Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or do they rent them off the Council or what ? |
| 2 | As Craig slowly recovers one thing that really upsets his parents is that no-one from the council has bothered to see them about the accident or to ask how craig is : |
| 3 | If you ask people to describe the times in their lives when they learned something about themselves it is often when someone else told them about the impact or bearing they observed they had in a situation . |
| 4 | Equally , it is not uncommon to find such introductions or extensions of temporary working labelled by those who are critical of them as the introduction or extension of " casualisation " ( see , for instance , the report of a motion passed at the 1986 conference of the engineering workers union ( AUEW ) which " attacked the greater use of casual workers by employers " in Financial Times , 23/4/86 ) . |
| 5 | Meet them after the show or something . |
| 6 | ‘ I was given two , and I was told by my nurse never to let them near the fire or they 'd melt . |
| 7 | Did the things they told you about the ad or the product correspond at all to what you hoped they would get out of it ? |
| 8 | What does the map tell you about the strength or power of the town 's attraction at different distances within its sphere of influence ? |
| 9 | At that point were both of you behind the shield or had he stepped out from behind ? |
| 10 | I 'll kick you under the table or something . |
| 11 | And , in a few weeks when he sees how business is going , he will make the decision as to whether to confirm you in the part or to recast . ’ |
| 12 | Are you in the black or in the red or , quite probably , pinkish at the edges ? |
| 13 | Now if you damage yourself by whatever way , and the classic one that we see at school is if you get banged in the eye in rugby , somebody elbows you in the scrum or something similar , you then get a swelling caused by what ? |
| 14 | Yeah er they , they would n't have come out with some of the things about er I ca n't remember what was said that erm you know er would n't mind meeting you in the bath or |
| 15 | You in the car or walking ? |
| 16 | Use this form to tell us exactly how it has helped you on the farm or even in your contracting business . |
| 17 | On the other hand he will be able to answer questions such as ‘ is the door behind you to the left or to the right ? ’ because he has used that door and needs to use it again . |
| 18 | Did , did you at the time or in the thirties did you have any involvement with the Unemployment Claims Union or anything like that ? |
| 19 | By day we 'll offer to show you around the island or let you laze by the pool — the choice is yours . |
| 20 | where goods are so ] d by a person who is not their owner , and who does not sell them under the authority or with the consent of the owner , the buyer acquires no better title to the goods than the seller had , unless the owner of the goods is by his conduct precluded from denying the seller 's authority to sell . ’ |
| 21 | Bury cuttings to half their depth , either by pushing them into the soil or by lining them along the side of a slit cut in the soil with a spade ( in heavy soil , sprinkle a layer of sand at the base of the slit ) . |
| 22 | did them with the piano or , or whatever . |
| 23 | He either kicked me under the table or something and we were sitting across from each other … just a foot or two , and he passed it over , directed me to the top paragraph and had an expression of this was a surprising entry . |
| 24 | The contract includes agreement not only about what new skills and knowledge need to be learned but also about why they are needed , how they will be applied and what is expected to result from them within the school or office . |
| 25 | Bloody ballbag 'll probably phone me in the morning or something . |
| 26 | But , I know black people who are watching me in the audience or on the TV are thinking it 's a black versus white thing . |
| 27 | It should be drawn to the attention of the guest that it is desirable that they hand in the keys if they go out and collect them from the enquiry or reception desk on their return . |
| 28 | For as the people became urbanised , the ancient ways and practices they brought with them from the countryside or the pre-industrial town became irrelevant or impracticable . |
| 29 | You get them from the hospital or your doctor , not over the counter . |
| 30 | Recently many artificial fibres , such as nylon , made in chemical factories , have replaced cotton or wool , or they are mixed with them in the spinning or weaving process . |