Example sentences of "[noun sg] you 'd [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps in future you 'd better save that sort of chat for people who know me . |
| 2 | If they come looking for us with tusk and fang you 'd better be ready with that Winchester peashooter of yours . " |
| 3 | When I came off the phone she said , " Mum you 'd better sit down . |
| 4 | ‘ Because my most enduring memory of you is late nights , or very early mornings , smelling of bars and gutters , still high from whatever dangerous moment you 'd recently enjoyed . |
| 5 | She might have er period you 'd better go and sort her out . |
| 6 | I even brought her here so that I could see your reaction to her , see if that spark of jealousy you 'd once felt towards her was still there . ’ |
| 7 | More than two negative reasons for accepting a job can take a heavy toll on your resources of enthusiasm , particularly if you had the added disappointment of being turned down for the post you 'd really hoped for at the time . |
| 8 | ‘ Not , perhaps , the punishment you 'd originally intended . ’ |
| 9 | Well there 's plenty of hot water you 'd better get packing tomorrow night |
| 10 | If you ca n't control your temper you 'd better go down to the canteen and help yourself to a drink . |
| 11 | ‘ You like it so much you agreed to sail across the Mediterranean , with a man you 'd only met a couple of times , regardless of the fact that you did n't know one end of a boat from the other . ’ |
| 12 | What the obstetrician was calling ‘ a birth you 'd better not tell the Guardian about ’ . |
| 13 | Leisure studies , interests and hobbies will keep you on your toes so if you 're a couch potato or telly addict you 'd better change your ways . |
| 14 | ‘ The jade you 'd already given to me , ’ she pointed out . |
| 15 | If you want our marriage to have any chance of success you 'd better give her the sack first thing on Monday morning ! ’ |
| 16 | He always stayed calm , but he had a knack of turning things around so that you thought you were getting your own way when in fact you 'd just agreed with him . |
| 17 | If you 've finished with your face you 'd better take that dog out . ’ |