Example sentences of "or [pers pn] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of my local contacts for people who are willing to travel up to Leeds etc , came as a result of either me , or them wearing a Leeds shirt . |
| 2 | ‘ And I could n't see , so we could n't do any more the things we used to — just little things , like watching the sunset , or laughing at a holopic when we turned out the lights in bed , or me reading a poem to her . |
| 3 | Or I got a garden , I could occupy myself in the garden . |
| 4 | Erm I 've got a note , or I had a note to write to the admin at the university and I have done , erm saying that Derek 's been approaching people , apologising for not writing beforehand and saying that Derek 's been approaching people and if they 've got a problem they should write back P D Q. |
| 5 | When my brother or I had a fever , my mother or my grandfather used to come here to find leaves or roots to cure it . |
| 6 | fourteen or I had a sixteen overhead cam Cortina engine sitting up the blokes just swapped it for a two litre cos he wanted some more go . |
| 7 | For instance , I bought it from John and John sold it to me , or I received/got a letter from John and John sent me a letter are equally ‘ natural ’ as far as the phraseology of English is concerned ; their ‘ acceptability ’ is , of course , determined by the context in which they occur . |
| 8 | I 'm telling you all this , and perhaps you do n't have to erm pay for any of these treatments we do gift vouchers , so if you 've got anybody who wants to buy you a gift of any sort , you could always say well , I fancy erm an eyebrow trim , or I fancy a pedicure perhaps they would like to buy you a gift voucher and then you can come in and it could be a present for you . |
| 9 | Sometimes I continue yesterday 's painting or I start a new work , often it is an idea I have thought about from the studio , or I might spend some time looking through sketch books . |
| 10 | ‘ You had better make sure , lady , or I send a message direct to Tracy . ’ |
| 11 | 2.00–2.30pm She takes her lunch break : ‘ Usually a banana sandwich , or I nibble a bit of fruit ’ , she says . |
| 12 | You see , I think housework is a waste of time , I do n't do it , or I do a minimum . |
| 13 | Or you catch a cold and you just do not feel up to it ? |
| 14 | You either give up watching or you keep a score do n't you , yeah ? |
| 15 | Lavender again is good for headaches and it 's good if you ca n't sleep or you suffer a bit from insomnia . |
| 16 | You can get a free safety check on gas appliances and installations from British Gas if : your are over 60 years of age and you live alone or with someone who also qualifies ; you are a registered disabled person of any age and you live alone , or with someone who also qualifies ; or you receive a state disability benefit and you live alone or with someone who also qualifies . |
| 17 | I mean we had an example from the miner 's strike but that ha was happening far away in a sense and it was just something that you could support or yo you did n't support or you put a tin of beans in the box in Quix and that was what you did you know sort of And then actually faced with having to accept food from that people had given you in a way , it 's a very quite a difficult concept . |
| 18 | ‘ Tell me , are you paid to do this , or you got a problem with this man ? ’ |
| 19 | And if you 're working on a spreadsheet , you may be working on a spreadsheet during the day , start in the morning , you 're working several hours , you may find yourself running low of memory , then the memory light comes on or you get a memory full up message at some stage , and you think oh that 's not fair , because I have n't made the spreadsheet any bigger . |
| 20 | And you say what we want to hear , or you take a long walk . |
| 21 | It 's either the correction button going or you need a new one . |
| 22 | If you decide that kit garages do not offer what you want , or you have a particularly awkward site to cope with , you may decide that you have no option but to design and build a garage to suit your requirements . |
| 23 | If you 've recently joined the NCT , or you have a new baby then let me know and I 'll put you in contact with another member who lives nearby . |
| 24 | One of the lads go in front , or you have a travel head lad , you got the spare lads who ride a hack . |
| 25 | If that 's your reason , or you want a fresh plan , |
| 26 | Or you want a businessman |
| 27 | At this point you realise that you either need one computer to generate the images and a second to handle the transfer of these to the film recorder or you buy a bulk film pack ( which at over £6,000 costs as much again as the PCR/SlideWriter ! ) and run the imaging process overnight . |
| 28 | Or you joined a sports club . |
| 29 | This does not mean that the interviewer becomes a cold clinical robot , but it does mean that he or she uses a particular instrument in the way that it is designed to be used — for objective study . |
| 30 | Because the definition of ‘ informal carer ’ can be so vague , we decided to focus on each person 's principal carer ( if there was one ) , defined on the objective criterion that he or she spent a minimum of seven hours per week ( on average one hour per day ) doing things with or on behalf of the dementia sufferer , rather than rely on the more subjective criterion of who appears to be most responsible for the sufferer . |