Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er well perhaps I 'd better have a look . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps I 'd better take a look at her , ’ said Lindsey . |
| 3 | However , I 'm afraid Colin James got his wires crossed a bit regarding our catering vehicle , so perhaps I had better set the record straight . |
| 4 | Perhaps she had better make a bolt for it . |
| 5 | Perhaps you had better switch the set on ? |
| 6 | Perhaps you had better increase the sum you are giving me . |
| 7 | Perhaps you had better ask the Prince . ’ |
| 8 | From the many letters I receive I know how popular my teddy patterns have become and so I have done two special seasonable designs , this one depicting a teddy pulling a sledge full of gifts and for the next issue two teddies … well , perhaps you had better buy the magazine to find out for yourself ! |
| 9 | ‘ And … ’ the voice continued with studied casualness , ‘ perhaps you 'd better double the money … . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd better have a cigarette , Ellen . ’ |
| 11 | I think that perhaps we had better hear the Home Secretary explain it . |
| 12 | Apparently , that we only live once , that nothing lasts for ever , that the hours and days and years are rolling inexorably round , that soon we will all be in Hades with yesterday 's worthies , and nobody 's family connections or talent or good deserts will get them out : so we had better make the most of life while we have it . |
| 13 | So we 'd better make a note of that . |
| 14 | So it does actually span the end of the boom , the beginnings of the recession . |
| 15 | Right you 'd better see the cashier big fat chap with the glasses . |
| 16 | Beware the patrician whose natural argument is that ‘ we are educated and able to make an informed decision , but not so most people , hence we had better protect the masses from their own folly ’ . |
| 17 | Now I 'd better check the answering machine … ’ |
| 18 | Now I 'd better get the horses in . ’ |
| 19 | Now you 'd better ask the question — did I do it ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Now we 'd better have a formal interview with you , which I will allege took place in your flat . ’ |
| 21 | Well I 'd better put the duvet in the wash then . |
| 22 | Well you 'd better have a cup of coffee or . |
| 23 | Yeah but you do , well you do actually measure a regular more distance . |
| 24 | Here we do indeed find an example of a ‘ liquidation ’ of history which , it will be recalled , is exactly the accusation that Terry Eagleton makes against poststructuralism ; but the actual example in Bachelard demonstrates how much more complex the issue turns out to be . |
| 25 | Here we need only underline a few key concepts . |
| 26 | Well they 'd better do a wee test then . |
| 27 | ‘ Then you 'd better throw a blanket over your head , ’ he said quietly . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll warn Mrs Pettifer they 're on their way , ’ said the sergeant , ‘ Then you 'd better keep an eye on the old lady and I 'll watch the froggie geezer . |
| 29 | ‘ Then we need only follow the mark of his staff and not trouble ourselves further , ’ Marian said . |