Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose I 'd best ring Scottie and see if he wants me to process something about a picture then ? |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd better telephone Alan . ’ |
| 3 | Ooh I think I 'd better go lock up my garage before it gets too dark . |
| 4 | I 'd better go mother |
| 5 | Well I 'd better go June . |
| 6 | ‘ Excuse me , I 'd better bring Harrison in , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Just thought I 'd better remind people . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd better switch sides ; you will probably be too busy trying to keep your bow tie dry ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I think I 'd better have tomato , ’ she said dolefully , and refused to like the sound of his laughter . |
| 10 | I 'd better find Rob . |
| 11 | ‘ He is n't our dog , but he lives next door to us , ’ she explained , ‘ so I suppose I 'd better take charge of him and see that he does n't do any more mischief . ’ |
| 12 | I was going to take them , I was going to take them , and I said , Oh I 'd better , I 'd better see Dr first . |
| 13 | " I 'd better ask Cowslip what we 're supposed to do about taking some of this stuff back to the warren . " |
| 14 | I 'd better phone Katie had n't I ? |
| 15 | I 'd better get lunch . ’ |
| 16 | I 'd better grab Rocket . |
| 17 | Although I did not conduct field research in Nigeria , I visited that country in 1975 , 1978 and 1981 . |
| 18 | I did not think £9 too much for a fine steak , or £150 too much for the sort of weekend that would cost £200 in Edinburgh or London . |
| 19 | Mark : I was in a relationship from about 1981 to 1984 and , in a sense , I did not think AIDS affected me very greatly and it was not very high in my consciousness . |
| 20 | I swear I did not send men to Godstowe , though I would love to know who did . |
| 21 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |
| 22 | ‘ I did not offer Dustin the role as insurance for American release , ’ insisted Germi . |
| 23 | I wanted a wet/dry type of trickle filter for use with the vat mainly because I did not want water retained in the filter for any length of time — this could have caused weight problems . |
| 24 | ‘ I did not want things that Picasso gave Douglas and me coming on the market , and Billy very decently gave me the drawing ’ . |
| 25 | Their message was : ‘ You see why I did not want Mrs. Bonnard to hear this . ’ |
| 26 | I was glad to see there were no towns here , because I did not want people to question me or pity me . |
| 27 | I did not want Jean-Claude to think I thought of his work only in terms of the money it might earn . |
| 28 | This was a very old set and did not always work ; as I did not make contact with the control tower I came round and I saw that it was all clear for me to land , so I put my wheels down and made my approach . |
| 29 | ‘ I did not make love to her , Leonora , ’ he said forcibly . |
| 30 | I did not tell Dana about it . |