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 . |