Example sentences of "or [verb] [pron] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then you can paint or cover them to match the colour of the flowers you 're going to put in them . |
| 2 | Although in this case the seller will find it hard to argue with the buyer 's concerns , where the seller himself provides the items ( even if he charges the buyer directly or indirectly for their provision ) he may well wish to keep ownership himself , either to tie the buyer to him for future orders , or to enable him to use the items for sales to third parties , even if this is to the buyer 's detriment , and against his consent . |
| 3 | Time-lines can be used to describe a chronological narrative of events or to help you to analyse the inter-relationships ' of different factors , events and places . |
| 4 | Matters relating to your home life and financial security are highlighted and , while you can anticipate some minor gains , benefits or other incentives early this month , sparks may fly just prior to the 16th , when someone appears to be taking you for a fool or expecting you to foot the bill . |
| 5 | This is a stylish reversible fleece jacket — you can either have the fleece on the outside , with the Sans Compromis logo emblazoned on the back , or reverse it to have the Tactel fabric as the outer . |
| 6 | The patient may stand on the hemiplegic leg , while the therapist moves his other foot into different positions , or asks him to move the foot . |
| 7 | He did n't ask or tell him to leave the Apache alone . |
| 8 | If the defendants should succeed in such an application , upon the ground that a verdict and judgment for libel in favour of the council , as a local government authority , would constitute a breach of article 10 , it would be for this country to decide whether to leave the law as it would , on that hypothesis , have been declared to be , or to change it to avoid the risk of repetition . |
| 9 | Leave them natural or paint them to suit the rest of the decoration . |
| 10 | Finishing every last morsel on your plate wo n't make your hair curl or do anything to help the starving children in India . |
| 11 | According to the circumstances , nurses either help patients to cope with enforced dependence ( short- or long-term ) , or help them to regain the level of independence to which they were accustomed prior to the episode of ill-health . |
| 12 | ‘ It does not address the daily needs of the majority , or help them to have the resources to survive . ’ |
| 13 | Many eastern approaches are passive in that they aim to empty the mind , or help us to reach the stage whereby we become observers of our own thoughts as if we were somehow separate from them . |
| 14 | She did n't know what to do or say and wished he would do or say something to break the silence . |
| 15 | Hard scientific evidence must either help the police to use hypnosis safely or lead them to reject the technique altogether . |