Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb base] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 In practice , writers on style have differed a great deal in their understanding of the subject , and one source of disagreement has been the question " To what or whom do we attribute style ? "
2 Well just be in one , er sort of the side or something do you know what I mean ?
3 Him or him , or him do you think ?
4 and it has a or what do they call it ?
5 Would you like coffee and biscuits or would you like some fruit or a piece of bread and jam or what do you fancy ?
6 But that , that causes its own problems because erm , you know , do you just become one of them or what do you do , and
7 So would I , would I still use that or what do you think , painkillers or what doctor ?
8 Do have this business chap staying all of Sunday or what do you think ?
9 Is there quilts or what do you know ?
10 Or what do you say ? ’
11 So she watched television and erm Princess Diana erm said something shocking at lunchtime at a luncheon party or lunch party and erm maybe just erm ten days before that Princess Diana 's announcement we were told by the Register Teacher that we will have an assignment of in February and we will compare some newspapers articles and maybe she did n't explain very erm specifically but she just gave us erm the brief information about er register assignment in February and she told us that we should er we should collect some newspapers about the same title was about the same topic and ho we should compare how each newspaper treated , treats the er news or what do you call that ?
12 What have you taken , or what do you take ?
13 Okay Noel thank you for your er your time and being a good sport this afternoon and I hear you have a little one you had better go back and sort things out .
14 When she turned to go , she looked at me and I let her see my face .
15 and I let her have two loans
16 This body of mine in which I had taken no pleasure or pride , he was honouring , saying to it , ‘ I love you , I love you , I love you , ’ believing me to be asleep , and I let him go on believing .
17 and I do n't know how he , you are , and in the end our cousins you , you know convince me that they 'd take sort of control , you know that , if I was worried as well about or dad getting drunk , one thing or another like , you know , and said look we 're going , it 's not as though we 're not going , we 're going and we 'll have him in with us and I let him go in the end cos I went down in the five weeks
18 This he had turned into what looked like a camera shop and I let him get well ahead before starting my take-off .
19 Dad and Mum were out , and I let him come up with me while I changed and then , well , there I was in my bra , and we kissed .
20 In an interview in 1983 Bishop Peter said : ‘ I have a house full of young people who spend a year with me praying and working in the community to get closer to God , and I let them impinge on my ministry .
21 On some days when it looks good and I let it dry naturally it goes curly .
22 If you say all that sneeze , and I make myself sneeze , I do n't think
23 Only once do I allow a man to stay the night , and I make him sleep upstairs .
24 And I make him work like a dog !
25 ‘ I am committed to these elderly people and I feel they deserve more than this .
26 Mr Harper said : ‘ I am committed to these elderly people and I feel they deserve more than this .
27 Two heads are better than one — and I feel I owe you on this .
28 I have studied its history because it is the land of my birth and I feel I know it well , but only as a student , not as a patriot , not even as an exile .
29 ‘ If I 'm driving and I see someone commit an offence or something a bit dodgy I always make a mental note , ’ he said .
30 ‘ If I 'm driving and I see someone commit an offence or something a bit dodgy I always make a mental note , ’ he said .
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