Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It comprises nearly 150 oil paintings , collages , gouaches and sculptures from all periods of Picasso 's career and is a rich illustration of the opinion advanced by John Richardson in the first volume of his biography of the artist that still-life was a subject which Picasso ‘ would eventually explore more exhaustively and develop more imaginatively than any other artist in history ’ . |
| 2 | Thus in choosing between two alternative sets of pleasure one can not necessarily decide which is preferable by an arithmetical calculation , nor could one necessarily do so even if one was omniscient . |
| 3 | Anyway — ’ She looked down on her partly eaten meal and her nose wrinkled before she went on , ‘ I 've got to go downstairs again , and you 'd better clear away here when you 've finished , then go into Mother and see if you can soothe her ruffled feathers . |
| 4 | Vern said it looked like the owners were coming to use the boat again soon : we 'd better clear off quick before it was light in the morning , specially as it 'd be Saturday . |
| 5 | Microsoft must foresee where the market is going , where and how to direct its effort — and do so better not just than lively young rivals eager to up-end it like IBM , but than powerful companies moving in from outside the industry . |
| 6 | It does not necessarily work as quickly as it did in Sylvia 's case — but it always succeeds , provided the patient does his or her homework regularly and conscientiously . |
| 7 | Manager Alan Lockwood was forced to bring in a number of young faces and he could only look on agonisingly as they struggled against more experienced golfers in gusting winds . |
| 8 | They will perhaps understand even better if they pay particular attention to the fine details of every movement . |
| 9 | Finally , a reminder about circular knitting given in figure 2 will only work so long as there is n't a punchcard in the card reader . |
| 10 | ‘ You 'd better set off now before it gets dark , ’ he told the driver . |
| 11 | Let's not chance that decision , let's all move forward together and cooperate and make it work . |
| 12 | " You 'd better ride back now and check the baggage carts , " he said sharply . |
| 13 | The trouble was that it did not necessarily sell well so that in some cases , such as that of the Burgundian lord , Guillaume de Châteauvillain , both he and his family , who acted as guarantors for the payment of 20,000 saluts which he had agreed to pay when captured by the French in 1430 , faced financial ruin . |
| 14 | A couple more years and it might be too late ’ — he gave a rather vulgar laugh — ‘ Better go on up while you still can . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd better go round there and apologise right away . ’ |
| 16 | She 'd better go down quickly before he started to get suspicious . |
| 17 | ‘ We 'd better go in anyway or we 'll end up having to sit in the shade for the rest of the week . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Well you 'd better go home then and get your tomato ketchup . ’ |
| 19 | You had better go home now before it gets too late . |
| 20 | The party could only go as far as the unions would allow and their influence was apparent at all levels . |
| 21 | ‘ We will only go as far as suggesting some of the market leaders like Sage and Pegasus , then we let the customers decide ’ . |
| 22 | Some of the migrants may only go as far as southern Europe . |
| 23 | And you could only go as far as the money would go , could n't you ? |
| 24 | We can only go so far as union negotiators . |
| 25 | I could only go out there and do what I was doing before , which is … labouring . |
| 26 | I 'm sure the , I 'm sure they 'll all go away very when you , before you came . |
| 27 | Thus a rabbit hole may suddenly go vertically upwards or downwards at a 90-degree angle . |
| 28 | Knock on the door and as soon as you are invited to do so walk in confidently and smiling . |
| 29 | Could only get as far as the kitchen . |
| 30 | will only come much nearer when male doctors |