Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In the meantime we 've still got a couple of days left , and I 'd better start getting my act together , or my replacement is going to wonder what sort of service we 've been running here ! |
| 2 | ‘ I said we 've talked enough , and I 'd better go and see Hayley Burton . ’ |
| 3 | it was only ten to eight and I got up because I thought I was getting late for work and I 'd better get moving . |
| 4 | I was just about to say I expect you could really make a mess if you tried and then I realized I was covered in and I 'd better shut up . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm no use to anyone in football and I had better get out , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Erm where I have to qualify my my support is is , and and I do particularly want to stress that in no way would I accept the exceptions policy as a substitute to an appropriate increase in the employment alloca allocation for Selby District . |
| 7 | And my Will is to be Buried in Linen in a Suit which I shall provide for that purpose And I do hereby order and direct that the Sum of Ten Pounds shall be paid to the person who shall be the last in attending me to the time of my expiring and who shall see me Inclosed and laid in my Coffin in Linen . |
| 8 | And while I think we ought to do what we can , I think there 's a line which ought to be drawn , and I do honestly wonder whether twenty-one , it was eighteen last year , and I just wonder if perhaps we should erm try and switch some of these to mid-week , so that we 're not seeing it virtually every Saturday of the year . |
| 9 | And so we 've , now , you know , in these times when you get tied up in red tape and bureaucratic mess everywhere the speed at which has achieved this is admirable and I do really thank you for that . |
| 10 | Stein said yesterday : ‘ Mr Beller told me told that if things were not sorted out by tomorrow , the company would cease trading and I do really fear that this is the end . |
| 11 | Stein said yesterday : ‘ Mr Beller told me if things were not sorted out by tomorrow the company would cease trading and I do really fear this is the end . |
| 12 | I 'm so frightened the feeling will go away , it 's too fragile , and I do so want it not to break . |
| 13 | I wish we were having a picnic , and that it was hot , and I do indeed wish that we were all together ; though even if I were to hold the whole world against my chest , it would probably save us from very little . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm an optimist and I do truly believe that Eldorado is a good idea and that it will work . |
| 15 | always says Hello to me every time she sees me and I do sometimes see in the mornings . |
| 16 | Bacardi and coke is my only tipple and I do sometimes get through a couple on nights when I 'm in myself , well it 's better than turning to the biscuit barrel is n't it ? |
| 17 | They are good to meet people and I do actually like to enter . |
| 18 | I admit , you and I did rather live our years together in the shadow of Jean-Claude , as I had lived in the shadow of Montaine . |
| 19 | Looking through her work you ca n't help but be impressed by the quality and her attention to detail — and I did just wonder if I was in the presence of someone who is going to be hailed the greatest canine painter of her era . |
| 20 | They were talking to each other loudly as if to keep lurking wood-spirits at bay , and I did vividly remember that teenage spooky feeling of being alone in wild woodland and at the mercy of supernatural eyes . |
| 21 | These gatherings were held in the Church Institute and I did occasionally worry about the language . |
| 22 | In my ignorance , I had never heard of this extraordinary saga , and I did indeed spend some absorbing time in the church learning something about it . |
| 23 | ‘ And I did indeed enjoy my visit but I think I have missed the best treat in the entire house , what a pity I did n't see you first . ’ |
| 24 | I suppose looking back on what I said at the time it was true and I did really love you and I still do but now it 's not sexual or romantic , it was n't sexual then because my mind was too pure and partly because you were such a huge chunk of my life , one seventh , and I think I always will do n't know what that 's su oh it 's love you I suppose for you it must have been such a small thing and at fifteen stroke sixteen you can probably only just remember me I was fourteen actually I was the middle son who was n't properly blond unlike the brothers and hung around near you far too much . |
| 25 | No he was really he was really nice and I did actually like him . |
| 26 | And I did so want to dig up a few artichokes this evening . |
| 27 | ‘ I did n't know how else to shake you out of your melancholy — and I did so want Hilary back . ’ |
| 28 | Mention junk bonds to an American manager and you had better duck . |
| 29 | ‘ I think me and you had better have a little walk . ’ |
| 30 | And you 'd best go to the toilet before you leave . |