Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm relieved to see slow-dancing with me has n't turned out to be the traumatic experience you obviously feared . ’ |
| 2 | And another of them has just come out after doing time for burglary . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd just turned on to York Way when I spotted the two city gents who 'd been drinking in the pub . |
| 4 | The big one looked down at me as if I 'd just crawled out from under . |
| 5 | Well I c I I 've seen so many things over the year I just do n't believe it until I actually see it and th literally four weeks ago , I 'd just got back from Germany , went on a meeting the following morning and it 's that gentleman there , Steve , and h he 's got some pictures in his pocket which will prove exactly what we 're talking about . |
| 6 | That was er I 'd just got back from work . |
| 7 | And I 'd just got in at about oh half three . |
| 8 | The following morning , I 'd just got out of bed when he started barking to get out . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd just got out of bed — I was half asleep , ’ she tried , without much conviction . |
| 10 | I made sure I looked as if I 'd just got out of bed and dressed in a hurry — hence no socks and the sweatshirt — and went down to front garden to wave them in . |
| 11 | The duvet , I 'd just taken back from the dry cleaners ! |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd always hung around with boys , never really known any men — certainly no man had ever made me feel and think the dreadful things I felt and thought whenever I saw you ! ’ |
| 13 | Er then he made the I 'd better cut back to the business card because you jumped into the statement of purpose erm you assum er there was an assumed er was okay erm I put superb and I ca n't remember what that actually was there . |
| 14 | ‘ I think I 'd better go on to Granny Fordham 's . |
| 15 | I 'd better go down to Episkopi . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd better go back to my place — my suit 's there . ’ |
| 17 | Ooh , I 'd better go back to work had n't I ? |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd better go back in , ’ he said . |
| 19 | But er she 's coming a and gives him twenty five pounds for what he 's done oh he came in , he came into the kitchen , it 's ever so funny , he came into the kitchen to tell me about this you see Anyway he came back in there and I said to him I 'm not really enthusiastic about the thought er thinking that I was involved with this as well so the dear woman turned round and said to me it 's only your husband so I said well I 'd better go back in the kitchen where I know my place . |
| 20 | So I think for this run I 'd better press on with the book . ’ |
| 21 | And so , it does n't look good if I do n't bring the information in so I 'd better hurry up with that . |
| 22 | ‘ I just thought I 'd better keep out of the way . |
| 23 | He said he was a collector of antiques so I said I 'd better keep out of the way . |
| 24 | I 'd better live up to tradition and carry you over the threshold ! ’ |
| 25 | I 'd better get on with my telephoning . |
| 26 | Any edge that gave me would not last for long , and if I was going to protect my client , if she was my client , I 'd better get on with it . |
| 27 | ‘ Then I 'd better get on with running my own business . |
| 28 | ‘ Anyway , ’ he said , closing the book , ‘ I suppose I 'd better get on with my work now or I 'll get the sack . |
| 29 | I have n't got time to plan it , I 'd better get on with it . |
| 30 | Er , and you start pressurising yourself all day , and it 's the old story , I have n't got time for planning , I 'd better get on with it . |