Example sentences of "or [vb base] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah so do you want to sort of make a decision now , or wait till next week or |
| 2 | However , this does not take account of the fact that some of the housing stock will be vacant for frictional reasons , or because of government policy , or its unattractiveness , or use as second homes : furthermore , some dwellings may be unfit , lacking amenities or requiring substantial repairs — in England alone two million had at least one of these physical problems in 1981 ( English House Condition Survey , 1982 , p. 3 ) . |
| 3 | Equivalent statutory offences to deal with men who procure women by threat to perform any other sexual acts or who administer drugs or procure for third parties for such purposes do not exist . |
| 4 | Though impulsive in some ways , she was an ordinary , practical girl who had never really believed in grand passion or love at first sight . |
| 5 | Apparently the two suppliers are now agreed ( or have at last been convinced by third parties ) that a unified user environment for their respective Unix implementations , combining shared APIs and front-end elements — from desktop objects down to high-level system administration functions — makes sense . |