Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had always thought the MP for Arden read little save for the Motor Traders ' Gazette . |
| 2 | The facility with which not only politicians but people who should know better argue for education in the name of economic growth is frightening . |
| 3 | If the administration now seeks a coherent shopping-list of objectives , it has better find a way of accounting for these hidden benefits . |
| 4 | Will WONDERS never cease ? |
| 5 | That doth nightly rob the dayrie |
| 6 | The differences come in what else it will do besides run DOS . |
| 7 | This targets them towards the most important part of the prey , where they can do most damage with their first contact . |
| 8 | They tub the velvet off their antlers on to the trees and take off the bark but , , they do n't do enough damage to matter . |
| 9 | ’ Lucienne Palmer : ‘ I was so greedy for Oxford Life that I simply did not do enough work , I know . |
| 10 | ‘ We 'd better 'ave a look in it ourselves , ’ said Dolly , ‘ in case he 's taken anything . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd better reimburse you for the sweets ’ Vernon insisted , in a tight unfriendly voice . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd better switch sides ; you will probably be too busy trying to keep your bow tie dry ! ’ |
| 13 | I do n't know where , I thought I left my case here , I do n't know what I 've done with my case that 's all , it 's probably downstairs oh oh I do n't know , mm still not able to find it I think I 'd better put these plants out mm that 's right , oh , mm that 's not there right , I 'd better switch this , the tape off cos there 's not much , be much conversation now for a while |
| 14 | I think we 'd better switch off at this stage . |
| 15 | I think you 'd better switch it off anyway had n't you ? |
| 16 | ‘ You 'd better burn this . |
| 17 | ‘ You 'd better burn that , ’ he indicated the compost , ‘ or bury it . |
| 18 | We 'd better disappear before he comes to collect , ’ Nails said . |
| 19 | ‘ Here comes Dawn , walking up the drive — I 'd better disappear . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Then , if that should be the case , perhaps you 'd better mention my predicament to Lady Claudia , ’ Cleo said . |
| 21 | I think you 'd better mention something to Rosie love about that er |
| 22 | Now , when asked if I would introduce this subject , she said , I think I 'd better mention this for the sake of the truth , |
| 23 | Julie 's kids must be home , she 'd better rush … |
| 24 | He proceeded to ring that director on a regular basis from the continental sharedealer where he worked , saying : " If you want your wife and children to keep their faces looking the same , you 'd better pay your little debt . " |
| 25 | Then I think we 'd better pay this Mr Butcher a visit . ’ |
| 26 | And when I last looked at it , one question on behaviour modification had managed to creep on there as well but I ca n't remember what the question is , so you 'd better pay attention for the whole of the rest of this lecture in case I in case I remember it . |
| 27 | They do n't know they is n't gon na just churn out , oh yeah well we 'd better pay that mate , eighteen thousand quid ! |
| 28 | No , this is mine , I 'd better pay for my own |
| 29 | Oh , and you 'd better reassure her that I did n't bash in his head for him . |
| 30 | ‘ I saw the look on your face in the coffee-bar when Gavin said you 'd better beware of skeletons in your cupboard — frankly , it was a dead give-away that you had something to hide . ’ |