Example sentences of "or [verb] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flower-fringed lakeside boulevards , places to stroll in the lake air , or sit quietly on a sunlit Bodensee afternoon , plentiful water sports , all proclaim modern resorts ; half-timbered houses proclaim the past . |
| 2 | ‘ So there was no need to have anything highly scented or smelling strongly on the table , ’ said Henry at once . |
| 3 | If an authority misdirects itself in law , or acts arbitrarily on the basis of considerations which lie outside its statutory powers , or so unreasonably that its decisions can not be justified by any objective standard of reasonableness , then it is the duty and function of the courts to pronounce that such decisions are invalid when these are challenged by anyone aggrieved by them and who has the necessary locus stand I to do so . |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't think or work properly on an empty stomach . ’ |
| 5 | Other horses were sitting or lying comfortably on the floor , on clean blankets . |
| 6 | Many wild and evil creatures are spawned in the mountains or drawn there on the winds of magic . |
| 7 | Everyone inside knows or speculates endlessly on the politics of power implicit in the most minute gradations of change . |
| 8 | Few , if any , Members of Parliament who voted , as I did more than once , for the abolition of the death penalty , can have failed to revolve in their minds many times since then both the reasons for their vote and what cause there might be to repent of it or to vote otherwise on a future occasion . |
| 9 | By the end of the project , evaluation of each new step was beginning to become second nature and exchange was deeper than pleasantries or focusing only on a specific child . |
| 10 | They like to be able to go to a show and to be able to see something that they do n't see in their everyday lives — you know , catching the bus to go work or coming home on the bus . |
| 11 | Bulkier things like sofas can be delivered or whisked away on a rented roof-rack . |
| 12 | She could be a nuisance : she would remind his father that his exams or a dental appointment were due , or comment adversely on the state of his room . |
| 13 | Either come aboard ship with us when we have the treasure , and we 'll take you to a safe place ; or stay here on the island . ’ |
| 14 | While the Germans presented their situation as a disaster , they overlooked the fact that one of Danzig s major and continual problems had been that it could not grow or thrive purely on the traffic of its immediate Prussian hinterland . |
| 15 | No books left lying about , no newspapers scattered or folded untidily on a table , no dirty cups or glasses . |
| 16 | Adults eat to excess to ease depression , turn to the bottle for comfort or suck contentedly on a pipe . |
| 17 | Young lovers strolled quietly beneath the trees , or sat together on the few wooden benches , daring to snatch the odd , discreet kiss or embrace . |