Example sentences of "or [vb past] [pron] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were the naturalists who studied adaptation doing real ecology before the modern name for the science was coined — or did something recognizably like modern ecology only come into existence when the term ‘ ecology ’ became popular in the 1890s ? |
| 2 | Did they vanish or did we just forget them ? |
| 3 | Did they vanish or did we just forget them ? |
| 4 | If the present article can not answer every question raised by Carse , it will answer this one : ‘ did they [ at the Opéra ] or did they not beat time with a baton throughout the whole opera ? ’ ( p.311 ) . |
| 5 | did they , or did they just like , did they just look at the colour and the shape of it , and the style of it ? |
| 6 | And and was i how did you work it , was it like a certain amount of men per lorry or did they just come in convoy ? |
| 7 | Were the technicians indifferent to what they were recording or did they sometimes become aroused too , and if so , were there rules against them joining in ? |
| 8 | were they always made by the local blacksmiths , or did somebody sometimes construct one , as you said at Out of wood or other material ? |
| 9 | Was there any more or did she just give you these ? |
| 10 | Was her decision to play music on a full-time basis thought out — or did she just happen into it ? |
| 11 | Or did she not think at all ? |
| 12 | The main point was , did she or did she not think that the whole ghastly superstructure should be brought down and got rid of , root and branch , once and for all ? |
| 13 | Was she being stupid on purpose , or did she really mean it , Mungo wondered ? |
| 14 | Was it imagination , or did she really sound colder towards him ? |
| 15 | Was it that he suddenly realised that his convictions of the past 30 years were false , or did he simply realise that the electorate could not stomach them ? |
| 16 | Was Mr. MacGregor lying , or did he not know ? |
| 17 | Was he committed to the role of protector , or did he just love flying ? |
| 18 | When he saw the blue uniforms of the New York police , did Buddeke show them some sort of identification or did he just leave ? |
| 19 | Or did he just leave a message to let me know he 'd called ? ’ |
| 20 | Simon , did Steve stay or did he just leave you there ? |
| 21 | Or did he just want a special name for her to use ? |
| 22 | Did you ask him if he 'd te , told his mum or did he just volunteer it ? |
| 23 | Did they have to ask him to do that or did he just volunteer . |
| 24 | Did he have any questions about our parish , or did he just listen to what information was being given ? |
| 25 | Wilko selling players for less than they 're worth ( or did he actually sell Cantona for 1.8m ? ) |
| 26 | Did you say anything to the effect that Lawrence was being harboured at the flat at or did he merely say he was concerned for the safety of the occupier ? |
| 27 | Or did he really make you believe he had developed some sudden , overwhelming passion for you ? ’ |
| 28 | Or did it just look kind of … reddish ? |
| 29 | They disagree strongly about its consequences : was it a watershed in British industrial relations , as some Communist writers would have us believe , or did it barely change the course of TUC and trade union policy , as Gordon Phillips has argued ? |
| 30 | Or did they choose a kind of evening do you know ? or did it not matter ? |