Example sentences of "or [vb base] [pron] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Go to his office and make a scene , or send him some flowers there with a really embarrassing message , or something . |
| 2 | Add to this the fact that many people no longer have the time to bake their own bread and cakes or grow their own vegetables and you will see how the situation has changed even in the years since the end of the war . |
| 3 | When music historians coin or appropriate their own terms ( e.g. Ars Nova ) , they themselves can define the stylistic and chronological boundaries and guarantee that the two are congruent . |
| 4 | The largest group works full-time outside the home , while others work part-time or at home , or run their own businesses ( 8% ) , sometimes from home . |
| 5 | If you do use sub-sections you can number them ( 1 , 1.1 , 1.2 , etc. ) or give them short titles which indicate what they contain . |
| 6 | So one horse may show apprehension by putting its ears half back at another more dominant horse , or drop its lower eyelids , or extend its top lip , or dilate and round-out its nostrils . |
| 7 | It is not prepared to answer its predicament or disclose its recent whereabouts . |
| 8 | There are those whose keenest pleasures in their job are to be found outside the class-room , in informal contacts with their pupils , where they may be able to exercise their own skills or pursue their own hobbies while helping others enjoy the same pleasures . |
| 9 | Whether you sign a deal with an indie label , or release your own records , the success of your records will depend on the amount and quality of their promotion . |
| 10 | Slater was silent for a second , gazing disdainfully at Graham 's snapping fingers , then he said tiredly , " Graham , either concentrate on searching for the title of the book you 're talking about or devote your full energies to practising calling for a waiter ; I 'm not convinced you possess the RAM for doing both at the same time . " |
| 11 | Contact lenders and work out a new repayment schedule , or visit your local Citizens ' Advice Bureau or money advice centre ( ask local councils or libraries , for details ) . |
| 12 | Only legislation can establish tax rates , structure markets , fix traffic codes and systems , stipulate permissible interest rates , or decide which Georgian squares should be protected from modernization . |
| 13 | Is your guilt based upon a belief that you should not have fun , or that your body is not your own , or that you are not allowed to feel angry , or assert your own needs ? |
| 14 | Nor did they seem to care very much about women and children or understand our fragile relationships with nature . |
| 15 | Reminding the Assembly that the Soviet Union had stopped production of chemical weapons , Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze on Sept. 26 proposed that the Soviet Union and the United States bilaterally reduce or destroy their chemical weapons ; and that they renounce use of such weapons , under any circumstances , as the first step towards their global elimination . |
| 16 | He took great care not to touch her or allow his grubby clothes to come into contact with her beautiful skirt and creamy-white blouse . |
| 17 | The madam might occasionally slap the girls or call them rude names , but in the end she wants the customers to buy at least one of them . |
| 18 | Their search in no way means that they are dissatisfied with their adopted home or love their adopted parents any the less . |
| 19 | And God help the little sparrow that dares to close its eyes or shuffle its tiny feet during a performance . |
| 20 | We often ignore that aspect , but as people get older many return to , or strengthen their religious views . |
| 21 | We value our privacy and would rather talk about the weather than enter into controversy or volunteer our innermost thoughts . |
| 22 | Could he give her the best of food or pay for a doctor if she fell sick or buy her fine clothes or anythin' she fancies ? |
| 23 | I was sure he knew I could barely contain myself or restrain my trembling fingers that longed to run their tips along the insides of those meaty thighs that were spreadeagled enticingly over the edge of his seat . |
| 24 | They are , by their very female nature , unfit to enter the sacred space of the altar or handle its sacred elements . |
| 25 | ‘ Citizen advocacy ’ is a voluntary movement where coordinating staff train selected volunteers to represent the interests of specific individuals , and ‘ legal advocacy ’ is a specialized legal service directed at ensuring individuals exercise or defend their legal rights . |
| 26 | Some of the landowning agencies that are most restrictive are those which might be thought to be answerable to the public , or have their best interests at heart : the Forestry Commission , the Ministry of Defence and sometimes even the National Trust come to mind . |
| 27 | Some of the landowning agencies that are most restrictive are those which might be though to be answerable to the public , or have their best interests at heart : the Forestry Commission , the Ministry of Defence and sometimes even the National Trust come to mind . |
| 28 | Or have your financial problems suddenly gone away ? ’ |
| 29 | You may think you stand on your own , or have your own choices , or make your own fate , but you do not do so . |