Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [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 | So I I 'd I , I do n't really want one ! |
| 10 | Th that 's another thing you see I , I do n't really know what work is done in Selby |
| 11 | Oh yes she said , we 've had it I thought well why send me letters , then ! |
| 12 | ‘ You would have heard officially on Monday but I thought why not tell you now and save you a week-end 's worry . |
| 13 | I do most sincerely hope you may feel able to help , and look forward to hearing from you . |
| 14 | I do most sincerely hope you may feel able to help , and look forward to hearing from you . |
| 15 | I do most sincerely hope you may feel able to help , and look forward to hearing from you . |
| 16 | ‘ I do not exactly expect you to give your share away , mademoiselle . |
| 17 | I do not altogether share her regret at the loss of such places . |
| 18 | It was a Frankie Howerd interview that made me realise I do not even want one . |
| 19 | I do not even acknowledge them as my own . ’ |
| 20 | Still , I have no intention of prescribing a correct attitude towards difference , even less a correct theory of difference ; I do not even know what the latter could possibly be . |
| 21 | In some cases , I do not even know what my own opinion is . |
| 22 | I have not yet been given any reason for our lack of success on this occasion , and I do not yet know which were the successful applicants . |
| 23 | ‘ I do not yet know what I will do next , but it will not be full-time with Hanson plc . |
| 24 | I do not yet understand it , but although I was once a keen and proud European , there are things in it that would now make me one of the most sceptical . |
| 25 | I do not truly know what it is like to have a child with Down 's Syndrome ’ ( Cunningham 1982 : 16 ) . |
| 26 | I do not therefore surrender my claim . |
| 27 | After all , I do not actually hate my Richard . |
| 28 | HIS great courage and imperturbable COOLNESS in the face of what must at times have seemed to him to be insuperable odds WAS , I must confess — although I do not really like him — quite UNBELIEVABLE . |
| 29 | I had written my reasons for so thinking ; but as they were not satisfactory to the other noble and learned Lords who heard the case , I do not now repeat them nor persist in them . |
| 30 | ‘ I do not jealously guard her . |