Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result of all this is that because of the divergence of Belfast English from other varieties and the internal divergence within it , we do not know beforehand what is the correct lexical input to any phonological variable , we do not necessarily know what the variants of the variable are , and we may not be at all certain about what precisely might count as a variable . |
| 2 | But Sam can apparently do what the hell he likes , with as many women as he pleases ! ’ |
| 3 | If you want our marriage to have any chance of success you 'd better give her the sack first thing on Monday morning ! ’ |
| 4 | See you 've got your purse in your bag you better give me the money |
| 5 | ( Mutengene is a harder word than Sasse so I had better give you the pronunciation : Moo-teng-genay . ) |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Local authorities can only do what the law explicitly allows ; all council powers come from Acts of Parliament . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | " You had better show me the sites , " Matthew said , " and I 'll see what I can suggest . " |
| 11 | But as he had , I could only give him the answer he needed , without knowing for sure whether it was true or not . |
| 12 | The Purchaser can only see what the Vendor makes available : it may not disclose everything . |
| 13 | A political gamble was taken too : that if hostages were released , Americans would not greatly mind what the price or the means had been . |
| 14 | Surely those politicians , members of royalty , athletes or anyone who wishes to make a clarifying statement should have sufficient intelligence to appreciate that the media-kings of speculation can not only guess what the content of the future announcement will be , but can make it so much more interesting by speculating on the response , plus the reaction to the response by the person who probably intended to say the opposite to what the ‘ experts ’ had been speculating would be said for the past 48 hours . |
| 15 | I can perhaps anticipate what the Minister will say . |
| 16 | The " fundamental " principle of education is that the head can only take what the seat can take . |
| 17 | ‘ You 'd better leave me the matches , then . ’ |
| 18 | We seem to have a breed of unadventurous promoters who can only offer us the likes of Grooverider and Carl Cox , making it difficult for talented newcomers to get the break they deserve . |
| 19 | At a national level one can only imagine what the development consequences might be for countries with already declining or collapsing economies . |
| 20 | ‘ Do you mean that if you can just explain what the alternatives are you will have answered the question ? |
| 21 | Such as it was , it constituted a public place , and he could no longer guarantee himself the seclusion and privacy of the deserted churchyard . |
| 22 | This set will finally give us the numbers of vibrations of each symmetry species . |
| 23 | Can you just give me the name of the person who has the |
| 24 | ‘ If he 's a secret friend of the Moslems , why does n't he just give them the money directly . |
| 25 | The dad will just give them the cheque , you know , they 've got thirty five pounds , pocket money just for , you know his dad 's going to give him the other . |
| 26 | That might be enough for Leicester might just give them the time . |
| 27 | But if you ordered a ten thirty delivery and it arrived before noon , we would just give you the money difference the before twe , ten thirty and the before noon price , not the complete price . |
| 28 | two , of regulation seventeen , perhaps I 'd just give you the reference in er I 'm sure it must be there , page , page twelve , one , one is regulation seventeen |
| 29 | So I 'll just give you the equation you can write the equation ion the on the graph paper . |
| 30 | ‘ If you would just show me the route on this map , ’ says Robyn , without returning the smile , ‘ I 'd be most grateful . ’ |