Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb past] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or I 'd better provide you with some paper . |
| 2 | Like they make a mistake , or I 'd better phone back , and then it cost them all that much money again , more money . |
| 3 | Yeah I did n't I did n't actually need to go shopping or I did n't want to go shopping . |
| 4 | Or I did n't think she was ! ’ |
| 5 | oh that Dutch coffee was too strong , now this seems to weak , or I did n't put enough in I think I 'll clean , put that filter stuff in tomorrow |
| 6 | It 's typical , they just accepted it all , so it did n't really achieve a great deal , but Mike told me quite a lot of things that I do n't really have any idea , or I did n't know about , |
| 7 | Or I did n't know where to go next . |
| 8 | Clearly , apart from the financial arguments , in terms of employment policies , if that is the case , erm , then , employees who are present see their pay , their total pay or reward package , has included the benefits of the local government evaluation scheme , will say , well you take that away , or you 'd better start doing something about our pay arrangements in recompense . |
| 9 | That , that 's right , you 've still got time or you 'd better get a move on , it 's that sort of reaction that your brain makes is n't it ? |
| 10 | Blinds on their own can fit any atmosphere , particularly if windows are awkward , small or you did not want to lose too much light . |
| 11 | Either you have lost the letter or you did n't have it to lose in the first place , in which case the king never gave it to you , i which case he gave it to me , in which case I would have put it into my inside top pocket in which case ( Calmly producing the letter ) … it will be … here . |
| 12 | Or you could just write about how you enjoyed the story or you did n't enjoy the story , or you think it 's a great story , or what actually happened in the story . |
| 13 | The family member will say that these things should help , that they are only part of normal family commitment and civilised behaviour and that , if he or she did not do these things , then the primary sufferer might die . |
| 14 | On the other hand , if the option is not exercised , the purchaser not only loses the initial value paid for the options themselves but also the commission paid on the shares he or she did not buy . |
| 15 | ‘ He or she did not resign at all . ’ |
| 16 | For example , their practice of reiterated warnings to an individual of the wrongfulness of his or her words or actions may have been to ensure that he or she did not plead ignorance of wrongdoing , which could have been an acceptable defence in the courts . |
| 17 | It would have been interesting , and perhaps fairer , to have looked at the drama work in an authority either where no drama adviser existed or where he or she did not have the accolade of inspectorial approval . |
| 18 | Or she did n't like his . ’ |
| 19 | what she did n't , what she did n't like the tiles or she did n't like the grout |
| 20 | In addition no child would be admitted at 11 unless his parents undertook to keep him at school until 18 ( though presumably the schools would have the right to throw out children who proved unsuitable , or who did not do enough work ) . |
| 21 | This is also the only way for motorists who have been refused permission at Killilan to use the private road , or who did n't like to ask , and are fit enough to do eight miles there and back on foot . |
| 22 | perhaps it was burnt down and re-built or something did n't seem at all tudorish did it ? |
| 23 | Or they did n't think there was . |
| 24 | And I think he quote those , or they did n't quote them in much , as much detail as I did in the lectures . |
| 25 | Or they did n't care . |
| 26 | Presumably one reason why people doing something is they did n't do it enough the first time , or they did n't do it properly , or they did n't do it successfully and therefore they 've got ta keep doing it . |
| 27 | Presumably one reason why people doing something is they did n't do it enough the first time , or they did n't do it properly , or they did n't do it successfully and therefore they 've got ta keep doing it . |
| 28 | Most of the students investigated in this study were non-traditional in that they either possessed qualifications which met the general entrance requirements of the institution but had been gained them in non-traditional ways ( i.e. by other than full time attendance at secondary school ) , or they did not meet the requirement but had other qualifications or evidence of attainment acceptable to the institution in question . |
| 29 | We can not therefore , admitting that we or they did not know before , insist that we do know now , since that would be to make different claims in circumstances that show no relevant difference . |
| 30 | It worked or it did not work . |