Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 But may I politely suggest that in future they beat their meat in the privacy of their own studio instead of soiling our evening with such toss ?
2 No , no I 'd I rather suspect that the erm , the cancelled the contract .
3 Perhaps I better explain that symbiosis is popularly defined as a relationship between two differing life forms for their mutual benefit .
4 I think I better go and get my … my handbag , ’ she managed at last .
5 I better go and
6 Oh I better go and see if there 's any erm if my Christmas pudding wants er filling up .
7 I suppose I , I better go and get hair done .
8 I thought , well I better go and see her else she 'll be playing around with me .
9 Oh , I suppose I better go and do that ironing ! .
10 Right , I better go and ring and cancel my night then .
11 And then I better go and see Annette to tell her .
12 Oh I better go and check the sausages .
13 I better see if this dinner 's ready .
14 I better let that put your feet up Raymond .
15 I thought I better call and see how you were doing
16 I thought I better call and see how you were doing , now we know
17 Should I perhaps digress and say a little word erm er about this ?
18 I was being utterly foolish ; my duty was to stay on , do A-levels , and go on to Oxford or Cambridge ( which took an extra term ) ; the local grammar school was not good enough to fulfil this latter purpose and if I went there , I would only be throwing my education away ; and , besides , did I not realise that , in the face of difficulties , one should never give up , but struggle on and thus establish a superior strength of character ?
19 We walked up to the fall and what would I not give if I could convey to you the images and feelings which were then communicated to me .
20 ‘ Did I not say that he was a good secretary ? ’
21 The professional 's main problem is always : how can I best help and advise these parents as they try to solve their problem ?
22 No how many contracts can I physically get if I want ?
23 Can I just feel If you lift your hand , would you please ?
24 But can I just answer that because hopefully we do we do try to listen and we try to give you what information you 're capable of taking at the time .
25 Can I just go and shout at the office please ?
26 Can I just mention that the reason why some of the older properties in this village has steeper pitched roofs is not because they 're pantiled now , because originally they were erm , thatched , and the thatch needs a very steep pitch and particularly when there 's a erm a gable end higher than the pantiles , it 's where there was a thatched roof originally , but most of the older properties in this village are only one room wide , so you ca n't get a very big roof on , no matter how steep it is , the proposed houses here are in fact virtually sort of two rooms wide are n't they , so that means they are wide at the eves , I I would personally have thought that erm they could have been pitched a bit less .
27 Ooh can I just mention while we 're while we 're on about tables , well we 're not really on about it , but can I just mention it .
28 Could I just mention before it goes by
29 Can I just clarify whether you 've asked a question .
30 Erm can I just clarify that the thirty million of erm savings , was that actual redundancy costs which took place in ninety two or was that redundancy costs plus the sav commensurate savings which will then benefit ninety three er or was it just the savings ?
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