Example sentences of "or [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He or she the trainer will know exactly where you get some good deals okay ? |
| 2 | The odds are on your side : give him or her the chance to back away with pride fairly intact , and the opportunity may be taken to leave you well alone . |
| 3 | Arguing things out in front of the child may give him or her the idea that the illness can be used to manipulate difficult family situations — which can create vet more trouble in the future . |
| 4 | A partner may feel that an affair will give him or her the sense of shared interest that is lacking at home . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , the new ‘ internal market ’ can help your GP to help you , by giving him or her the resources to buy the treatment you need . |
| 6 | The shopkeeper pays tax on his or her sales of all taxable goods , minus the tax paid by those who sold him or her the goods wholesale , and so the chain goes back to the producer . |
| 7 | On the other hand , were every indication to be that there was no chance of the letter ever being posted — for example if the person was a known thief and there was no post-box within a hundred miles — then in this case giving him or her the letter would be regarded as stupid . |
| 8 | The adult commits the offence ; the law imposes on him or her the duty to resist whatever temptation is provided by the under-age person . |
| 9 | Reading this group of sonnets is to be reminded of the noble conclusion to the first book of Bacon 's Advancement of Learning : In describing his Friend as my love or He the Poet could be seen as using the third-person form in order to place him apart , perhaps to place him outside the sphere of time 's influence . |
| 10 | And rare microlepidoptera feed on the roots of tansy , or mine the leaves of fat-hen . |
| 11 | They had to find and dig or mine the iron ore . |