Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you would rather wait I could come back later , but it is , of course , important to lose as little time as possible . ’ |
| 2 | My course will eventually qualify me for a good career but meanwhile I 'm struggling on an allowance . |
| 3 | I 'd rather know I came fourth and ninth . ’ |
| 4 | In 1537 Ralph Sadler complained to Cromwell about the probable consequences of an enforced withdrawal : ‘ My absence from the court will so much hinder me that I shall never be able to recover . ’ |
| 5 | I shou 'd like a cloth one best if you please — I beg of your Sir to be so good as not to fail me this Cardinal by Wednesday , without fail , but let it be full yard long I beg , or else it will not do fail not on Wednesday , and in so doing you will very much oblige me . |
| 6 | ‘ Whatever you have to say will only make me feel uncomfortable . ’ |
| 7 | I had only known , positively though without details , that there was no help and no comfort forthcoming from the source , and that being so I shied away from any mental flashbacks which could only make me more unhappy and ashamed . |
| 8 | ‘ Better make me a list for Christmas , ’ Wayne said , and he gave her his hand to help her out onto the lakeside track . |
| 9 | ‘ Whatever they do will personally sadden me because I do not want to see my constituency chopped up , ’ he said . |
| 10 | If the Archbishop would only trust me , I should soon make his orchestra famous . |
| 11 | I expect Sinbad feels that as I 'm in the last few months of my final year , she 'd better pack me with as much experience as possible before I get whisked away to act staff nurse in some ward . |
| 12 | For a few days I had even considered calling the shop Trumper and Salmon , but dropped that idea when I realised that would only tie me in with Charlie for life . |
| 13 | This babble shall not henceforth trouble me . |
| 14 | You 'd better count me out . |
| 15 | My plan to ignore the time totally ( it would only depress me ! ) went badly wrong . |
| 16 | In August , an acquaintance gave him the address of a London representative ‘ who will apparently introduce me to Noël and Oliver and Bobby ! ’ |
| 17 | It would greatly assist me er if I could have a copy of a one to two thousand five hundred plan showing these lands without any er heavy lines on them . |
| 18 | But knowing how to make a fire might just save your life one day , so you 'd better watch me carefully in case you have to do this yourself . ’ |
| 19 | And as I say , the middle one had a sling on his arm , so , as I was opening the outside door one of them says , well if you 've not got cigarettes , you better give me a tenner or I 'll thump you ! |
| 20 | You see i well you , you better give me ten pound or I 'll thump you ! |
| 21 | Look , sir , you 'd better give me your passport . ’ |
| 22 | You had better give me a few days . |
| 23 | " You better give me a scotch . " |
| 24 | It was on Thursday afternoon , as she was passing Vass 's office , that Lisa struck her head round the door and reminded him , ‘ You 'd better give me directions to your house . |
| 25 | But you 'd better give me your number just in case . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Not only that but , seeming very pleasant and eager to please , I thought , the woman I spoke with then suggested that rather than address my package to Cara in her professional name , just to make sure the package reached you , she 'd better give me your married name . ’ |
| 27 | See you 've got your purse in your bag you better give me the money |
| 28 | You better give me some no . |
| 29 | Better give me some then ! |
| 30 | Better give me a game gon na thrash you whenever I could of thrashed at whatever ! |