Example sentences of "or [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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1 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
2 | But instead of setting about matters in a straightforward way and asking Marko if he would sell him the ram , or let him have it as a gift-which Marko might well have done , for he was a good-natured young man-the king asked the advice of his prime minister Milosu , who was Marko 's uncle . |
3 | Serve the food properly or let me do it . ’ |
4 | Or do we dump it ? |
5 | And do we , do we find some partners or do we do it just the two of us ? |
6 | Moreover on a single decision — do we license this environment to the rest of the industry or do we keep it to ourselves — can depend the entire future of a computer company , with the wrong decision spelling oblivion . |
7 | Yeah , does that mean er whenever I send out the application fee of two hundred and fifty pounds some months ago , er did we get that back or do we get it back ? |
8 | ‘ Laverne , do ya wan na bring your bicycle in from the rain , or do ya wann it to rust to the spot like everything else round here ? ’ |
9 | Do they keep it in cash in a piggy bank , or in a current account in a real bank ; or do they put it in some interest bearing time account ; or do they buy stocks and shares or government bonds ; or do they buy some physical asset such as a car or property ? |
10 | ‘ Are you going to tell me your story , or do I demand it of the world at large ! |
11 | But is it flattering , or do you think it 's silly ? |
12 | Or do you think it is ? ’ |
13 | DID Bill & Ted ‘ s Excellent Adventure make you laugh enough to be Comedy Video or do you think it should be Blackadder 's Christmas Carol ? |
14 | Do you think there 's a prejudice against women playing football or do you think it 's easy fo for women to play football ? |
15 | Now do you still feel that it is too much for you to take all that lot in in one go , or do you think it 's all it 's it 's it 's gu it 's |
16 | ‘ Or do you think it 's absolutely endemic in man ? ’ |
17 | No , it 's called a cork , cork , you feel it Victoria and tell me what do you think , you think that 's gon na sink or do you think it 's gon na float ? |
18 | To what extent do you think that the creation of all these , as it were , structures on Shakespeare is a useful exercise , or do you think it 's a little bit like sort of medieval philosophy and taking a little a long , long way ? |
19 | on Shakespeare is a useful exercise , or do you think it 's a little bit like sort of mediaeval philosophy in , in taking a little a , a long , long way ? |
20 | ‘ Do you know that , or do you presume it ? ’ |
21 | And are you confident when you give a weather forecast that the chances are that it 's going to be correct , or do you do it with a slight feeling of uneasiness ? |
22 | Only ‘ cause looking at your first question : do you use public transport or do you promote it — there are of course all sorts of arguments sort of for and against that sort of scheme that people have to use their cars . |
23 | Or do you want it cleared up beforehand ? |
24 | but , are you finished with that one ? , or do you want it out again ? |
25 | Do you want your tea over there or do you want it |
26 | Or do you want it cut ? |
27 | Do you want me to put this in the bin mum or do you want it ? |
28 | Do they actually listen to it or do you edit it or do they actually |
29 | ‘ Or do you know it ? ’ |
30 | Do you want it to be just a commercial success or do you see it as an opportunity to exhibit large or unusual works , or the sort of work you would like to do more of ? |