Example sentences of "[coord] else [art] [noun sg] was " in BNC.

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1 Commonly not exceeding a couple of pounds , the church stock reached an exceptional £7. 6s. at Waddesdon , Bucks. , though as often as not it was nil , or else no figure was given , some certificates consistently omitting it .
2 Either things came out too harshly , heavy , muddy and dull — Mauve called it his ‘ yellow-soap style ’ — or else the tenderness was n't tender enough .
3 Or else the Devil was there , that particular night , sitting with him . ’
4 For thirty minutes he pressed the horse hard , always hoping that his flight would persuade the Dragoons to abandon their pursuit , but the Frenchmen were stubborn , or else the chase was a welcome break in their day 's tedium .
5 or else the barrow was not searched fully ,
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