Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The six , among 55 individuals banned by a High Court judge from trespassing on or causing a nuisance at the site , joined 500 others in a peaceful invasion of the construction site ; 27 were arrested . |
| 2 | This is built into a special housing to fit the filter box , often on or replacing the lid . |
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| 5 | So is he to be he does n't know whether to just carry on or to put a stop to it now or what the hell to do |
| 6 | Allen Paulson , who sold a half share to Sheik Mohammed for ten million dollars , reasoned he 's either not trained on or needs a psychiatrist . |
| 7 | There are over 50 coral reef fish species and quite a number of invertebrates which live by cleaning parasites and small pieces of dead tissue from other fish living on or visiting the reef . |
| 8 | When a party challenges the validity of a governmental decision , the applicant 's interests might be irreparably damaged if , pending the hearing and resolution of the case by the court , it was open to the decision-maker to act on or execute the decision . |
| 9 | How do you spend the rest of your time when you 're not on or planning an expedition ? |
| 10 | Others are a matter of reassigning tasks , adjusting the timetable of a plan , scaling a project down or postponing the achievement of one or other of the targets which had originally been identified . |
| 11 | The hon. Gentleman is asking the board either to run down or to close the hospital . |
| 12 | 2 , Calm down or slow the traffic flow . |
| 13 | PET ‘ HOTEL HATES ’ ( THE FREQUENT ONES ) * narrow stairs and no lifts * low shower pressure * telephone kiosks built for left-handed midgets * only one plug , down on the floor under the bed and 5AMP * hairdryers on 1m fixed lead from the floor socket 3m away from wall mirror facing opposite direction * just two 40 watt lamps to read and work by * toilet rolls positioned for contortionists only * room service that brings each course separately throughout Dallas * radiators that have n't been on for years * radiators that wo n't go off * basins that take half an hour to empty after you 've cleaned your teeth and you want to shave * stoppers that hang under the cold water tap but do n't reach the drain * stoppers that have no chain so you wallow in the dirty water to find them * toilets where you can sit down or close the door but not both |
| 14 | Community nurses and health visitors are paid a mileage allowance but you will also want to know who pays for what if you should break down or have an accident , and whether you can claim an allowance against income tax for general depreciation . |
| 15 | For those who become involved at a stage when there is a high degree of frailty , there are many sensitive decisions in daily caring which can slow down or halt the progress of dependence . |
| 16 | Some people think that holding the wing down or putting a tyre on the wing will stop the glider blowing over . |
| 17 | Come in or shut the door darling . |
| 18 | ( b ) Notwithstanding paragraphs ( 2 ) and ( 5 ) ( a ) of this rule , a registered foreign lawyer will not be in breach of these rules by virtue of setting up , operating , actively participating in or controlling a business outside England and Wales , provided : |
| 19 | ( ii ) the registered foreign lawyer 's solicitor partners play no role in setting up , operating , actively participating in or controlling the business ; and |
| 20 | Erm and people would n't know what to do , whether to leave the child at the bottom of the stairs and take the the shopping in or to leave the shopping and have er you know , er think it might go missing or something by the time they take the child and the buggy . |
| 21 | People living in towns and cities can hardly be denied their quite reasonable and legitimate desire either to reside in or to visit the countryside and without them many villages would now lie abandoned and semi — derelict . |
| 22 | Krimsky 's participatory role , as well as his logical expository style , make the book interesting reading for those who joined in or followed the controversy . |
| 23 | The police are anxious to hear from anyone who has lived in or visited the house recently or who knows of anyone who has done so . |
| 24 | Mr Jack Hayward , the wealthy benefactor , claimed that the article meant that he was guilty of participating in or condoning a murder plot . |
| 25 | In what ways might each of these proposed developments reduce the pleasures of people who live in or visit the area ? |
| 26 | Within six months after termination , the employee would not ‘ engage in or undertake the trade or business of an employment agency ’ in Greater London , within a 1km radius of his or her old branch . |
| 27 | This left the restriction against engaging in or undertaking the trade or business of an employment agency within the kilometre circle , for six months . |
| 28 | There is an optional metering scheme , and if you do live in a higher rateable value property , and you do n't use er above average amounts of water , you 'd probably you 'd probably benefit from put a water in or have a water meter installed . |
| 29 | The statistical and econometric methodological questions which are important in the context of the above data sets are concerned with would , and how , people stay in or leave the sample . |
| 30 | In diplomatic exchanges , at least , the French accepted American reservations about unregenerate colonialism in Vietnam although , as the French pointed out , they could not be expected to assist in or condone the establishment of a government of Vietnam which would not follow democratic principles ‘ as these are understood in the West ’ . |