Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may paper over things and succeed in buying time , but it can not overcome the class-based conflicts that will eventually bubble up to the surface . |
| 2 | But I do n't know that actually killing a man because he 's been touching up the boys would altogether hang together as a motive . ’ |
| 3 | You 'd better hustle back to the stand , pronto ! |
| 4 | If the family is sitting round peacefully sipping coffee , someone may suddenly rush out of the room . |
| 5 | B : You 'd better make straight for the bank , otherwise you 'll be too late . |
| 6 | Mind you , I suspect she 'll only stay ashore for a couple of hours , but that 's better than nothing at all . ’ |
| 7 | There is no trim , mixture , flaps , prop control or gyros to worry about , so with a final tug at the harness , one can only glare balefully at the JAP again , decide that it has kept going thus far and may therefore be relied upon to continue doing so for a few minutes longer , and prepare to commit aviation . |
| 8 | " We 'd better catch up with the others , had n't we ? " he said quickly , gesturing along the track . |
| 9 | A wash and brush up keeps the wheels in good shape … but sometimes mechanics can only sratch away at the problem . |
| 10 | Those Q.T. 's who have already received tickets to sell will greatly assist Cicely in the organisation of the event if they would let her know by the first week in February how many tickets they have sold as she will be away from 8th Feb. to 8th March . |
| 11 | ‘ I think we 'd better head back to a city , you know . |
| 12 | There is no real common denominator that can be used to classify the ‘ Originals ’ , the first fifty-odd recruits to the SAS , some of whose names will constantly crop up during the course of this book . |
| 13 | One party can only do well at the expense of another , in competition for resources , recognition etc . |
| 14 | We must restore German myth and make ourselves worthy of our great predecessors — Luther , as well as our artists and poets ; but we can only do so under the direction of the Dionysiac impulse . |
| 15 | Though the group believes Britain should join , it warns that it should only do so at an exchange rate of around DM2.40 to the pound — involving a 15 per cent devaluation from the current DM2.79 . |
| 16 | Though the group believes Britain should join , it warns that it should only do so at an exchange rate of around DM2.40 to the pound — involving a 15 per cent devaluation from the current DM2.79 . |
| 17 | According to Peter Hume , finance director of stockbrokers Seymour Pierce Butterfield , investors considering buying shares in a company offering concessionary discounts should only do so on the merits of the shares . |
| 18 | If , for some reason , you have to press some flowers that are not completely dry ( and you should only do so in an emergency ) , then you must first mop them with some clean paper tissues to soak up any droplets of water . |
| 19 | Here , we can perhaps refer back to the discussion of graduate employment presented early in the chapter . |
| 20 | These were a valuable indicator , as they would only show up from a distance if you were ‘ on the line ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ We have invested a lot of money in people , offices and warehousing over the last two years ; and this will only show through in the company 's profits in 1994–95 . ’ |
| 22 | From an ‘ Ideas ’ book , one should n't perhaps expect much in the way of detailed costings of large schemes , but the lack of any attempt to cost even some of the individual measures lent the whole exercise an air of unreality . |
| 23 | In addition , they can perhaps bring home to the community just how much education needs and deserves better funding . |
| 24 | There was no one about in the woods , so she 'd better hurry back to the town as fast as she could . |
| 25 | ‘ Then you 'd better keep away from the disco , ’ said Willis . |
| 26 | ‘ I just thought I 'd better keep out of the way . |
| 27 | He said he was a collector of antiques so I said I 'd better keep out of the way . |
| 28 | Nicholson wanted to loiter with the man who — in his eyes — could pluck with ease a flower he could only look on at a distance . |
| 29 | They need only look out at a sheep . |
| 30 | Seven years … but still every now and then one of them will suddenly run out into the street screaming . ’ |