Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] better [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's blown up into some kind of news story , so I better check the bulletins . |
| 2 | Perdita , covering the bottom of the lorries with straw to protect the ponies ' feet , suddenly heard Alejandro shouting that she better dig out a pair of clean breeches and polish her boots , as she 'd be playing in the match that afternoon . |
| 3 | Well no when we started when the strike started in the mill , I told then , you know y I do n't know what you are going to do with us , I said , but the way you are carrying on now you are going to bring trouble into this quarry , cos these lads are n't going to give in to you at all that quick , what you 're trying to do , make them work for thirty pound a week less , so you better think it over now , I said , before it gets any worse . |
| 4 | Well that 's ten to six coming up , so you better get ready for Dawn 's mum . |
| 5 | I keep telling him there is a television at the end of the ward and that he better wake up so he can watch the European match tomorrow night . |
| 6 | Oh , and you better make it five cos |
| 7 | ‘ And you better start calling me Mum , ’ said Gloria . |
| 8 | It would n't be what you might think of as being on metre , and so you really had to listen and be real careful , because John Lee was gon na play his stuff and you better fit into it because he was n't gon na fit in with you ! |
| 9 | and we better get used to all that because it 's not going to change this afternoon . |
| 10 | Until we better understand what is really wrong with Gaia and how to treat her symptoms , any meaningful discussions about future ‘ sustainable development ’ — the current preoccupation — seem not only premature but , quite possibly , moot . |
| 11 | But you better watch him , Mike . |
| 12 | " I do n't know , but you better have some story ready just in case . " |
| 13 | ‘ But you better get your arse on the deck . |
| 14 | They say we are the turkeys but you better believe , We 'll be doing all the stuffing , In the Mid-Counties Combination League . |
| 15 | ‘ Should n't be too much of a hardship , ’ said Luke , then eyeing Perdita s slender arms , but she better start pumping iron if she s going to play high goal . ’ |