Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result of all this is that because of the divergence of Belfast English from other varieties and the internal divergence within it , we do not know beforehand what is the correct lexical input to any phonological variable , we do not necessarily know what the variants of the variable are , and we may not be at all certain about what precisely might count as a variable . |
| 2 | But Sam can apparently do what the hell he likes , with as many women as he pleases ! ’ |
| 3 | Well they 'd basically do what the British troops would do but they would n't lose much hate against them would they ? |
| 4 | If you want our marriage to have any chance of success you 'd better give her the sack first thing on Monday morning ! ’ |
| 5 | See you 've got your purse in your bag you better give me the money |
| 6 | ( Mutengene is a harder word than Sasse so I had better give you the pronunciation : Moo-teng-genay . ) |
| 7 | But then I mean come and saw me once , you see , when I was n't there like that and he he tested from top to bottom , he said well ar ar after we sit and talked , and like he said well I better give you the once over , I said th er , certainly . |
| 8 | Many people think you can only do what the punchcard tells you to do but , being me , I always try to get as much as I can from them — even with a lace card I 'll try knitting it in different ways . |
| 9 | Local authorities can only do what the law explicitly allows ; all council powers come from Acts of Parliament . |
| 10 | But when he sent his ambassador to see if she were indeed as beautiful as men told , the Venetians would only show him the princess at nightfall , in an unlighted room . |
| 11 | Also it would be very wasteful of pump power and , depending where the transfer pipe entered the second filter/filter chamber , would not necessarily give you the oxygenation you wish for . |
| 12 | " You had better show me the sites , " Matthew said , " and I 'll see what I can suggest . " |
| 13 | But as he had , I could only give him the answer he needed , without knowing for sure whether it was true or not . |
| 14 | Making a test piece will not only give you the correct tension but will also show up how often you need to cross the cables . |
| 15 | A chronological table can only give us the bare outlines of a life : one asks three questions . |
| 16 | The Purchaser can only see what the Vendor makes available : it may not disclose everything . |
| 17 | A political gamble was taken too : that if hostages were released , Americans would not greatly mind what the price or the means had been . |
| 18 | Surely those politicians , members of royalty , athletes or anyone who wishes to make a clarifying statement should have sufficient intelligence to appreciate that the media-kings of speculation can not only guess what the content of the future announcement will be , but can make it so much more interesting by speculating on the response , plus the reaction to the response by the person who probably intended to say the opposite to what the ‘ experts ’ had been speculating would be said for the past 48 hours . |
| 19 | I can perhaps anticipate what the Minister will say . |
| 20 | The " fundamental " principle of education is that the head can only take what the seat can take . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I think you had better tell me the whole story . |
| 22 | ‘ I think you 'd better tell me the whole story , Charles . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I think I 'd better tell you the whole story right from the beginning . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You 'd better leave me the matches , then . ’ |
| 25 | We seem to have a breed of unadventurous promoters who can only offer us the likes of Grooverider and Carl Cox , making it difficult for talented newcomers to get the break they deserve . |
| 26 | At a national level one can only imagine what the development consequences might be for countries with already declining or collapsing economies . |
| 27 | The canny scribe had just persuaded the RAF to effectively give him the ultimate freebie , one which will remain the envy of flying hacks everywhere for many decades to come . |
| 28 | I can not think what the Riding , but not only the Riding , will be without him . |
| 29 | ‘ I was afraid you might not think him the right friend for me , ’ said Mrs Ames . |
| 30 | This birth was so quick and easy , Wilson could not think it the same process as Oreste 's . |