Example sentences of "[vb infin] or say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as young children will cry and remonstrate or say ‘ do n't leave me ’ , so the adult may use just the same words or convey by their behaviour that this is their worry . |
| 2 | Social Worker : If a 9-year-old was sitting next to you expressing the guilt you have expressed , what would you do or say ? |
| 3 | Nothing he could do or say would move this stalwart protector of civic rectitude from his ordained path . |
| 4 | ( Parent : ‘ Now we know more about what each of us feels , can you think of anything else we could do or say so we do n't get into this disagreement again ? ’ ) |
| 5 | Even in the deep trance state , no patient will do or say anything which he would not do or say when fully aware and awake . |
| 6 | Even in the deep trance state , no patient will do or say anything which he would not do or say when fully aware and awake . |
| 7 | Like Henry James , she found the tiny ‘ germ ’ in a happening , and then had to create people to bring it about ; unlike Turgenev , who began with creating people , and then watched and listened for what they would do or say . |
| 8 | While language charts are specifically concerned with the way in which a child uses language on a day-to-day basis , language tests are much more concerned with what a child can do or say under optimal conditions . |
| 9 | ‘ There 's no knowing what this lunatic will do or say . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ There is nothing I can do or say to save you from the wrath of God , or indeed from the wrath of your own father , poor man . ’ |
| 11 | She felt suddenly uncomfortable , unsure of what she should do or say next . |
| 12 | One US company says employees should ask themselves : Would you do or say this in front of your spouse , parents or a colleague of the same sex ? |
| 13 | When you got the light on what did you do or say ? |
| 14 | Do n't do or say anything that might upset him . ’ |
| 15 | She did n't know what to do or say and wished he would do or say something to break the silence . |
| 16 | Is there something you wish to say to the solicitor which I should not hear or say for you ? ’ |
| 17 | I can fall downstairs at home , and I wo n't cry or say a word about it ! ’ |