Example sentences of "or else [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was about unravelling the merger mistakes of the 1960s : splitting up conglomerates , or else buying a firm and selling off divisions that were remote from its main business . |
| 2 | Dai and Meirion were two other company stalwarts who regularly pitched in with building work in their spare time , or else organized a shift system with the other printers , almost all of whom were happy to volunteer for manual labour . |
| 3 | He dithered , wondering whether to go to the restaurant for a cup of coffee while hoping Hunter-Blair would return or else to find a telephone and call his office . |
| 4 | The pump should be sited above the water level , or else have a non-return valve in the airline . |
| 5 | Each animal must make an Ld test or else spend a turn rearing , whinnying , and refusing to move . |