Example sentences of "or come [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mortmain' , or dead hand , refers to the fact that the church was an undying institution so that any land which it held in fee ( or freehold ) was never vacated by the death of its owner or came into the possession of a minor or an heiress ; thus it would never revert ( or escheat ) to the chief lord for the duration of the vacancy or minority , so depriving him of the valuable rights of wardship and marriage appertaining to feudal tenure . |
| 2 | was at the meeting or came into the meeting to explain about the schemes . |
| 3 | Women were referred to the clinic by a gynaecologist or other specialist ( 302 , 61% ) or by a general practitioner ( 101 , 20% ) or came to the clinic on their own initiative ( 85 , 17% ) . |
| 4 | He could tell she was upset by the words she used : bad words he had often heard from the men who worked with the pigs or came to the house to drink with Buddie in the music-room . |
| 5 | Its purpose is chiefly to add entries for new words and new meanings of words : ‘ new ’ implying that they came into existence , or came to the attention of scholars , after the relevant part of OED was published , and therefore could not be inserted in the main work . |
| 6 | The remainder of the bureau questioned , around 20% , either had no traditional typesetting or printing background at all or came from the computer services sector . |
| 7 | Much of the initial cost of setting up the campaign was covered either by various committee members somehow doing things for free or came from the remainder of the money raised at the Comedy Store . |
| 8 | ( I was determined to combat in advance any risk of being taken over by G(R) , the Middle East equivalent of S.O.E. , which was already showing signs of being the monstrous and inefficient octopus it later became ; or coming under the control of the Director of Combined Operations . ) |
| 9 | The current site was built in 1860 for livestock walking into the market or coming off the train . |
| 10 | She had no memory of closing the Lab door or coming down the stairs . |
| 11 | In London , the community , Bob Colenutt suggests , was never even considered , yet even when , as in the case of Pittsburgh , community involvement is statutory , the outcomes may be only to amplify those within the community ( or coming into the community ) with the greatest resources and power to exploit the local political system . |
| 12 | or coming around the corner on his tractor |
| 13 | In the midst of the global gene drain , more than 1,000 small family seed houses have either been bought out or come under the control of some of the world 's largest chemical companies . |
| 14 | My husband George is a parson so I meet many of the people who telephone or come to the Vicarage . |
| 15 | Whether you live in Northamptonshire or come to the area as a visitor , for business or leisure , the expertise of the County 's Tourist Guides will help you get to know this varied County better , and even help you find out more about the areas you thought you knew . |
| 16 | However , as I indicated , any particular knives that enter the country or come on the market will be examined to establish whether they can properly and effectively be added to the controlled list . |
| 17 | And if either mum likes to phone in , or come into the office tomorrow , by tomorrow you 'll know what we can do , or if we 're gon na do anything to help you . |
| 18 | Have your tea , then you can either go up to the nursery and play or come in the kitchen with me and help me make a pie , whichever you like . ’ |