Example sentences of "[coord] [be] [pron] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I 'm still punishing him by penning this recollection , or am I perhaps finally laying the ghost ? |
| 2 | Or are we still largely dependent on British and American models ? |
| 3 | Is there one , in fact , or are there now only the multitude of disciplinary sub-cultures ? |
| 4 | Are you saving up , reading about business management , surveying the market , giving yourself a deadline — or are you just wistfully dreaming over the cash register , with no intention of making your dream a reality ? |
| 5 | And then , with a touch of venom , ‘ Or are you no longer the right person to ask ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Or are you still so naïve as to believe that he just wanted a comforting kiss and a cuddle ? ’ |
| 7 | Perhaps some sweet tea will restore your temper a little — or are you always so pointlessly combative ? ’ |
| 8 | And I think it would be helpful to the panel to have a feel for whether the Leeds in migration issue , is the only aspect of regional , sub-regional policy or whether there are other aspects of it which are important or be it perhaps less important . |
| 9 | Whether individual soldiers misjudged their situation yesterday , or were themselves too directly threatened , can not yet be known . |
| 10 | Was this Christian especially voracious or were you just unusually vulnerable ? |
| 11 | Is there any quick way of doing this or is it just just trial by error ? |
| 12 | Just before — or is it just after ? ’ |
| 13 | Yeah , did a lot of people have to go in homes in those days , or is it just like today ? |
| 14 | now than it used to be , or is it just about the same ? |
| 15 | Yeah , I know , do you want a cake or is it not too naughty ? |
| 16 | Or is it still too young for you to make any evaluations apart from tentative ones ? ’ |
| 17 | Or is it all right for you to keep your own kids , but the likes of us , ordinary people , who 've got to give up — ’ |
| 18 | Or is it now just er surgeries ? |
| 19 | 6. does it accord with a majority sentiment in most cultures and situations , or is it very much a minority opinion ? |
| 20 | Or is it always so plain ? |
| 21 | Is the Captain still there , or is he somewhere else ? |
| 22 | Is he at home or is he down there ? |
| 23 | ‘ It 's about how we 're living in dream time : how the past becomes a bit hazy like a dream , and how dreams and memories get mixed up — the way you sometimes think : did I dream that or was I really there ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's about how we 're living in dream time : how the past becomes a bit hazy like a dream , and how dreams and memories get mixed up — the way you sometimes think : did I dream that or was I really there ? ’ |
| 25 | Or was it dead already , his wild youth ? |
| 26 | Or was he genuinely that rich ? |
| 27 | Unlike the previous year Mozart only appears to have given one concert during Lent ; was he simply too busy , or was he perhaps no longer in quite such demand ? |
| 28 | In particular , the depressed patients did not have a substantially higher rate of early loss of mother , nor were they much more likely to have three or more children at home . |
| 29 | Nor were they always as intransigent as was implied by Cook 's famous slogan ‘ Not a penny off the pay , not a minute on the day ’ . |
| 30 | Their inhabitants were not totally dependent on the boot and shoe trade , nor were they so uncompromisingly working class . |