Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pers pn] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning down ‘ loads of really tacky telly ’ , he decided he 'd rather slog it out on the alternative circuit than settle for being the new Bobby Davro . |
| 2 | But I must admit I ca n't altogether make it out . " |
| 3 | It will not only knock us around on the slightest whim ; but because of its size as a mature horse , it may become dangerous for us and others to handle . |
| 4 | I reasoned like you , my lord , that they 'd rid themselves of the load , it would only slow them down . |
| 5 | So I thought I 'd better deliver her back to her husband . |
| 6 | Well no when we started when the strike started in the mill , I told then , you know y I do n't know what you are going to do with us , I said , but the way you are carrying on now you are going to bring trouble into this quarry , cos these lads are n't going to give in to you at all that quick , what you 're trying to do , make them work for thirty pound a week less , so you better think it over now , I said , before it gets any worse . |
| 7 | Poulenc rarely achieves or even tries to emulate his fellow countryman 's emotional intensity , although the more overtly entertaining and witty numbers can suddenly catch you out with a characteristically bitter-sweet volte-face . |
| 8 | STOP signals prevent the cell progressing on its developmental pathway and GO signals can only direct it along new pathways , if these are open to the cell . |
| 9 | For a few days I had even considered calling the shop Trumper and Salmon , but dropped that idea when I realised that would only tie me in with Charlie for life . |
| 10 | You 'd better count me out . |
| 11 | Because if you are I 'd better count you out of the reckoning right away . |
| 12 | If you go to a house and you realize that it 's only a very small house and it 's a very big van you 'll only pack it up that way because you 're packing faster by doing it that way . |
| 13 | ‘ Why do you suddenly bring him in ? ’ |
| 14 | Walking uphill can suddenly bring you out of the mist and into the sunshine , with beautiful panoramas . |
| 15 | ‘ You 'd better send it back . ’ |
| 16 | And I feel really guilty , I think oh I better bring her in and then she wakes me up at six o'clock bouncing on the bed ! |
| 17 | ‘ Now , I better bring you up to date a bit . |
| 18 | I 'd better bring you up to date on what 's been happening since I saw you . ’ |
| 19 | Never mind , you can all warm us up with your , your programme this morning . |
| 20 | For many pensioners this week 's increases will only bring them back to where they were 18 months ago , and some pensioners will still be worse off . |
| 21 | ‘ You 'd better show him in . ’ |
| 22 | He told them that by turning off here , the company they were following would almost certainly be heading for upper Teviotdale , by Rankilburn , Buccleuch and Bellenden , since the Ettrick valley would merely bring them back to its junction with Yarrow again . |
| 23 | All right I mean all right she did so that one of the guys would perhaps carry it around for you . |
| 24 | At the age of twenty-eight she had awakened one morning to the realisation , clear as dawn , that to hope for things did not necessarily bring them about , that there was no earthly reason why she should be happy , healthy and husbanded . |
| 25 | ‘ But your father 'll only send you back again , ’ said Harry , still dubious . |
| 26 | ‘ As many times as it takes for you to realise that shutting him out will only keep him in , ’ he insisted firmly . |
| 27 | Still , better keep it up till dear Johnny gets back . |
| 28 | ‘ I thought I 'd better keep you up to date — you left here in such a rush , you did n't say whether you had any thoughts on the villa business … ’ |
| 29 | If you have you could perhaps use them along with the video text as a package grouped around a theme . |
| 30 | Cos you can only use them up to about four I would think cos other , other than that they get a bit too big for them do n't they ? he could do with a little slide in the garden |