Example sentences of "or [vb base] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 The key to the success of such releases , though , is always that you do not have to pay for them with significant amounts of guilt or regret the next morning .
2 Do you read the whole lot , or read the first one and the last one and guess the rest ?
3 ( b ) An input/output operation is called for ; for example , transfer the character at store address X to the typewriter and print it , or read the next character punched on a piece of paper tape and transfer it to the store , to be deposited at address X.
4 She looked the sort of girl who is so often a trademark of California — a girl who could dance all night , yet play tennis or golf , ride or swim the next day without the slightest effort .
5 Be aware of potential trouble before you walk into it — if , for instance , there is a group of drunks five hundred yards ahead of you cross over or take the next turning to avoid it .
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