Example sentences of "[adv] we [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that perhaps we had better hear the Home Secretary explain it . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | So we 'd better make a note of that . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Now we 'd better have a formal interview with you , which I will allege took place in your flat . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Here we need only underline a few key concepts . |
| 8 | ‘ Then we need only follow the mark of his staff and not trouble ourselves further , ’ Marian said . |