Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [vb infin] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had always thought the MP for Arden read little save for the Motor Traders ' Gazette . |
| 2 | Well if you 've got to go in the garage , it 's too cold to go in there to finish the ship off so you 'd better paint in the house had n't you ? |
| 3 | Do you think you 'd better aim for the winter now ? |
| 4 | Maybe we 'd better aim for the spring half term to go away . |
| 5 | But if we 're not wanted , you 'd better talk to the chief . |
| 6 | You 'd better start at the beginning . ’ |
| 7 | I 'd better start at the beginning , and it 's a long story . ’ |
| 8 | We 'd better start from the top . |
| 9 | I saw the doctor who said I 'd better go on the hospital wing , which seemed ludicrous simply because I needed to use eye drops and an asthma inhalant and asthma pills . |
| 10 | Anyway , I suppose I 'd better go to the surgery , if I must see him . ’ |
| 11 | " I think I 'd better go to the loo , " she said , then looked at him . |
| 12 | tablets are finished , I 'd better go to the doc |
| 13 | ‘ He 'd better go to the zoo and live with the animals . |
| 14 | I 'd better go to the embassy to check if anything 's actually happened today . |
| 15 | ‘ You 'd better go to the doctor , ’ said Apricot . |
| 16 | said we 'd better go from the house . |
| 17 | You 'd better sleep on the problem . |
| 18 | And I got up and I was gon na tie her up like but and by gosh I thought I 'd better make for the door again . |
| 19 | ‘ So I 'd better deal with the problem immediately ? ’ |
| 20 | I 'd better get over the road |
| 21 | I thought we 'd better get out the way there ! |
| 22 | She 's in Room B. You 'd better wait in the visitors ’ room . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd better begin at the beginning . |
| 24 | And you 'd best go to the toilet before you leave . |
| 25 | ‘ Th 'd best see to the port then , instead of blowing about under my feet , ’ Salt snapped . |
| 26 | When I did eventually look in the mirror my hair was in patches , like little bits of baby hair . |
| 27 | In 1369 , for instance , John of Gaunt took an army from Calais to Harfleur , and devastated the Pays de Caux , while in the following year Sir Robert Knolles led an army from Calais which did much damage in the Ile-de-France ; but Charles V refused to give battle and neither chevauchée achieved anything . |
| 28 | During his first twenty years at Finsbury , Meldola published more than 250 papers and reports , and during his presidency of the Institute of Chemistry he did much work for the development of all aspects of its activities . |
| 29 | Not so at GWAD , the organisers , Sally B Supporters Club and the pilots , did much work behind the scenes to make sure the audience got a quality airshow . |
| 30 | When she did finally reach for the food , or lure , all she would do was lean over and rip off a piece , rather than step on to the glove . |