Example sentences of "or [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you do n't fancy knitting the entire motifs in lurex , then try knitting it or them in a plain colour and combine a fine lurex thread with the background colour . |
| 2 | This helper first massages the feet of the subject , then the head , and finally guides him or her through a mental exercise intended to lead to the regression itself . |
| 3 | It not only involves the user more demonstrably in the process and provides him or her with a visible record of the interview , but also begins to construct a historical picture of the older person . |
| 4 | If recruiting a specialist practitioner , therefore , bear in mind that you will often have to carry him or her for a reasonable period until they have been able to build their workload up . |
| 5 | I believe that those sexual practices which fail to recognise the essential humanity of other people are bad ; the man who rapes an unwilling partner , the individual who takes delight in the infliction of pain upon a partner who does not desire it , or the one who forces another into any sexual practice which is obnoxious to him or her is using the " partner " as an object rather than interacting with him or her as a human being . |
| 6 | If your dog is an unusual first cross , please send us a photo and all the relevant details so we can include him or her in a future issue . |
| 7 | If your dog is an unusual first cross , please send us a photo and all the relevant details so we can include him or her in a future issue . |
| 8 | If your dog is an unusual first cross , please send us a photo and all the relevant details so we can include him or her in a future issue . |
| 9 | It would be a defence for a person charged to prove that he/she had good reason or lawful authority for having the article with him or her in a public place . |
| 10 | And by continuing to treat him or her in a provocative manner we perpetuate a downward spiral of negative actions and reactions : in the case of the teenager , the disciplinary problems we anticipated . |