Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb infin] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd better switch sides ; you will probably be too busy trying to keep your bow tie dry ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Th 'd better watch th'words , Jack , or th'missus 'll give thee a trouncing ! ’ |
| 3 | I do n't think , you 'd better have cards in front of you . |
| 4 | Oh yes , she 'd better have eyes , he reflects , with a weary courtesy . |
| 5 | ‘ Th 'd better mind th'words , Sally Dade . |
| 6 | ‘ And Kate , the vacancy is now filled , but perhaps you 'd better take names and addresses of any applicants just in case they 're needed later . ’ |
| 7 | He did eventually change things , but by then it was too late . |
| 8 | It hardly matters whether either of these stories is true , we know that cork was available , although not in France , and that Dom Pérignon did eventually use cork-stoppers for his wines , as corked bottles were dug up at Hautvillers when Moët & Chandon renovated the abbey in the late 1970s during its operations to turn it into a museum . |
| 9 | Although the police did successfully charge fascists for this crime after 1936 the punishment was often derisory , and police interpretation of the law was often inconsistent . |
| 10 | He did apparently display signs of hypochondria , however — Herbert Read remembered how he was " addicted to pills and potions " and , according to another friend , he kept a variety of pills in his lower waistcoat pocket — but hypochondria , if such it was , was only one aspect of a larger nervous disposition . |
| 11 | While our annual GOTY competition does not represent Guitarist 's opinion as to what is actually the ‘ best ’ guitar that year , we do only choose instruments whose design and construction offer no compromises . |
| 12 | The English do so love gardens ! |
| 13 | Men do so dislike women who stand between them and drink . |
| 14 | We do obviously make grants to youth clubs and organizations . |
| 15 | Well from what Jeannette and Margaret have been saying , we think probably what 'll happen is a lot of the the girls who do just do nights , a lot of them for pin money . |
| 16 | But he did finally find producers and then finally Stephen Spielberg became involved in the project two years ago . |
| 17 | But most do still read reviews , usually as a form of long-stop to make sure they have not missed important titles on their initial selection , or to buy extra copies of titles which have been particularly well received . |
| 18 | Not all DHAs operate a bank , but those which do usually welcome applications from returners , and are happy to discuss your mutual requirements at an early stage . |
| 19 | Davies first confirmed that intruders do usually lose contests over territories . |
| 20 | ‘ All the fashion magazines and the women 's pages of the newspapers do straight fashion stories , ’ he 'd said , tugging thoughtfully at the little gingery beard that sprouted from his angular chin . |
| 21 | Their main source of funds are banks , but they do also receive deposits from the general public . |
| 22 | We did also observe libraries in which quiet reading was demanded and in which leisure reading was being promoted . |
| 23 | I conjure you by the bitter tears shed on the Cross by our Saviour the Lord JESUS Christ for the salvation of the world , and by the burning tears poured in the evening hour over His wounds by the most glorious Virgin MARY , His Mother , and by all the tears which have been shed here in this world by the Saints and Elect of God from whose eyes He has now wiped away all tears , that if you be innocent you do now shed tears , but if you be guilty that you shall by no means do so . |
| 24 | We do now have alternatives , new possibilities . |
| 25 | But we do now have alternatives . |
| 26 | Why do supposedly mature adults still find underwear rude and , therefore , titillating ? |
| 27 | Politicians do frequently reject plans presented to them by officers . |
| 28 | ‘ I go to high street shops that do high fashion looks at low prices , Ms Selfridge in Belfast Oxford Street are good . ’ |
| 29 | And of course the same is true of shop assistants so do please make allowances for human error . |
| 30 | First , he began , and said that Qaddafi did indeed have faults : that was inescapable , all men have faults ; but it was wrong to believe that everything Sadat said about him because Sadat too had faults , and he also had a purpose in saying what he said . |