Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Duncan Paterson , the selection convenor , came on to say that I had better get myself over to Murrayfield as soon as I could ! |
| 2 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 3 | No , I think that I had better take one from the Scottish National party . |
| 4 | I ca n't say that I did honestly enjoy it at first . |
| 5 | She made for the new extension , hoping she had imagined that speculative look in her young assistant 's eye , and feeling that she 'd better let him think the Palmer & Pearson file had dropped on her desk while he was absent on Friday . |
| 6 | ‘ So do we accept that she did merely close it later ? |
| 7 | Suddenly everyone seems to be talking about the menopause so we thought that you 'd better hear what women really think . |
| 8 | indicates that you had better shorten your sentences or use less elaborate words or both . |
| 9 | We are now hearing that our outlook is so bad that we had better leave it to an independent central bank to decide the important aspects of our future . |
| 10 | I thought you were gon na go and tell him that he 'd better see me today . |
| 11 | He finished the glass of Kir and decided that he had better see his controller in person . |
| 12 | He was n't abashed by her request , and as his gentle gaze roamed over her face , she felt that he did indeed understand her rather too well . |