Example sentences of "or maybe [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Maybe O Leary 's been getting the coaching right in that department , or maybe a bit of luck away has steadied their nerve , perhaps a bit of both .
2 Or maybe a process of natural selection had winnowed out the overworked and discontented , the theoretical and jaded and left the few who were propelled back to the school by the same affection , curiosity and remembered enthusiasm that had drawn us .
3 To enjoy it , we do not need to be dry : just in need of a restorative or relaxant , or maybe a focus for a social moment or brief encounter .
4 A comfortable chair , or maybe a bean-bag for the salon .
5 The weekend starts innocently enough , perhaps with a school reunion , the reading of a will or maybe the birth of a new political party , and there are all sorts of suspects — a takeover tycoon , possibly , or a young heir with gambling debts .
6 Or maybe the sun on white stucco ( really London was much prettier than one remembered ) or the cheerful scarlet of buses or the continuously satisfying recollection of the terns and the oblivious complacency of pink tie and striped shirt in their sealed air-conditioned office .
7 Or maybe the spectrum of smells is perceived in some way similar to our human perception of colour .
8 Towards the end of November 1944 , or maybe the beginning of December , we had the usual succession of dark days before Christmas , made worse by thick , penetrating fog .
9 This 's the Three-Moon Festival or maybe the Ceremony of the Inner Spiral , I ferget .
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