Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had always thought the MP for Arden read little save for the Motor Traders ' Gazette . |
| 2 | The facility with which not only politicians but people who should know better argue for education in the name of economic growth is frightening . |
| 3 | This targets them towards the most important part of the prey , where they can do most damage with their first contact . |
| 4 | No , this is mine , I 'd better pay for my own |
| 5 | ‘ I saw the look on your face in the coffee-bar when Gavin said you 'd better beware of skeletons in your cupboard — frankly , it was a dead give-away that you had something to hide . ’ |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | I said Well I 'm sorry you 'd better refer to my solicitor who 's told me that you need a court order . |
| 8 | But you 'd better bear in mind , I 've been worked-over and walked over by experts . |
| 9 | ‘ Since you 've gone to so much trouble I suppose I 'd better change into something more in keeping with your splendour . ’ |
| 10 | Maybe we 'd better aim for the spring half term to go away . |
| 11 | Do you think you 'd better aim for the winter now ? |
| 12 | ‘ Well , there was a little problem , but I do n't think I 'd better talk about it on the phone . ’ |
| 13 | But if we 're not wanted , you 'd better talk to the chief . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , perhaps you 'd better talk to them about that . ’ |
| 15 | You 'd better talk to them , make sure they 're ready . |
| 16 | Perhaps you 'd better talk to our Matron , Miss Vinall . |
| 17 | You 'd better start at the beginning . ’ |
| 18 | I 'd better start at the beginning , and it 's a long story . ’ |
| 19 | We 'd better start from the top . |
| 20 | If she wanted to hang on to the shreds of her professional reputation she 'd better start by controlling her haywire emotions . |
| 21 | Looking down at the man who had quietly assisted her and whose clothes were now covered in the other man 's blood , she said , ‘ You 'd better go with them as well . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Anyway , I suppose I 'd better go to the surgery , if I must see him . ’ |
| 24 | We 'd better go to Miss Miggs and tell her what happened . |
| 25 | ‘ He 'd better go to the zoo and live with the animals . |
| 26 | ‘ You 'd better go to bed , ’ she said . |
| 27 | ‘ We 'd better go to bed . ’ |
| 28 | She was not very good at smiling these days , and the unease disseminated by her unconvincing efforts led Eddie Duckworth to mutter to her in a corner , with a mixture of sharpness and sorrow , that perhaps she 'd better go to bed . |
| 29 | You 'd better go to St Stephen 's for tests : they 're properly equipped to handle this sort of thing . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ David , I think we 'd better go to bed . ’ |