Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] a [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | And no sign of chains or a whip or iron bars . |
| 2 | and as he 's quality only run on perhaps another nine months or a year or whatever , and then revert to the same job description as John |
| 3 | be developed by people who go to study childhood societies over the other side of the world and er you know , you stayed there , several months or a year or two , so it 's not just for a a brief visit . |
| 4 | The number of demands that a parent or child will make can depend on their past experience of those demands having been met or be the result of a pattern of behaviour that has evolved due to other problems , that is child 's poor concentration span , or mother 's irritability due to depression or an unhappy marriage . |
| 5 | Greek specimens of this time have always eagle 's beak , hare 's ears and a knob or spike on the brow . |
| 6 | The essentials , from a recording point of view , were and are a tested ( or holograph or adopted as holograph ) deed , the designation therein of the parties and a description or reference description of the relevant lands . |
| 7 | Analysts point to the fact that far more beer is drunk at home on the Continent , which provides a more conducive atmosphere for low-alcohol products than a pub or bar . |
| 8 | These are able to offer higher interest returns than a bank or building society because they pool everybody 's cash . |
| 9 | If you know someone who has AIDS , or if you are worried or have questions about the illness , try to find someone you can trust to talk to about it — maybe your parents or a teacher or some other adult you feel close to . |
| 10 | If you invest a little money and buy , for example , an exercise tape or jogging shoes or a leotard or a piece of exercise equipment , you will have added incentive for the start of your fitness schedule . |
| 11 | Drill , extension , steps brackets and a pen or pencil . |
| 12 | Inside the ground , flares were fired into the England sheep pens after both goals by some Dutch klootzak , and coins and a chair or two flung back by some English dickheads . |
| 13 | He insists on this because it is only by ruling out a set of logically possible observation statements that a law or theory is informative . |
| 14 | What might , however , be the case is that a greater proportion of people in temporary jobs are " involuntary " rather than " voluntary " temporary workers than a decade or so ago , in other words that the structure of the temporary worker population has changed over time . |
| 15 | ‘ Those benighted days when men slogged their guts out oop at t'mill , or died of dysentery out in India , while their poor wives led lives of cruel hardship , bringing up the children with the help of a couple of nursemaids and a skivvy or four . ’ |
| 16 | And erm when I 'd finished with him I 'd perhaps get a two or three specked apples or a banana or something like you see . |
| 17 | If I get those things and a book or two — I will go to Wednesday night chapel for a whole year . |
| 18 | The appellant , who described himself as a self-employed accountant , falsely claimed to be an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a graduate or member of the Institute of Marketing . |
| 19 | The upgrades include a compiler , Cobol 3.0 for Unix , operating system extensions providing common features across platforms and a character or graphical user interface builder . |
| 20 | Do you know sweetheart I have often wondered since I knew about things whether a brother or sister ever did love with such a love as ours . |
| 21 | In middle age , at a time when those in other industries were looking for a period of consolidation , the farmer could be faced with problems when a son or daughter ‘ came home ’ . |
| 22 | Members have the opportunity to paint or sketch from still-life arrangements or a model or to choose their own subject matter . |
| 23 | Following that is the effects send and return loop , the ‘ line in ’ socket ( useful for plugging in a drum machine or tape recorder to play along with ) and the ‘ line out ’ ( for connecting to external power amplifiers or a studio or PA mixing desk ) . |
| 24 | I ask Mr Jackson if he wants anything from the shop — you know , like fags or a newspaper or summat , but he says he do n't . |
| 25 | It 'll be two rooms and a bath or a shower . |
| 26 | Where until two years ago , the scattering of currants near the door was eagerly awaited by a clamouring mix of blackbirds , starling , robins and a songthrush or two , lately there has been almost an indifference to the largesse . |
| 27 | Add a few other programs and a game or two and even a 100Mb drive is starting to look a little small . |
| 28 | Any bleeding should stop in seconds or a minute or two . |
| 29 | But staying out at night cost money if you did the right things : coffee bars and a movie or a disco , but if you rode round in borrowed cars it was an okay way of killing time . |
| 30 | Apart from two or three cafes and a restaurant or two , there is little habitation . |