Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb infin] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " You 'd better collect a few more like that : then you can make a notice board and frighten Fiver . |
| 2 | ‘ You 'd better make a million , then , ’ said Jessica . |
| 3 | Well they 'd better do a wee test then . |
| 4 | Perhaps , when he 'd dropped her , he 'd better give a little thought to damage limitation and the covering of his tracks . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'd better break a few rules . ’ |
| 6 | Yeah you 'd better have a mobile unit |
| 7 | He 'd better have a good reason for ringing me up on Christmas Day ! |
| 8 | ‘ You 'd better have a good reason for all this , Lizzy , because I want to know exactly what 's going on with you . ’ |
| 9 | The headmaster said , ‘ I think we 'd better have a little talk . |
| 10 | ‘ Now we 'd better have a formal interview with you , which I will allege took place in your flat . ’ |
| 11 | I 'd better have a full . |
| 12 | I was n't actually gon na say anything but I 'd better say a little bit . |
| 13 | But if anyone should try to get the better of Jimmy Dick , they 'd better take a lengthy piece of cutlery with them . |
| 14 | You 'd better get a bigger one , hundred and sixty one . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , film work 's very precarious , of course — so I thought I 'd better get a steady job for a bit , especially when my money ran out . ’ |
| 16 | This is not to suggest that life in a large mental handicap hospital is a fulfilling experience ; on the contrary , it has already been established that such places should not ideally exist and do not represent a suitable home for mentally handicapped people . |
| 17 | ‘ Aye , Ah 'd best have a wee talk with her myself . ’ |
| 18 | So when I said to Bob this morning was it Bob , I said do n't I do n't have a magic wand that 's gon na get rid of them but what I hope I 'm gon na give you over these two days is a system whereby you can use that and can support you so you 're able to effectively present despite having the nerves and be able to put over your point of view effectively , yeah ? |
| 19 | Can darts ever make a decent computer game ? |
| 20 | And they 'd bought this mortgage and their repayment was something like about I du n no a hundred and eighty pound a month . |
| 21 | Does that man not have a Christian name ? ’ |
| 22 | If the Christians do eventually deliver a true case of satanic child abuse — and , who knows , God forbid , they may , for satanists are real enough and a bit of copycat crime is surely due after all this publicity — it will be seen by many to validate all their arguments . |
| 23 | However , as is well known , the sets Q , R , C do all satisfy a near analogue of A4 , viz : unc unique number , namely unc ( also written |
| 24 | Although the courts do not refuse in principle to review the exercise of police discretionary powers , they do nevertheless exercise a great deal of caution and restraint to such a degree that it is difficult to see how in practice the principles of judicial review are capable of being used to challenge decisions to issue warrants where these are considered to be necessary for the prevention or detection of crime . |
| 25 | There was some nervousness that perhaps modular courses did not deliver a satisfactory educational experience from the viewpoint of the student . |
| 26 | In reality , from the study of the videotapes made of the language performance of most of the 150 people who took part , the language level actually being achieved did not bear a great similarity to the BSL as used by deaf people . |
| 27 | However , a report prepared over five years by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ( SIPRI ) , released in August , concluded that the USA did not bear a disproportionate share of the NATO burden . |
| 28 | Although the House of Lords did not give a concluded opinion , the inclination of the judgments was that the court could not use the test to limit a plaintiff to a proportion of his losses . |
| 29 | Although he did not give a new date for the elections , Traore stressed that the postponement would not affect the timetable for the transition period which had been extended in December [ see p. 38563 ] . |
| 30 | The film is the story of decadent British aristocrats who did not give a damn for anything but their own pleasure . |