Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd best , I 'd best leave it there . |
| 2 | That 's right , yeah , so I thought I 'd best get it |
| 3 | But , just to make sure you do n't jump to any more ludicrous conclusions , I 'd better make it clear that I do n't ever intend you to get away from me . |
| 4 | I 'd better fix it before he sees it . ’ |
| 5 | I 'd better give it to you because he has |
| 6 | I thought I 'd better rescue it before it went out with the rubbish . ’ |
| 7 | Some time later a man came along the path and stopped to ask me if I was all right , I told him yes and to please go away , which he did but I thought he 'll go to fetch help so I 'd better do it now . |
| 8 | If they were on Snakebite , I 'd better do it quickly . |
| 9 | ‘ I had a feeling that you might say that , but I just thought I 'd better check it out . |
| 10 | Mm , mm , I think I 'd better check it before we let it go on . |
| 11 | Well I No I thought I 'd better find it cos otherwise I 'd walk off without it and then you 'd get my pen , and I |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd better take it back , ’ Denis said , blushing at his carelessness . |
| 13 | ‘ Faye needs someone as soon as possible now , so perhaps I 'd better square it with the hospital for you . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd better fill it up . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd better test it . ’ |
| 16 | I thought I 'd better get it sorted out before I died . ’ |
| 17 | I 'd better get it done |
| 18 | ‘ But I still used to pose on the bike for publicity purposes , ’ she 'd say archly over her tea and Eccles cakes , ‘ until the varicose veins started to show through me silver tights and Flaherty said I 'd better call it a day and let them find themselves another pin-up girl . ’ |
| 19 | If it did I do n't remember it . |
| 20 | I thought why spend it all on chocolate because usually I buy about six or seven quid 's worth of eggs , a mixture of eggs |
| 21 | I thought better grab it while it 's there . |
| 22 | I do rather resent it when there are other council committees , there 's Town Hall Strategy Working Party in the afternoon , now if we 're going to be sure that we can all get to this without conflict with other committees , erm I had to be there on behalf of the Lord Mayor because she had duties , erm and I was very sorry not to be able to come , because I have dealt , visited many occupational , I wanted to visit the officers , and you know , it is n't always possible where you have a conflict of interests . |
| 23 | Then I do normally watch it with you . |
| 24 | I believe that the new generation of " 16 bit " machines ( such as the ACT Sirius 1 ) will prove to be well capable of meeting these demands If I may be permitted one small advertisement , I do not expect it to be long before I can fulfil my objective of promoting the use of micros in personnel through the marketing of systems developed specifically for this field . |
| 25 | I do not mean it in any ideological sense or historical sense or to be provocative but it 's very , it 's with very deep feelings that I speak to you today because you may not understand it but for me , after thirty three years in exile I was able to return to South Africa in nineteen ninety one and one of the first activities to which I was invited was the annual meeting of Cosatu And so when we say comrades in that sense , and thank you as comrades we mean it as comrades in arms . |
| 26 | There is a significant difference , and I do not feel it is only a class and an age difference , between the spare dignity of the oath Marco has learned from his early years and the oath which the Rat has devised as part of the game he has created for his Club : |
| 27 | I do not feel it necessary to add anything about the numerous authorities referred to in the learned arguments addressed to us , because the decision turns on a question of fact , whether the consideration for the promise is proved as pleaded . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , it is cold and I do not want it . |
| 29 | I do not want it and I do not understand it . |
| 30 | That may be the competitive advantage that the hon. Gentleman wants for his constituents , but I do not want it for mine . |