Example sentences of "or [vb base] [pron] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now tell my why I should not have you killed or make you into slaves . ’ |
| 2 | She did n't ask what my plans were , or press me for details of any other potentially embarrassing subject . |
| 3 | Using the notion that is particularly associated with representative government , of a new minister with explicit policy commitments , attention has been given to the pressures that frustrate such commitments , or replace them by commitments derived from other sources . |
| 4 | Now admittedly , the T four bacterial is a very simple organism , it ca n't leap about so it does n't need senses or a brain to direct it , or muscles or anything like that , it ca n't repair itself or change itself once it 's been made , therefore it does n't need to digest food , er to , to have an immune system or anything like that to repair itself or put itself to rights , it does n't need anything like that . |
| 5 | Do you think I should put it on deposit at the Nat West ; or put it into Savings Certificates ; or Unit Trusts ; or just spend it ? |
| 6 | Sniff it in black tie or slurp it in jeans etc , etc . ’ |
| 7 | Either arrange trailing plants in hanging baskets slung from a brass or wooden pole fixed across the window , or intersperse them with herbs and African violets on glass shelves ( see above ) . |
| 8 | To give the screens extra stability , screw them on to the floor or support them with hooks attached to the wall . |
| 9 | Many organisations , as I 'm sure you are aware , buy computer or receive them as gifts , but they do n't make full use of them because of the lack of money for the necessary training and consultancy . |
| 10 | Canvassers for the main parties report ‘ white-hot indifference ’ mingled with ‘ raging boredom ’ as householders slam their doors on them or attack them with peashooters and water pistols from upper windows with a degree of commitment to the democratic process which experienced observers described as ‘ unprecedented ’ and ‘ profoundly conducive to thought ’ . |
| 11 | The severe psychological damage inflicted upon the captive Biros led them to tear themselves from their shackles and plunge into toilet bowls , become suicidally entangled about gear sticks or wrap themselves around handlebars . |
| 12 | This teleprinter machine was a temperamental beast and had to be carefully watched to make sure it did n't run out of paper , or chew it into shreds or otherwise make a mess of things , and it was one of our duties as Met Assistants to keep it in order . |
| 13 | It takes courage to execute someone , to put a bullet through their brains , or blow them to pieces with a bomb . |
| 14 | He would cloud it with his breath or splash it to pieces with his hands . |
| 15 | Finding the optimum location is largely a matter of trial and error , but aim to place them where they can not be seen upside-down ( i.e. , with the top end facing a wall ) , or use them as wall-hangings . |
| 16 | If you have a bumper crop , you can make ice-creams and sorbets , or use them in sauces and fruit salads , soufflés and mousses or as toppings for cheesecakes . |
| 17 | Well I think I would wait Stefan until the oily film had gone off the top of the water for tender plants but then I am one of these people that would always tender plants with tap water anyway because you never know what 's in do you in rain water , anything can congregate in a pot , it can be infected with all sorts of things and I would just use this water on the garden in the first twelve months or so or use it on shrubs and things like that if it was required and then go on to er things like perennials but then you could use it on almost anything but with the proviso that you may have contamination in that water if it 's from Water Board . |
| 18 | Choose from a colourful array of mango , star fruit , kiwi and raspberries , to name but a few and add a sprinkling of Sweetex to bring out the full flavour , or use it in recipes for a sweet taste without the calories . |
| 19 | So things improved ; although he still tried to bite , kick , rear on top of people , run them down , or crush them into fences , if given the chance . |
| 20 | You can use several Pump Wagons together , or advance them with chariots or big monsters , but their random move means you ca n't rely on them to hit the enemy at the same time . |
| 21 | It is characteristic of incongruity that there is no superordinate of either xenonym which can restore normality ( except , perhaps , at the highest level of generality , such as thing , or entity , for nouns , or do something for verbs ) . |
| 22 | Television watching should be selective , and you should try to discuss the programmes watched with the patient , or relate them to pictures and stories in books or magazines , so that some intellectual stimulus is involved . |
| 23 | When a number of people have taken that holiday , they may conduct another poll to investigate whether they enjoyed it , and , most important , whether they would repeat it or recommend it to friends . |
| 24 | It 's the way to breach the drift defence — change direction or swamp them by numbers . |
| 25 | They catch them and pickle them or pin them on cards ; they put them in various sorts of cages and study their responses to different environments and different stimuli … |