Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , he was still developing the characteristics that would eventually make him a character actor . |
| 2 | Why should he suddenly grant you an audience ? |
| 3 | Killing him would only make him a martyr . |
| 4 | Mr Tsongas , a pro-business liberal , argued that to restart the campaign he abandoned three weeks ago for lack of funds would only make him a spoiler . |
| 5 | The average man may perhaps think it an exaggeration but I do assure you that this is factually so and nights are not now so dark that I can not be completely aware of what is happening around me before , during and after the nets have been set . |
| 6 | ‘ Better make me a list for Christmas , ’ Wayne said , and he gave her his hand to help her out onto the lakeside track . |
| 7 | Better make it a pound each . ’ |
| 8 | do you want some posters for Gordon and Adam , well I can only lend you a couple of ones , but those might do if she turns them over |
| 9 | The new crossing will obviously make it a lot safer . ’ |
| 10 | but I mean you do n't think erm cos he said to me he said oh I suppose I 'd better buy you a Christmas present and I said yeah buy me something that I 'd use . |
| 11 | But Sam can apparently do what the hell he likes , with as many women as he pleases ! ’ |
| 12 | I 'd better give her a ring , I suppose . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd better give her a hand or she 'll sulk . |
| 14 | If you want our marriage to have any chance of success you 'd better give her the sack first thing on Monday morning ! ’ |
| 15 | And as I say , the middle one had a sling on his arm , so , as I was opening the outside door one of them says , well if you 've not got cigarettes , you better give me a tenner or I 'll thump you ! |
| 16 | Better give me a game gon na thrash you whenever I could of thrashed at whatever ! |
| 17 | " You better give me a scotch . " |
| 18 | See you 've got your purse in your bag you better give me the money |
| 19 | Right , you 'd better give them a shout , there are n't that many actually |
| 20 | Perhaps you 'd better give him a pop over hurdles tomorrow . ’ |
| 21 | Now anybody who er who would like to see more sex on television , better give us a ring now I suppose O nine O four six four six four one if you er if you think the er Buddha of Suburbia which is erm has really upset Mary quite considerably . |
| 22 | If you need owt you better give us a ring . |
| 23 | I think I 'd better give you a course of broad-spectrum antibiotics . |
| 24 | ( Mutengene is a harder word than Sasse so I had better give you the pronunciation : Moo-teng-genay . ) |
| 25 | Many people think you can only do what the punchcard tells you to do but , being me , I always try to get as much as I can from them — even with a lace card I 'll try knitting it in different ways . |
| 26 | Local authorities can only do what the law explicitly allows ; all council powers come from Acts of Parliament . |
| 27 | But when he sent his ambassador to see if she were indeed as beautiful as men told , the Venetians would only show him the princess at nightfall , in an unlighted room . |
| 28 | Also it would be very wasteful of pump power and , depending where the transfer pipe entered the second filter/filter chamber , would not necessarily give you the oxygenation you wish for . |
| 29 | He 'd show her , and even if she did n't appreciate the work it would perhaps give him a moment to think , to recover his poise . |
| 30 | ‘ To keep the whole thing in the right perspective , you have to remember that it does n't necessarily matter what a manager decides , the service that the resident receives is actually given by the care assistant . |