Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Linekers had better go home . |
| 2 | I rejected the offer and said that , if these were the terms , Williams had better go ahead and sign Senna . |
| 3 | Though , ’ he smiled at the girl , ‘ Mistress Philippa and Geoffrey had best stay together . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | True to his predictions , the population of Europe and North America did indeed grow dramatically in the 150 years that followed . |
| 8 | Lady Beatrice ignored my wandering eye , young Rachel dared only smile shyly at us , whilst the Agentes were a law unto themselves . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |