Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then , if that should be the case , perhaps you 'd better mention my predicament to Lady Claudia , ’ Cleo said . |
| 2 | ‘ In that case , ’ said his agent , ‘ I think you 'd better change your name to TOILETS ! ’ |
| 3 | So I supposed I 'd better tell my board about it and I did this afternoon . |
| 4 | There was a hint of a smile on his face anyhow when , ‘ I think , then , my dear , that as far as possible you 'd better keep your distance from me , ’ he stated . |
| 5 | Perhaps I 'd better introduce my sort of position here . |
| 6 | ‘ Then I 'd better get my ass into gear . |
| 7 | I think I 'd better see you face to face . |
| 8 | I du n no what kind of dinosaurs they all are . |
| 9 | However again , in the field that 's frequently not and you do literally drop your probe in a bucket . |
| 10 | The fact that nobody noticed him , let alone the flowers , did not give him ease of conscience , but that was what he sought . |
| 11 | Nine patients did not give their number of sexual partners and one of them did not tell her age at first intercourse . |
| 12 | It is therefore extremely significant that we read of Jesus in the New Testament that the Spirit descends and remains on him ( John 1:32 ) and that God did not give his Spirit by measure or sparingly to him ( John 3:34 ) . |
| 13 | Although Price did not give his evidence on oath ( because under Swedish law an accomplice can not be required to give evidence on oath ) , he was reminded of his duty to speak the truth when questioned in court , and he declared himself to be aware of his duty of truthfulness . |
| 14 | When Val was gone , Roland realised , with a shock like a religious conversion , that he did not want their way of life to go on . |
| 15 | They did not want their gesture to be viewed as part of that historical movement but as a genuine protest with genuine grievances . |
| 16 | This is an interesting monument because the architect , Rodolfo Vantini , who completed the work in 1828 , wanted to get away from the conventional Roman triumphal arch , ( a decision said to have been as much due to the local inhabitants complaining that they did not want their view of the Lombardian Pre-Alps blocked as to any creative urge ) . |
| 17 | Gore apparently did not want his name on the cover of the book and wished for it to be published by the Canadian fascist , Arcand , so that he could not be sued . |
| 18 | Sugar said Venables was still empowered to return as a non-executive director , but was adamant he did not want his opponent at the club . |
| 19 | He was gelded and given time to mature a little before being asked to race , and he did not make his debut until 23 February 1929 . |
| 20 | To imagine a straight structure which did not owe its straightness to this cause would require an assumption of a highly fortuitous combination of angles between sections . ’ |
| 21 | Most MPs who voted against Lloyd George in 1922 did not envisage a Unionist government as the final outcome , and the defeated ministers did not expect their discomfiture to be permanent . |
| 22 | Manville did not regard his surveillance as a betrayal of trust , either . |
| 23 | In 1982 , two days before he died , he wrote a document in his own handwriting headed ‘ My Will by Percy Winterbone ’ but did not sign his name at the foot of the document . |
| 24 | Though , on looking across at him , and observing that one eyebrow had ascended aloft at what he must consider was the sharpness of her answer , she realised that she was never likely to get an interview if she did not control her exasperation at his evasive non-answers to most of her questions . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , in North America , the orogeny which produced the Appalachian structures probably did not reach its climax until the end of the Permian . |
| 26 | In Kufra , in 1979 , some people did not pay their contribution to the small boy who visited the houses , so their shaikh went in person . |
| 27 | But to her mind it still did not excuse his neglect of everything else . |
| 28 | He did not do himself justice in 1991 , never getting his timing right in his early-season preparations any more than he did on the golf course . |
| 29 | The court recognised that the police officer 's description of TJ did not fit his appearance at court ; and there was a 17-month delay between the incident and the parade . |
| 30 | The audience were slow to take their seats , the warm-up was too long and Mr Major did not finish his speech until well after nine . |