Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All we can do is hope that Mrs W. will cool off and in the meantime , Edward , I 'm sorry but honestly I think Mary or Janice had better take over Junior Biology . ’ |
| 2 | The CEGB did eventually carry out its test drilling on the farm at Luxulyan . |
| 3 | ‘ When Warren did eventually turn up he was marvellously witty and entertaining — but unfortunately that was only when the cameras WERE N'T rolling . |
| 4 | Martin had better look out . |
| 5 | But the Linekers had better go home . |
| 6 | I rejected the offer and said that , if these were the terms , Williams had better go ahead and sign Senna . |
| 7 | And Phena need never find out . |
| 8 | Yow 'd better clear off before 'er brother comes . ’ |
| 9 | Though , ’ he smiled at the girl , ‘ Mistress Philippa and Geoffrey had best stay together . |
| 10 | Daniel had better watch out for him in his rear-view mirror . |
| 11 | Portia Forbes had better watch out . |
| 12 | Filmer did eventually come down , but with Daffodil . |
| 13 | The team was regarded by many , including James Michener , as having a negative impact : ‘ I strongly suspect that the Harlem Globetrotters did more damage racially than they did good , because they deepened the stereotype of ‘ the loveable , irresponsible Negro ’ ’ ( 1976 , p.145 ) . |
| 14 | IAN WRIGHT and Kevin Campbell take their goal scoring double act into Europe next week and after this demolition of Ipswich , the Danes of Odense had better watch out . |
| 15 | Until we sift the evidence ourselves , we ca n't comment objectively except to say that as far as the publicity campaign is concerned , Microsoft had better think again . |
| 16 | Mr Pitt had better cheer up soon or his career will sink without trace , and throughout the whole film you can see the joins . |
| 17 | LORD LINLEY had better watch out ! |
| 18 | Poets like Woodhouse had best go back to their jobs . |
| 19 | So first of all I think Kelly had better get off |
| 20 | William had better watch out . |
| 21 | The evidence that the continents have drifted , that South America did indeed break away from Africa for instance , is now literally overwhelming , but this is not a book about geology and I shall not spell it out . |
| 22 | True to his predictions , the population of Europe and North America did indeed grow dramatically in the 150 years that followed . |
| 23 | Mrs. Mott had better get on with the job of cancelling them . |
| 24 | Lady Beatrice ignored my wandering eye , young Rachel dared only smile shyly at us , whilst the Agentes were a law unto themselves . |
| 25 | High-church men such as Gladstone and Wilberforce did indeed stick closer to the literal text of the Bible than their twentieth-century successors would ; they saw all its books as an inspired unit , ‘ Holy Scripture ’ . |