Example sentences of "or [verb] [prep] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all the congratulatory letters were complimentary , but I 'm just as grateful to those who took me to task or argued with me or lectured me as I am to those who gave me a kind pat . |
| 2 | Hindley says he is wicked , and ca n't play with me or eat with me any more . ’ |
| 3 | Clumsily , like a fallen horse righting itself , I scrambled to my feet , gathered up the bananas , marshmallows , umbrella , thermos , handbag , and other possessions which had fallen or rolled around me and , waving reassuringly , I walked briskly away ( ignoring a warm stream which was beginning to flow from an enormous hole in one knee of my tights ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Does that mean you agree or disagree with me ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ As I know myself to be entirely English … ’ she told Parliament in March 1702 , three days after her accession , ‘ there is not one thing you can expect or desire of me which I shall not be ready to do for the happiness or prosperity of England . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Remember , the range on this thing is quite long enough for me to dispose of you at any moment should you try to desert me or plot against me . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ At least 130 people have either rang or written to me in the last few weeks . |
| 8 | Live with mummy or die with me |
| 9 | I mean eventually of course if somebody is dissatisfied , and they do n't believe that they 're getting er what they want , then they may well end up speaking to me , or writing to me , but er it 's the first place to start is with the individual service . |
| 10 | Knowing as much , my friends , who sit or stand with me under the tree , stare out to sea in silence . |
| 11 | ‘ He has n't seen me or thought about me for ten years as far as I 'm aware and he could n't have known I 'd be in that house . |
| 12 | There was obviously some sort of sexual element to it but I just did n't know what to do next and expected this man , who was about two or three years older than me , to , in some way , tell me or indicate to me and so I followed him without talking to him . |
| 13 | He did n't want to see me or talk to me , he or his parents . |
| 14 | Please write , phone or talk to me with your ideas so that a mutual exchange can benefit all teachers . |
| 15 | Saves leaving them in the car , probably only for about two hours , I do n't know if it 's better leaving at home or taking with me , there 's . |
| 16 | None of them moved or looked at me . |
| 17 | It seems very strange to meet people who have passed through the C.B.T.C. who have never seen me before , or marched behind me from Spean Bridge railway station to start their training . |
| 18 | You have two choices — flee from me or belong to me . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I told him how I had to go for special lessons and how other kids would sometimes laugh or pick on me . |
| 20 | My father was never to speak or write to me again , but after a while I began to hear from my mother . |
| 21 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to table a question or write to me , I shall be glad to enlarge upon that . |
| 22 | Erm more calls than we could cope with in the end for and er see what happens to it and keep in touch write to your councillors and let them know what you think or write to me and I 'll pass the letters on . |
| 23 | Telephone or write to me . |
| 24 | So , you know if if you find there 's a position for when they absolutely need help you know , phone me again or write to me again and tell me you 've you 've , you 've set everything . |
| 25 | With a high sense not only of justice but of dramatic effect he informed the judge that the only courses open to him were ‘ either to resign your post , or inflict on me the severest penalty if you believe that the system and law you are assisting to administer are good for the people ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ He genuinely had no idea whatsoever as to who I was , and nor should he be expected to know or care about me . |
| 27 | And he said , Well what would you prefer , go to school quietly or come with me over the hedge to have a spanking . |
| 28 | They looked just like those horrible Yahoos , and at first I could not let them touch me or come near me . |
| 29 | And he 'd tell me stories or sing to me , and sometimes , after he 'd had a good tumblerful of whisky , he 'd slide his hand up my shorts and stroke my thigh . |