Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Making two shots at it before he could manage the switch , he wondered if he 'd better not drink any more . |
| 2 | I 'd better not drink any more ! |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd better not waste any more time , ’ she added , pushing the door open and going through , finding herself at an entrance to the dock area that she had seen from Froebe 's office . |
| 4 | We 'd better not waste any time . |
| 5 | I thought , all right , I 'd better not do that again . |
| 6 | A blind person remarked : ‘ If someone said to me ‘ You 'd better not do this placement ’ then I 'd rather walk to Australia on my hands than admit that I could n't . ’ |
| 7 | My partner suggested perhaps we 'd better not do this again . |
| 8 | It 's got pockets , yes , you 'd better not open those actually . |
| 9 | And very … well , I 'd better not say any more about that . |
| 10 | However — ’ he grinned at the expression on her face ‘ — I 'd better not say any more . |
| 11 | you 'd better not have that had ya ? |
| 12 | I 'd better not use this felt tip |
| 13 | I 'd better not use this felt tip |
| 14 | You 'd better not put any bum ones in . |
| 15 | They 'd better not get any on me after I 've done this , put it that way . |
| 16 | ‘ We 'd better not push this too far , ’ said Edward . |
| 17 | I 'd better not take any more at once in case they fall off . |
| 18 | So the new planners thought well why waste all this available space between the various shops ? |
| 19 | Normality ratings did not clearly support this position . |
| 20 | They did not particularly want that , but it was foisted upon them . |
| 21 | For herself she was unconcerned , she had never liked the cat , did not particularly like any cats , and found this one obnoxiously self-centred and cold . |
| 22 | This did not automatically lead all in influential circles to conclude that there was a need for provision for the poor by the state . |
| 23 | If I did not already have these , I would probably stock a few Congo Tetras to liven up the surface layers , which would also be more in keeping with the African origins of the Synodontis . |
| 24 | Secondly , they were treating babies as not yet formed adults since their nervous system did not yet contain all the adult structures which they imagined , without any evidence , would be necessary before one could have an unpleasant emotional experience . |
| 25 | Economists said trade figures did not yet reflect much of the yen 's recent rise against the dollar but the effect of the yen 's rise could figure in the March and April trade figures . |
| 26 | This alternative submission did not however occupy much time in argument before your Lordships . |
| 27 | This did not however imply that recovery would follow in every case where a mistake had been shown to exist : ‘ If the defendant can show that the payment was made in settlement of an honest claim , or that he has changed his position as a result of the enrichment , then restitution will be denied . ’ |
| 28 | At some later date he abandoned all his offices and journeyed to the Hijaz ( which journey both Mecdi and el-Kefevi have taken to be for the purpose of going on the pilgrimage ) ; alter his return he did not again hold any office . |
| 29 | He did not immediately contemplate any drastic change in his filmmaking aesthetic , since his first Hollywood picture , Rebecca ( 1940 ) , was based on a British book and used British actors , and it was some time before he made a completely American picture . |
| 30 | Despite the widespread incorporation of the systems approach into branches of physical geography and its increasing use as a framework for textbook structures , some disillusionment has occurred , possibly because the systems approach did not immediately offer all that was at first hoped . |