Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] [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 | " We 'd better catch up with the others , had n't we ? " he said quickly , gesturing along the track . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Here , we can perhaps refer back to the discussion of graduate employment presented early in the chapter . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | There was no one about in the woods , so she 'd better hurry back to the town as fast as she could . |
| 9 | ‘ I just thought I 'd better keep out of the way . |
| 10 | He said he was a collector of antiques so I said I 'd better keep out of the way . |
| 11 | Seven years … but still every now and then one of them will suddenly run out into the street screaming . ’ |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | If you get your books right , it 'll all happen out on the shopfloor , all the manager has to do . |
| 15 | She says well , we can only take up to the value of your car , , which is more than they did ! |
| 16 | I 'd only end up in the doghouse myself would n't I ? |
| 17 | And as everything slipped away she could only hold on to the thought that somehow her murderer knew who she was . |
| 18 | So I think for this run I 'd better press on with the book . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ We 'd better go on to the farm and buy … ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We 'd better go through to the sports field , ’ said Robert . |
| 21 | If you want to know any more about what he 's doing you 'd better go up to the camp and ask him yourself . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I suppose we 'd better go back to the car , ’ he said in a carefully neutral tone . |
| 23 | ‘ We 'd better go back to the car , ’ he announced , and , without more ado placed a hand beneath her elbow and guided her back to his car . |
| 24 | We 'd better go back to the burrow . |
| 25 | He supposed he 'd better go back into the ballroom . |
| 26 | But er she 's coming a and gives him twenty five pounds for what he 's done oh he came in , he came into the kitchen , it 's ever so funny , he came into the kitchen to tell me about this you see Anyway he came back in there and I said to him I 'm not really enthusiastic about the thought er thinking that I was involved with this as well so the dear woman turned round and said to me it 's only your husband so I said well I 'd better go back in the kitchen where I know my place . |
| 27 | I came back on the Friday night and erm , well I 've packed my job in at the Transport Department , I better go down to the Recruiting Office and see what else . |
| 28 | ‘ We 'd better go down to the stream and hide in the bushes , ’ said Geoffrey . |
| 29 | If you ca n't control your temper you 'd better go down to the canteen and help yourself to a drink . |
| 30 | Miss Honey said to the class , ‘ I think you 'd all better go out to the playground and amuse yourselves until the next lesson . ’ |