Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't ask ; I told Gina where I was going but I 'd better not stay too long . ’ |
| 2 | " Still , I 'd better not stay long with the sepoys attacking … |
| 3 | And just in case I may say things I 'll be sorry for , I 'd better not go on , except for one last word . |
| 4 | Right so I just stopped at the paracetamol , and I says , Och , I 'd better not go back up . |
| 5 | Confused now at all the permutations of possibilities , Chesarynth decided on the safest course : I 'd better not give too much away . |
| 6 | Just wait until I get the time and I 'll show them who 's boss … but I 'd better not wait too long ! |
| 7 | But I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and decided that maybe I 'd better not say too much in front of the stranger . |
| 8 | So I 'd better not hang around here much longer . |
| 9 | Oh well , maybe I 'd better not try then ! |
| 10 | But I 'd better not keep on like this or I 'll be accused of queering Mr Karlinsky 's pitch . |
| 11 | I did not just give up after one attempt . |
| 12 | I did not even wonder mildly what on earth the S.S.O. of Benedict 's was doing on the Downshurst bypass on a mid-week morning . |
| 13 | But as I recall , I did not actually disembark again until I was quite near Salisbury . |
| 14 | I did not really know why not . |
| 15 | " There was one very difficult principle that we were up against which I did not really know about to start with … that in accordance with the general surrender everyone was supposed to surrender to the Allied Army against whom they had been fighting . |
| 16 | Coming out of the blue as it did , I did not quite know how to reply to such a suggestion . |
| 17 | I fear , however , that in my anxiety to win the support of Mrs Clements and the girls , I did not perhaps assess quite as stringently my own limitations ; and although my experience and customary caution in such matters prevented my giving myself more than I could actually carry out , I was perhaps negligent over this question of allowing myself a margin . |
| 18 | I did n't even realise how unhappy I was , as the wounded suffer merciful shock . |
| 19 | McKenzie recalls : ‘ I did n't even know where I should stick my head ’ . |
| 20 | I did n't even know where Styal was ! |
| 21 | I did n't even know how to ride a bicycle , though as it happened I was soon forced to learn . |
| 22 | I mean I did n't even know how to do anything like that really |
| 23 | Well I did n't even wait that long . |
| 24 | So anyway , I did n't even hear anymore what he said after that , after he said this like so I was messing about with Graham |
| 25 | No I did n't even get up for that , I come downstairs , I made myself an orange juice he Vicked me back and me front again I tried to get back to sleep . |
| 26 | ‘ I did n't even get out of the car , ’ Graeme recalls , but he was amazed by what he saw . |
| 27 | I did n't even look up as he went up the ramp into the street , so I 'm still not sure when he passed out of the garden and into the rest of the world . |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't even fill out an application form . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I did n't just wake up one morning and say ‘ Oh gee , I ca n't get in for a facial — I might as well have a baby ’ . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I did n't just fall over , I fainted . |