Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sorry to disturb you , but could you perhaps spare a little time to come and talk to the Chief Superintendent ? ’ |
| 2 | Okay erm let's perhaps make a few comments then about the Vienna settlement itself . |
| 3 | As our bodies can only make a few of the necessary vitamins we need , they must be provided by what we eat . |
| 4 | A manor did not necessarily cover the same area as a parish ; indeed , parishes sometimes contained two or more manors and the boundaries between the two institutions often overlapped . |
| 5 | She 'd better make the most of the occasion and put her views on marriage more forcibly once she returned home . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , we 'd better make the most of it , then , had n't we ? ’ he said softly . |
| 7 | Apparently , that we only live once , that nothing lasts for ever , that the hours and days and years are rolling inexorably round , that soon we will all be in Hades with yesterday 's worthies , and nobody 's family connections or talent or good deserts will get them out : so we had better make the most of life while we have it . |
| 8 | When they called on us , they would always say to Mum , ‘ Fanny , we came to see how you are getting on , but we can only stay a few minutes . ’ |
| 9 | Sometimes the image would only remain a few seconds . |
| 10 | If you can only wait a few — ’ |
| 11 | Horses are all different , and will not necessarily behave the same way in identical situations . |
| 12 | For the interest rate yeah , but it would only buy the same sort of mortgage that Tina 's got on it already . |
| 13 | If you try and fudge it and set up three or four , say they can all discuss the same thing , you are building in the ability for major conflicts . |
| 14 | It is obviously every bit as important to respect the wild flowers in a foreign country as it is in one 's own , and not to pick large quantities of anything as you will only need a few pieces to create a floral souvenir of your trip . |
| 15 | If the ferret has fallen down a vertical hole within the burrow the line ferret , on approaching , may not necessarily do the same thing . |
| 16 | ‘ You 'd better break a few rules . ’ |
| 17 | Perhaps , when he 'd dropped her , he 'd better give a little thought to damage limitation and the covering of his tracks . |
| 18 | I find it sad that Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie , Britain 's number one tennis players do not apparently feel the same way . |
| 19 | No , they do n't all carry I mean , you do n't all carry the same weight in gallops . |
| 20 | But Des points out that everybody else on this road is running anyway , and if we want to stay unnoticed we 'd better do the same . |
| 21 | However , we agreed that self-help schemes could only bring a few jobs and that a central demand should still be that the state provide jobs . |
| 22 | " You 'd better collect a few more like that : then you can make a notice board and frighten Fiver . |
| 23 | She had had her pregnancy confirmed by the Medical Officer , who had decreed that she must henceforth do no more night duties . |
| 24 | Should we all do the same questions ? |
| 25 | I think you should all do the same questionnaire and the same survey but then if you can write it up separately . |
| 26 | Peering into the tank using a strong eye-glass I could only see a few fry and I mean a few . |
| 27 | Getting on with what you should be doing that can only see a few people doing that who are actually getting on with what they should have been doing while you are waiting . |
| 28 | Volunteers need only provide a few hours of their time a week to be trained as a tutor . |
| 29 | There are 3,000 varieties , but you need only remember a few of them : Chardonnay , Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot are some of the most common examples . |
| 30 | When Doris joined my classes , her figure resembled a barrel and , accordingly , she could only perform a few of the easier exercises . |