Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 'd he ever do to ya ? |
| 2 | I decided we better call you chief foreman stevedore , and that 's what they call me , chief foreman , so that 's what they call 'em today , chief foreman stevedore . |
| 3 | Then one day I had to go to the Post Office for something — one of them forms I daresay — so I thought I better wrap up , I better take care , you 're very vulnerable after a long illness you know , and I put my old long mack on and one of the kids ' mack hats and Wellingtons and I went out in the rain , feeling , in a depressed sort of way , ‘ Well , if I get ill again , what can I do ? |
| 4 | I say , the reason I think I had bad dreams , recently , in the last sort of three nights , is because they 're the three nights I went swimming early , so I thought I better go to bed early . |
| 5 | I was upstairs bleeding the radiators , all air hisssss air whooshing out everywhere I thought I better check to see when I come in , that thing was full of water ! |
| 6 | I thought I better call and see how you were doing |
| 7 | I thought I better call and see how you were doing , now we know |
| 8 | I were looking for an alarm clock , I thought I better have a new one else I 'm gon na start sleeping in for work . |
| 9 | The doctors say he might go off sudden-like , so I thought I better warn you . ’ |
| 10 | It was sweet of you to go ; I just thought I better get something but once these attacks start it 's a bit too late to take anything really . |
| 11 | She thought she better buy not only her way into heaven but that of all her husband and relations as well . |
| 12 | We do n't know why it was this little sort of dip , that reproduces you know , the configuration of it but why it was there , we do n't know , we thought we better put it back since it was there . |
| 13 | Accounts of his sexual prowess have been dismissed by sceptics , but those who knew him better maintain that he was able to exercise extraordinary self-control when making love , so that sex several times a day with different women was perfectly feasible . |
| 14 | ( Or did you feel that you wanted to say more ? ) 3 Did everyone else get a fair chance to express their opinion ? |
| 15 | I 'm sure that bloody corset did me more harm than good . |
| 16 | Did someone just say that ? |
| 17 | Did y you said that you had your purse stolen , did someone actually break into the flat ? |
| 18 | Did I just give him some money , I did n't did I ? |
| 19 | ‘ What did I just agree to ? ’ she whispered . |
| 20 | I do n't care , did I just take a carton of that ? |
| 21 | ‘ This is none of my business , but did I just hear you say you were thinking of doing some private nursing to save for an overseas trip ? ’ |
| 22 | What did I just say ? |
| 23 | What did I just say ? |
| 24 | What did I just say ? |
| 25 | What did I just say ? |
| 26 | What did I just say ? |
| 27 | What did I just say ? |
| 28 | What did I just say ? |
| 29 | What did I just say ? |
| 30 | What did I just say ? |