Example sentences of "[adv] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he went the next ones had better be better , right , the next ones were worse |
| 2 | Better be aloof and sound cold . |
| 3 | This had better be bloody good . |
| 4 | George decided that he had better be diplomatic . |
| 5 | And if you 're putting him right over clubs , you 'd better be 101 percent right if you 're telling him that what he 's got in mind is the wrong thing . |
| 6 | ‘ This had better be convincing , ’ she said frostily after they had ordered coffees . |
| 7 | This had better be good , I thought grimly as I crossed the road and walked up the cul-de-sac to the Parsonage . |
| 8 | Tell him his Mum said he 'd better be good . |
| 9 | ‘ It better be good . ’ |
| 10 | This had better be good , Cameron . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It better be good . |
| 12 | ‘ This better be good . ’ |
| 13 | It dominates the schedules with two , two-hour slots on Sunday and Monday , so it had better be good . |
| 14 | ‘ This third book had better be good , ’ she told him . |
| 15 | She dropped down beside him , saying casually : ‘ This had better be good . |
| 16 | But they 'd better be good . ’ |
| 17 | Grimly we think to ourselves ‘ It had better be good ’ . |
| 18 | Security for the Russians had better be good . ’ |
| 19 | It had better be good , thought Robert . |
| 20 | Carter said , ‘ This had better be good . ’ |
| 21 | Better be good . |
| 22 | ‘ Better be polite to them , ’ advised Reid . |
| 23 | So they 'd better be nice seeing as we 've been all the way |
| 24 | ‘ We 'd better be civil . |
| 25 | " It had better be new lines , I think , Peter — work that is liable to take some time . |
| 26 | You are virtually on your own in defending them , so you had better be convinced of the case before you agree to them . |
| 27 | And if we ca n't be sure of preventing our children from trying things , then we 'd better be sure how we can live with their experimentation , and how we can help them limit the damage . |
| 28 | I 'd better be sure cos this it 's not a cheap one that one so that |
| 29 | I better be sure it 's er , what Friday night cos I did before . |
| 30 | Oh , there had better be two of you . |