Example sentences of "[adv prt] or [verb] a [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 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Some people think that holding the wing down or putting a tyre on the wing will stop the glider blowing over . |
| 5 | ( 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 : |
| 6 | Mr Jack Hayward , the wealthy benefactor , claimed that the article meant that he was guilty of participating in or condoning a murder plot . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And then we can pull in or have a stop , probably at the delivery if it 's a delivery involved , we can have a little chat about any areas which we can discuss . |
| 9 | In the 1950s and 60s he took over or formed a number of firms — Sun Resta Ltd , Multi Resta Ltd , Sleepy Valley Ltd etc , and one , Multi Spring Ltd in Mitcham Surrey , which according to its headed note paper are ‘ contractors to HM Government ’ . |
| 10 | Often the reasons for being passed over or failing a job interview will not be properly explained . |
| 11 | To remove it , syphon the debris off or use a pond vacuum . |
| 12 | In addition , a cylinder thermostat can be strapped to the cylinder either to turn the boiler off or to operate a valve which shuts off the flow from the boiler to the cylinder when the stored water is hot enough . |
| 13 | Even so , a process of gradual denial creeps into Ealing 's output , most clearly represented in Train of Events ( 1949 ) , a film that brings together many of the characters who people post-war movies , only to kill them off or put a stop on their moral infractions . |
| 14 | • If you ca n't get to sleep , do n't get up or have a meal or snack ; relax and read quietly instead . |
| 15 | If Cohen showed the slightest inclination to get up or cause a commotion , he 'd have to knock him out — swiftly and silently . |
| 16 | Tough , consistent , and versatile , Golden Chip is effective on all types of ground , held up or blazing a trail . |
| 17 | Whether you 're eating out or buying a take-away , heating frozen meals from the supermarket or knocking up a fresh pasta and salad in the apartment , quality and variety are excellent . |
| 18 | Faster she did it , and faster , and for Creggan the worst thing was this : agonized and frantic though she was , she never called out or made a sound , yet her beak was open in a silent scream . |
| 19 | Cut out or draw a picture of Freda and glue it on to the bookmark . |
| 20 | Do n't shout out or make a fuss and we wo n't hurt you , we only want your money . |
| 21 | These results indicated significantly lower recall scores for the scrambled version , whether a reader was working from the version with no words missed out or doing a cloze test . |
| 22 | Can I just say from a practical point of view , primary classes are fairly static sort of places , you 've got the teacher in the class all day , and if they say well let's have a micro in our classroom today that can be done , whereas a secondary teacher tends to wander round the school with a load of books under one arm and a bag of equipment under the other arm , and they 've also got to carry a micro round or move a micro from one classroom to another — it 's physically difficult , so in practice the primary teachers seem to find it easier to fit in with micros . |