Example sentences of "or [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 2 | They tell little lies to get themselves out of trouble or make themselves look good , but real villains live in a fantasy world . |
| 3 | ‘ Alternatively , a woman may have low self-esteem , feeling she can only impress others or make them like her by buying status symbols or the latest fashions . |
| 4 | Her hands flew to his shoulders , but whether to fend him off or make him stay she could not have said . |
| 5 | I must admit the ‘ truth ’ did not smack me right between the eyes or make me leap like Archimedes from his bath . |
| 6 | The sole exception to this seems to be in the case of co-ordination of whole clauses , where the co-ordination would be a matter of like treatment in respect of assertoric or imperative or interrogative force ( so that co-ordinations of , say , a command and a statement , if they ever occur , sound odd , or make one feel that the speaker has switched constructions in the middle of a sentence ) . |
| 7 | With over 6,5OO voluntary reresentatives across Britain , any eligible person need only look in their local telephone directory or ask at the Citizens Advice Bureau for the nearest SSAFA office and write one letter or make one call . |
| 8 | So assertive is just being clear in what you want being prepared to keep going until you 've got something along those lines rather than letting people dismiss you or make you feel as though they 've dismissed you and your point not being considered i.e. your point not being heard or going away feeling that your point you did n't have a fair crack because you did n't give your point properly . |
| 9 | Also , do n't think that it will put you into a trance or make you say or do stupid things . |
| 10 | Reading Alison and Freya 's stories may worry you , puzzle you , or make you wonder whether your feelings about your body , or constant dieting or guilt over food , makes you obsessive , or verging on an eating disorder . |
| 11 | Yes , so you have to put a lot of , like , mousse on or make it wet , no not wet , it stings |
| 12 | But Walcott does n't give his characters enough to do , or make us warm to Sonny so that we care whether he stays a tourist toy . |
| 13 | We must ensure that any new action does not jeopardise what we have done or make us lose more than we have gained . ’ |
| 14 | In the old days , life was simple in schools in the sense that if pupils did n't do what they were supposed to do you thrashed them , or made them stand in the corner , or expelled them . |
| 15 | Student prejudice kept the KGB off the list , which made Trent mad or made him laugh , depending on the day of the week . |
| 16 | We chose the following three dads as the winners of our Top of the Pops Competition because they either warmed our hearts or made us laugh . |
| 17 | We chose the following three dads as the winners of our Top of the Pops Competition because they either warmed our hearts or made us laugh . |
| 18 | We provide rich sensory experiences — wrapping them in soft towels , letting them squelch in mud or helping them identify different tastes or the sound and smells of the countryside . |
| 19 | Or d' ya want to serve . |
| 20 | Or d' you want the whole ward to wake up just for one milk tooth ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Shall I be mother and pour or d' you want me to disappear while you two talk Jockey Club business . ’ |
| 22 | I mean , that 's the kind of thing one often hears on this programme , is it wishful thinking or d' you think we could actually achieve it ? |
| 23 | If you then say , yes I think that 's very good I 'll do as you say you do not repeat no give them your money , or let them handle your money . |
| 24 | ‘ Not to play at soldiers with your men , or let them play in the band in the park on a Sunday afternoon . |
| 25 | ’ Let him go , let him tarry , let him sink , or let him swim |
| 26 | I certainly do n't have to let him take advantage of it or let him bludgeon me into a marriage that would be power-based and intolerable . |
| 27 | But you do n't tell him Condor is a DIA operation or let him think you 're with DIA HUMINT . |
| 28 | At the same time they should know how to order the right meal and whether , when work is done , they should take their client to the opera or a night club or let him go home . |
| 29 | Or let him damn himself with his own words ? |
| 30 | Or let him acknowledge that while it is rational doubt for him as a liberal humanist to criticize the Buddhist , the Marxist or the Christian , it might equally be a rational doubt for the Marxist to criticize him as a humanist . |