Example sentences of "or [adv] [vb base] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm not really used to being so personal or so open about things in public but want to tell you of my great sadness in life . |
2 | The charm of this series will be the little things that they have got precisely right , like the way they shout out the answers on blockbusters or coyly ask about women they adore . |
3 | You can stamp on toes , feet or shins ; knee him in the thigh or groin ; grab and squeeze testicles or pinch the soft inside of thighs along the trouser seam ; elbow him or her in the ribs or stomach if the person is behind you , or knee them in the belly if in front ; grab the little finger of one of the hands that is holding you round the waist or arms , and bend it backwards , forcing him or her to let go ; bite the side of the neck or slap a cheek or ear ; bash the nose with the front or back of your head ; force the head back by pressing your fingers up nostrils or squeezing the flats of your thumbs into eyes ; or even spit into eyes to make them blink . |
4 | We 'd be on very dangerous ground … to use words like ‘ alien ’ or even draw to children 's attention that our society is a racial mix . |
5 | Work left on unattended open display needs to be visited regularly to check on wear and tear or even sabotage by children loyal to another school ! |
6 | Many of the rest have four legs , and bark or moo or even lie in swamps pretending to be logs . |
7 | These interpersonal skills are closely connected to the necessary management skills , especially when the assessing practitioner meets conflicting opinions , conflict of interest or simply conflict between individuals . |
8 | There are opportunities out there and people tend to think of , or sometimes think of deals as being unique deals and they 're unique in themselves , but there are always other unique deals that can be found . |
9 | It is a familiar , yet penetrating , criticism of free market economies that the imperatives companies face to satisfy the adolescent greed of the financial markets and the escalating expectations of shareholders — or else prepare for predators — has diminished the scope of strategic planning to buffing up the next set of interims . |
10 | Give times for each step , and hence or otherwise comment on methods of optimizing direct retrieval . |
11 | Whatever finally happens , NAB will sooner or later have to give detailed consideration to teacher education , for two reasons : it is responsible for advising on the funding of all public sector advanced further education , including teacher education ; and major elements in teacher education courses leading to the BEd , for example , are common or closely interlock with elements in courses leading to BA and BSc. |
12 | I suppose you could be right and I was feeling an a er an actual blow but not something I 've ever thought about or never put into words like you know . |