Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] [prep] the [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 | You 'd better hustle back to the stand , pronto ! |
| 3 | If the family is sitting round peacefully sipping coffee , someone may suddenly rush out of the room . |
| 4 | B : You 'd better make straight for the bank , otherwise you 'll be too late . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | " We 'd better catch up with the others , had n't we ? " he said quickly , gesturing along the track . |
| 7 | A wash and brush up keeps the wheels in good shape … but sometimes mechanics can only sratch away at the problem . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | One party can only do well at the expense of another , in competition for resources , recognition etc . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Here , we can perhaps refer back to the discussion of graduate employment presented early in the chapter . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In addition , they can perhaps bring home to the community just how much education needs and deserves better funding . |
| 17 | There was no one about in the woods , so she 'd better hurry back to the town as fast as she could . |
| 18 | ‘ Then you 'd better keep away from the disco , ’ said Willis . |
| 19 | ‘ I just thought I 'd better keep out of the way . |
| 20 | He said he was a collector of antiques so I said I 'd better keep out of the way . |
| 21 | Seven years … but still every now and then one of them will suddenly run out into the street screaming . ’ |
| 22 | For the trio to collect two gold medals and one silver was an unprecedented Scottish haul on the world stage which can only augur well for the highlight of this year 's outdoor season — the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart . |
| 23 | and when it gets to the chasing teddy bears you 've got to run as fast as you can , so you 'd better move out of the way |
| 24 | We 're all theologians , but we do obviously depend heavily on the help of the professionals . |
| 25 | Conservative legislation in 1986 has extended the scope for contracting out , allowing schemes which do not necessarily compete favourably with the state scheme and also reducing the benefits available under SERPS . |
| 26 | " As a community of democracies , we can only move forward with the support of our citizens . |
| 27 | Unfortunately , Rebello will only perform once during the series ( in tandem with the singer Jocelyn Brown ) , although Artrageous ! apparently intends to spend more time covering demanding music like opera and jazz than pop or rock . |
| 28 | It was the last day of shooting and they did n't need us till nine o'clock that morning , so Keenan [ Wynn ] and me went over to the bar and had a couple there and I said , ‘ You know , Keenan , it 's gon na be a long hot day so we 'd better stop off at the drug store and buy a jug . ’ |
| 29 | Here he would suddenly stare straight into the camera lens in the way he had seen so many politicians do , and say , ‘ I challenge any red-blooded Englishman who really feels . |
| 30 | * Take notes , but do n't necessarily copy directly from the original when you do so ( see pp. 41 – 2 ) . |