Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Franca had in fact tried vainly to waken him that morning , stirring him a little and calling his name . |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose you 'd better tell me all about it . |
| 3 | You 'd better tell me all about your dad , so I can keep my end up . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm honest , I 'd better tell you that . |
| 5 | Right , well you 'd better put them all |
| 6 | You 'd better ask me some questions I think . |
| 7 | I 'd better get you some help . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You 'd better buy it some flowers . |
| 9 | They 're still a bit wobbly , you know , and when the bombing got rough I thought I 'd better find us all somewhere to go . |
| 10 | She had left herself the early part of the evening free , and she had just finished dressing when Florian and Nicky dropped in to show her some new photos of the fair South African child who went by the name of Joni Jones , Florian having insisted on the first and the name with which he had replaced his original , paradoxically both more and less ordinary name , having been legalised in both countries whose passports he held , the United Kingdom and South Africa . |
| 11 | ‘ But Ellen , ’ said Bernard , ‘ if you 'd only stuck it another month , you 'd have got your degree and we could have begun to live quite comfortably . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ My pleasure , ’ he murmured suavely , and from then until Mrs Novakova came in to tell them that dinner was ready he engaged her in surface conversation that had nothing whatsoever to do with the reason for why she was there . |
| 13 | Feeling a twinge of guilt because she 'd inadvertently brought it all up when all they wanted was for it to remain buried , and pushing aside for the moment the whys and wherefores of her grandfather 's involvement , Ellie apologised quietly , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd already told you all you needed to know ! ’ |
| 15 | He 'd always called her that . |
| 16 | There are manufacturers , distributors and retailers geared up to supply them all , from multinational companies like Nestle to small healthfood firms manufacturing grain , nut and honey crunch bars . |
| 17 | Her lips clamped together and she stared at him in horror , unable to believe she 'd really asked him such a question . |
| 18 | That 's when it jumped up cos the owner came out to give it some grub . |
| 19 | At the moment we were about to begin to interview Cleese 's mother turned up to ask him some detail of the day . |
| 20 | Our three would=be Busmen , James Gilchrist , Paul Sturgess [ he of Blue Peter fame ] and Roland Huggett , took it all in their stride , whilst the researcher danced around telling them all just ‘ how wonderful you are ’ . |
| 21 | He got up to get them some more beer . |
| 22 | In the confusion that followed the form tipped up propelling us all on to the floor . |
| 23 | ‘ We walked out to show them that good manners matter and when a function says 8pm it does not mean 9pm . |
| 24 | Then he cut out cut them all up |
| 25 | She was sounding terse and McLeish decided not to ask her any more details over the transatlantic phone . |
| 26 | They 're being told by Lucy 's father , who flew out to see them this morning . |
| 27 | And he worked hard to give them that chance . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Busy , ’ he replied , and while she bit down a reply of , ‘ That should keep you out of mischief , ’ Lubor went on to disappoint her some more , when he added , ‘ Mr Gajdusek has gone away and left me with very much work . ’ |
| 29 | His name is Mr William Charles Francis ; age 26 ; occupation journalist ; religion Church of England ; next-of-kin father ; addresses of both in the Admission Book ; admitted to Casualty at 10.20 A.M. — ’ and she went on to tell us all I had heard from Humber . |
| 30 | I chose not to buy it that day , so I was interested to see whether a longer look at it would change those initial impressions . |