Example sentences of "or [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah I think at the onset of the strike there were a few people who were considered likely to be forced to get back to work or to go back to work , because of what they 'd said , because of well just you know because of what they say in the meetings or because of what they did n't say in the meetings . |
| 2 | Peter Gibson J said , at p638 : An employee with experience in a particular industry who is intending to leave , whether to join a competitor as an employee or to set up in competition on his own account , commits no breach of contract in doing so unless either there is a specific term of his contract to that effect which does not fall foul of the doctrine against restraint of trade or he is intending to use the confidential information of his employer otherwise and for the benefit of his employer . |
| 3 | Nowadays it would be considered kinky indeed for a Catholic priest to acquire a tonsure at the hairdressers — or to parade around in soutane and biretta . |
| 4 | During the turn-off , there is time for a reassessment of the height remaining relative to trees and buildings , and a decision has to be made either to continue turning to make a low circuit , or to turn back into wind after using up a little more height ( this is known as an S-turn ) . |
| 5 | A director would instruct dealers to tell their clients that an announcement was pending " in order to persuade them to buy more or to hold on to stock they wished to sell . |
| 6 | It is dangerous to be too conspicuously successful , or to step out of line . |