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 . ’ |