Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb infin] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tub the velvet off their antlers on to the trees and take off the bark but , , they do n't do enough damage to matter . |
| 2 | ‘ Then we 'd better start to find out exactly what he is up to . |
| 3 | Steve looked at it , he said I think you 'd better go to shop and buy yoursen a new one . |
| 4 | I decided I 'd better go to stop him going on about it . |
| 5 | Then you 'd better decide to stamp mine while you 're on with it ! ’ |
| 6 | You 'd better prepare to abandon the platform . |
| 7 | You 'd better learn to drive then . |
| 8 | Well then , I suppose I 'd better learn to swim ! ’ |
| 9 | Go try and change America , but if you 're gon na wear a badge , whether it 's long hair or black skin , you 'd better learn to protect yourself . ’ |
| 10 | I 'd better try to tidy my desk up a bit . ’ |
| 11 | When Carter a few minutes later in the debate said , ‘ I asked my ( eight-year-old ) daughter Amy last night what she thought … ’ , what the audience heard was : ‘ I 'd better try to find a warm human illustration before it 's too late . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We 'd better try to find the prisoners , ’ said Fenella at last , although she did not really want to leave the comparative safety of the wood-store . |
| 13 | ‘ I think we 'd better try to get it home , Mrs Lomax , ’ said Tina . |
| 14 | ‘ We 'd better get to work . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd better get to work , ’ she said . |
| 16 | it 's like the , cos I keep saying if you must do those F's you do it at school I said , but do not do them for me , I said if you do I do not want to see them , but again you 've got a conflict there between home and school |
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| 19 | Often people who share your compartment wish to relax and do not wish to indulge in polite conversation , they may just want to read a newspaper or magazine so we must respect their wishes . |
| 20 | What the layman is supposed to do the authors do not wish to contemplate . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , ’ Ellie said ruefully , ‘ I 'd best try to ask only ordinary questions , then , had n't I ? ’ |
| 22 | Er another allocation under I five would simply mean that we 'd more land to find in and around main areas . |
| 23 | There 's a lot they can do though say to control the loggers in Sarouac . |
| 24 | I mean you do n't normally do n't want to talk to me . |
| 25 | Erm what thin would you like to do more fractions , more counting or you you think whatever it is that you 'd like to do more of or is there anything you think we do too much of and we do n't you do n't want to do as much . |
| 26 | She began to speak , but he said , with a shrug , ‘ I can see you do n't want to get too involved , so perhaps we 'd better forget it . ’ |
| 27 | See I do n't want to get it too wet warm it up in a minute ca n't we ? |
| 28 | Can , sorry , can I I do n't want to stray into item matter B . |
| 29 | And then you have to what you 'll have to do erm do n't bother to change the telly for the moment . |
| 30 | No I could I could I do n't need to dream . |