Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The medium in its various colours could be used for cloisonné work or painted thinly on metal surfaces . |
| 2 | All these arguments , from people involved in different ways in the study of language , have weight , and should not be ridiculed or dismissed out of hand , as has become rather fashionable in some language teaching circles . |
| 3 | He asked me whether I would prefer to see Bologna and spend the night there , or to drive directly to Verona . |
| 4 | He would wait for an hour or so , reading a newspaper or catching up on paperwork , then he would go to the McCausland counter and hire a car . |
| 5 | They must be used to that , or got out of practice . |
| 6 | I just do n't want to be the kind of person who suddenly disappears and , in ten years , people say ‘ Hey , I wonder what happened to that guy ? ’ … when I 'm living in misery on a council estate or eating out of rubbish bins . ’ |
| 7 | During the first few weeks , check that they have n't been lifted by frost or pecked out by birds . |
| 8 | When we shop or eat out in cafés , college canteens or restaurants , we tend to select food for appeal and taste , not nutrient value . |
| 9 | Yeah I think at the onset of the strike there were a few people who were considered likely to be forced to get back to work or to go back to work , because of what they 'd said , because of well just you know because of what they say in the meetings or because of what they did n't say in the meetings . |
| 10 | I am not sure whether I should stand up or stay close to Suzie . |
| 11 | So , when I have n't been gazing out of the window , phoning every friend I ever had , dashing up the street in an urgent quest for … er … something or other I 'm desperate for or singing along to Melody Radio at the top of my thorax — I 've been noticing things . |
| 12 | ‘ We want to impress on people that they are contravening the law if they moor or make fast to navigation aids , ’ says Howard Cooper , a spokesman for Trinity House . |
| 13 | They argue new laws are needed as modern technology has made a mockery of the 1959 Obscene Publications Act with violent pornography easily ordered by telephone or beamed in by satellite , making enforcement of the law almost impossible . |
| 14 | Some of the American crop were typed but their tone matched those handwritten or made up of letters and words snipped from publications . |
| 15 | Players like keeper David Seaman — who has played for England — Terry Phelan , Tommy Wright , John Sheridan and Dennis Irwin were all sold or given away by Leeds but are now big names at other clubs . |
| 16 | A disobedience means a refusal , run-out or circling immediately in front of the obstacle . |
| 17 | These jennies were either collected in small workshops or placed out in cottages and seem to have brought increased earnings to many women in the cloth-working families , albeit for a short period until the machines got larger and , more importantly , the largely male-worked spinning mule began to replace the jenny . |
| 18 | Marble can be sawn or broken up for building or burned for lime , and a great deal has certainly gone that way ; but the melting down of bronze for conversion to tools , utensils , armour , coin , is far more tempting . |
| 19 | After lifting from a chair or helping on to pan , give resident maximum privacy . |
| 20 | Of all communities , the disabled are , understandably , the most jealous of any suggestion that they are being patronised or treated differently from others . |
| 21 | On occasion there were more serious charges where preliminary hearings were held and the case either dismissed or passed on for trial at a higher court . |
| 22 | Items recovered are either reused or passed on to recyclers . |
| 23 | And when they have outlived their usefulness , they are slaughtered or sold cheaply for lab experiments . |
| 24 | Fulfil consumables requests or report back to users CSO |
| 25 | Without the spring trimming there would be no pressure required to change speeds or to pull out of dives , and the controls would be very light indeed . |
| 26 | Tigers do not know that humans beings have no sense of smell , and when a tiger becomes a man-eater it treats a human being exactly as it treats wild animals , that is , it approaches its intended victims up-wind , or lies up in wait for them down-wind . |
| 27 | But if Russia falls into anarchy or lurches back into despotism the price that we pay could be frightening . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Does anyone really believe that Israel will sit down with someone who was convicted or involved directly in violence against Jews ? ’ he asked . |
| 29 | A number of young men mentioned going off on their bikes to get away from it all , and amongst older adolescents driving around or driving out of town and parking to view the scenery were popular ‘ escape ’ mechanisms . |
| 30 | … freedom of speech , and debates on proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament . |