Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at her now , a sheepish half-smile on his face that said , ‘ I 'd better not antagonise him further by passing a minute with you . ’ |
| 2 | I suppose I 'd better not tell him that thing you said about his face looking as if it was carved out of corned beef . |
| 3 | ‘ It certainly has n't taken a back seat and there have been developments , but I 'd better not tell you what they are until the details are officially released . ’ |
| 4 | Edward said : ‘ I 'd better not mention it to Morton , then , had I ? |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd better not hold you up any longer . |
| 6 | I 'd better not move it or she 'll think it 's lost . |
| 7 | ‘ I need your brother back even sooner than that — though perhaps I 'd better not say what fate I 'm planning for him . ’ |
| 8 | Ah , I 'd better not ask you your age . |
| 9 | Oh yes she said , we 've had it I thought well why send me letters , then ! |
| 10 | ‘ You would have heard officially on Monday but I thought why not tell you now and save you a week-end 's worry . |
| 11 | Once again , I felt that if I did not somehow sublimate my pain , I should be irretrievably lost . |
| 12 | Sheepishly I had to admit that I did not yet have one . |
| 13 | Perhaps I did not even know it . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps you are , although I did not even imply it . ’ |
| 15 | I did not really expect one . |
| 16 | It was a very dangerous plan , and I did not really think it would work — but we had to try ! |
| 17 | He was reported to have said , ‘ I did not really know what an archdeacon does . ’ |
| 18 | I did not really know what I wanted to do with my life most of the time . |
| 19 | I did not really know what to expect away from the National Health Service and my mum , and so , armed with a small library of books and the good wishes of a Jamaican midwife at Homerton hospital , I just hoped for the best . |
| 20 | I was married by now , so I did not often see him . |
| 21 | To me delicatessen means herring , 1,001 varieties of herring , but I did not always regard them as such if only because I virtually lived on them . |
| 22 | I had been preparing myself for as long as I can remember , preparing myself ( though I did not always realize it ) from the day that I was born , preparing myself , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , but always aware of the dangers of beginning too soon . |
| 23 | Although I did not entirely enjoy my time as a ‘ check knitter ’ , I learned one valuable lesson . |
| 24 | As I did not now want her to guess my real reason for keeping quiet on this other matter , I used the truth , if not all the truth . |
| 25 | There was a photograph of Dennis on one of the wreaths at the funeral , and I did n't even recognize it . |
| 26 | and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this ! |
| 27 | I did n't even think I was in contention ’ . |
| 28 | I did n't even think I could explain what I was afraid of . |
| 29 | I did n't even think she was fat . ’ |
| 30 | I was that busy , y'know , getting up , going out to score , having a toot , going out again to score , that I did n't even realise what was going on . |