is that trustees are the proper persons to be assessed in all cases in which the income of the trust estate received by them , or to which they are entitled , is not tax-deducted at source ; and that — in the case of income of the trust estate which is tax deducted at source — they could not be heard to ask repayment of the tax on the plea that the income did not arise or accrue to them but to others , whether such others were income-beneficiaries or capital-beneficiaries . |
| 14 | Knowing as much , my friends , who sit or stand with me under the tree , stare out to sea in silence . |
| 15 | Commission-paid salesmen sit or stand at their telephones calling punters and reading aloud their sales pitch : a sheet of paper on which is scrawled details of their investment proposition . |
| 16 | During the day the bed is moved into the shade of the arcades around the courtyard where you sit or lie upon it outside your door , and catch whatever breeze is going . |
| 17 | And people lived or died by their ability to , to produce a competent result at the end of the day . |
| 18 | I was intrigued by what we were doing , but no one would ever eat or drink from it . |
| 19 | ‘ At least 130 people have either rang or written to me in the last few weeks . |
| 20 | In spite of the pill he kept waking and hearing the old men around him coughing or mumbling in their sleep . |
| 21 | Universal and human consciousness are one and the same in nature , the only difference being that individual consciousness is experienced as limited or restricted in its operation within its physical vehicle . |
| 22 | Being aware of the nature of addictive disease and cross-addiction and its consequences and not frightened or shocked by it . |
| 23 | Does experience of life lead you to agree or disagree with what says ? |
| 24 | your bargaining power is based on the losses I would suffer if I were to agree or disagree with your proposals . |
| 25 | my bargaining power is based on the losses which you would suffer if you were to agree or disagree with my proposal |
| 26 | Clumsily , like a fallen horse righting itself , I scrambled to my feet , gathered up the bananas , marshmallows , umbrella , thermos , handbag , and other possessions which had fallen or rolled around me and , waving reassuringly , I walked briskly away ( ignoring a warm stream which was beginning to flow from an enormous hole in one knee of my tights ) . |
| 27 | They may not exist or access to them may be refused . |
| 28 | Brower then offered viceroys to both classes of jays and recorded whether they avoided or pecked at them . |
| 29 | The rub is the general conviction , based on the man 's record , that the same pragmatism , unencumbered by ideology or ethics , that leads him to sign an agreement one day will lead him to renege or cheat on it the next . |
| 30 | Loosely , a policy is said to be time-inconsistent if , once it has been adopted , there is an incentive at some later date to renege or cheat on it . |