Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Right I 'd better keep them then cos they 're different |
2 | Perhaps I 'd better introduce my sort of position here . |
3 | ‘ Faye needs someone as soon as possible now , so perhaps I 'd better square it with the hospital for you . |
4 | ‘ Perhaps I 'd better say something to Jed . ’ |
5 | Perhaps I had better measure my words carefully , as I do not wish to embarrass anyone . |
6 | Perhaps I had better do it now . ’ |
7 | Perhaps I had better hear it now . ’ |
8 | So I had better tell you . ’ |
9 | ( Mutengene is a harder word than Sasse so I had better give you the pronunciation : Moo-teng-genay . ) |
10 | Now I imagine yo you come from all different parts of the county so I 'd better tell you where they are . |
11 | So I 'd better mind my Ps and Qs . |
12 | So I 'd better hear what they say . |
13 | So I did just ask him er just come to me right out of the blue when he was here one night . |
14 | More to give herself time to think than because she wished to know , she said to Constance , ‘ Perhaps you had better tell me right from the beginning , Constance . ’ |
15 | ‘ Then , if that should be the case , perhaps you 'd better mention my predicament to Lady Claudia , ’ Cleo said . |
16 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd better tell me what you 're referring to , ’ she replied warily . |
17 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd better tell me what you were doing , going away for a weekend with a married man , ’ he suggested quietly . |
18 | Right , now I 'm told that the report to next policy committee is coming anyway , it wo n't be ready for the next budget review , but you 'd like , erm , so , cou , perhaps you 'd better word your motion so that the officers completely clear as to what you 're proposing . |
19 | Perhaps you 'd better give him a pop over hurdles tomorrow . ’ |
20 | ‘ I think perhaps you 'd better fill me in on just exactly what 's been happening . ’ |
21 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd better let me have your name . ’ |
22 | ‘ Well , perhaps you 'd better enrol her . |
23 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd better follow me … ’ |
24 | So you 'd best win it now , eh ? ’ |
25 | So you 'd better watch it . |
26 | So you need only buy it once . |
27 | She began to speak , but he said , with a shrug , ‘ I can see you do n't want to get too involved , so perhaps we 'd better forget it . ’ |
28 | ‘ Perhaps we 'd better leave you now , Philippe , ’ he said . |
29 | Perhaps we had best ask ourselves why our political institutions function as they do . |
30 | So he does sometimes find it hard to throw himself out of bed ? |