Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb infin] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The facility with which not only politicians but people who should know better argue for education in the name of economic growth is frightening .
2 Aye , you 'd better jump in bed with him ,
3 ‘ Perhaps I 'd better get in touch with him .
4 Social scientists seem to confuse the two , and because they oppose religion and are unbelievers , they do little work on religion in human societies .
5 In the crudest sense , there are indeed ‘ young old ’ and ‘ old old ’ ; and although you can be either younger or older at any age , physical and mental disabilities do slowly cumulate on average with increasing years .
6 I do n't want to bump too hard against the plane 's fuselage in case we do actually come into contact with it .
7 we did actually try as part of those tests although not reflected in that particular figure , er moving it to see whether we could encourage that er a different effect .
8 While I am about it , I had better apologise on behalf of a contributor , who was castigated by post for not looking up the meaning of a phrase that was , to him , mysterious .
9 This does however help in identification of some of his paintings .
10 There is a slight problem of ghettoisation or marginalisation but that 's an inevitable stage that people pass through , just like you need any form of organisation to group people around as a focus . ’
11 If you do elect to have a full structural survey you can , of course , leave it to your building society or bank to select a surveyor for you , and you need never come in contact with him .
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