Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb infin] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd better swear an oath of secrecy , or Nicola Schreider will not be amused to find out Guy 's been playing away even before they 're married ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ My job as deputy chief whip is to get MPs to pull their weight , so I thought I 'd better set an example . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll warn Mrs Pettifer they 're on their way , ’ said the sergeant , ‘ Then you 'd better keep an eye on the old lady and I 'll watch the froggie geezer . |
| 4 | ‘ We 'd better keep an eye on her then , ’ said Enid . |
| 5 | Knowing nothing about the likely sums involved , or the intentions of Viola 's younger son , the discussion was inconclusive , but as he stopped his car outside its magnificent , unpaid-for garage , Desmond said : ‘ I think I 'd better keep an eye on young Hilary . ’ |
| 6 | Come on , we 'd better keep an eye on her . ’ |
| 7 | Me , I think I 'd better take an interest in this philosopher person . |
| 8 | ‘ Ah ! ’ he observed , as he had done at Bantry Bay , ‘ None but my brave English could do so brave an action ! ’ |
| 9 | May I I do not need an adjournment but may I back away from the microphone to take instruction ? |
| 10 | Does not he feel that unwise comments such as those that he made do not help an already difficult situation ? |
| 11 | I mean they do it just do n't make an effort they just come round demanding money . |
| 12 | ‘ But why should you be willing to let so gross an injury pass ? |
| 13 | He came close to joining the Italian giant Ferrari but did eventually join an overseas manufacturer in 1954 , when he joined Ferrari 's rivals , Maserati . |
| 14 | Many of the novel 's legendary figures , however , do successfully complement an obsessively Cainite outlook . |
| 15 | Some scholars have claimed that the fact that Ambrose did not give an exact site for the church — indeed , it seems he was actually careful not to — means that it was not a real church at all , merely a metaphor . |
| 16 | He did not want an American invasion . |
| 17 | She had also said that she did not want an epidural . |
| 18 | They did not want an election on 7 November . |
| 19 | It is particularly interesting , however , to discover that a small group of white collar workers at Rolls Royce did not want an intellectually taxing job and provisions were made for them in the final design . |
| 20 | Mr Rurka said he found the council 's decision difficult to understand , but he stressed that he did not want an adversarial relationship . |
| 21 | In France the news was the main topic of conversation in cafes and restaurants but President Mitterrand did not make an official statement . |
| 22 | 2.10:ONE of the surprises of last season was that former runaway Cesarewitch winner TRAINGLOT did not make an immediate impression at the winter game . |
| 23 | As it is , we regret that the printers , when they had the opportunity , did not make an end of the half-paid female labour and so established the principle for both sexes of " Equal work , equal pay " . |
| 24 | For traditional criticism it did not make an especial difference whether the date of composition of Milton 's Samson Agonistes was assigned to 1647–53 during the Civil War or to the Restoration period of 1660–70 . |
| 25 | The bill did not make an exception in cases of pregnancy caused by incest or rape despite a warning by Roemer — himself an opponent of abortion — that he would veto any legislation which was deficient in these respects . |
| 26 | Although South Korea did not make an official response to the preconditions — all of which it had rejected in the past — it did agreed to suspend its pursuit of membership of the UN until the two Korean states had discussed the issue further . |
| 27 | In fact the extension of record cards did not make an alternative , an allocation system , but a more accurate selection system . |
| 28 | Surprisingly , Franco did not make an example of him as he had done in previous such instances of " insubordination " , but appointed him as Ambassador to the Holy See . |
| 29 | The bench heard yesterday that Amos , who did not make an appearance at court , had made only two £5 payments , leaving an outstanding debt of £392.96 . |
| 30 | It is not easy to measure at local scale because the 1981 Census did not contain an ethnicity question , but an impression can be gained from birth-place data in the Census . |