Example sentences of "or [vb infin] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have no desire to smear or jeer at the Opposition and the fact that they have now declared themselves fully in support of the Community , because that is a matter of intense pleasure to me . |
| 2 | A politician , however eminent or popular , who lacks that base will not reach or survive at the top . |
| 3 | ‘ I could n't eat or drink at the moment . |
| 4 | Whilst every effort will be made to maintain the services shown herein , the Company does not guarantee that the trains will depart or arrive at the times stated and reserves the right to cancel , alter or suspend any train without notice and accepts no liability for any loss inconvenience or delay thereby caused , under normal circumstances trains are steam-hauled unless shown otherwise . |
| 5 | Some geldings will ‘ tease ’ mares , and so can be a danger if on the other side of a wire fence , as a mare may strike out or kick at the gelding and injure herself in the fence . |
| 6 | I will not act or suffer at the sword 's edge — Not that — I will not bleed — my dear , do you remember ? " |
| 7 | The task does not require detailed syntactic processing , simply to know where to pause ( the major syntactic boundaries ) , which words to stress ( distinguishing content and function words ) and whether the sentence requires the pitch to fall or rise at the end ( is it a yes-no question ? ) . |