Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] i [det] " in BNC.

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1 You better give me some no .
2 Better give me some then !
3 If it is only 20 francs , Father will perhaps give me another 10 … and then I 'll rush off at tremendous speed . ’
4 I ca n't think why you have to constantly provoke me this way . ’
5 ‘ I suppose you 'd better tell me all about it .
6 You 'd better tell me all about your dad , so I can keep my end up . ’
7 You 'd better ask me some questions I think .
8 ‘ Look , could n't you just lend me some Thai money ?
9 It has been seven years that life does not bring me any joy and being totally blasé , I have decided to put an end to those viragos .
10 I had hoped that on my twenty-first birthday I would discover more about my future , but Mr Jaggers explained that he could not give me any more information , except that from now on I would have five hundred pounds a year to spend as I liked .
11 I was up ‘ til midnight making the gekhakte chicken liver and roasting the turkey for the sandwiches and doing the potato salad , so you 'd better not give me any nonsense about your latest low-fat diet , Rebecca , or you either , Rainbow , though a little slimming routine might not be such a bad thing for you , except today 's a special occasion , so just tuck in .
12 If you could just give me those descriptions again to refresh my memory ? ’
13 Windy come here Windy am I smelling or do you normally call me that ?
14 ‘ Will you kindly not call me that ? ’
15 I do n't think you can do anything about me not getting an erm they should just pay me more should n't they , if they ask to ?
16 But this incantation I use does not calm me any more .
17 When Andrée had recovered she said , ‘ And yet you will not tell me that simple thing ? ’
18 ‘ But why did you not tell me that at once ? ’
19 She did not tell me that .
20 She shut up and her mouth fell into a gape , the sweat appeared in globules on her upper lip , the colour deepened in her face and she seemed to have to force breath into her lungs as she listened to him now saying , ‘ You 'll not tell me any more what I 've got to do and what I have n't got to do .
21 It was clear that Mrs Fairfax would not tell me any more .
22 ‘ If you could just get me some warm water I — ’
23 Cathy did not cause me any trouble at first .
24 ‘ And you should not ask me that , either , ’ said Sally-Anne , head erect , carriage proud , refusing to be won over .
25 Do not ask me any more , it is dangerous knowledge .
26 ‘ So you do n't properly believe me either ? ’
27 Lucy leaned back with an air of satisfaction , then dimpled a grin at Virginia , adding apologetically , ‘ Could you possibly pour me another cup of tea ?
28 ‘ Paintbox can still carry me all day , ’ Artemis replied .
29 Suppose I 'm an industrialist listening to this programme , and I 've been very interested in what you 've been saying , and I feel that I 've got a problem that the University could possibly give me some advice on .
30 Do n't ever call me that again . ’
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