Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I need your brother back even sooner than that — though perhaps I 'd better not say what fate I 'm planning for him . ’ |
2 | ‘ Perhaps I 'd better not ride schooling in the morning , ’ I suggested , as we reached the gate to the car park . |
3 | Perhaps I had better not go on in this way or things will get too mushy and pastoral after all . |
4 | In deference to you , Mr. Speaker , perhaps I had better not respond to the last part of my hon. Friend 's question , but I entirely agree with the spirit of his comments . |
5 | So I 'd better not hang around here much longer . |
6 | I we , well I do n't wan na be frightened so I 'd better not have a look at it ! |
7 | My partner suggested perhaps we 'd better not do this again . |
8 | But I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and decided that maybe I 'd better not say too much in front of the stranger . |
9 | Oh well , maybe I 'd better not try then ! |