Example sentences of "i [verb] [pers pn] have [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Of course , if you 've now decided that you are n't prepared to look after Emma and Sophie , if you do n't care about their future welfare or happiness , then I suggest you 'd better catch the next plane back to England . ’ |
2 | I know he 'd better stop scraping them whatever he 's doing . |
3 | ‘ I figured I 'd better get started before I ended up like Brahms or something , ’ he deadpans in a voice that betrays his Welsh origins ( he was born in 1942 in Garnant ) rather than the last 25 years living in New York . |
4 | Then I figured I 'd better try the same approach on guitar , so I put a really high nut on this old Gibson Melody Maker and I started using bottleneck on it . |
5 | We 'll have a quick look through the drawers in the desk , and then I reckon we 'd better go . " |
6 | She shifted the rather heavy , though small , paper bag which she was carrying , and said : ‘ I guess I 'd better get some tea before all the cookies go . |
7 | I decided I 'd better dump my bags , literally , and make my presence known . |
8 | ‘ Because , although you 'd said you understood , I decided I 'd better explain , but then had great difficulty in assembling anything which sounded … feasible . |
9 | I had n't , but I decided I 'd better think of a few . |
10 | I decided I 'd better go to stop him going on about it . |
11 | " I suppose we 'd better start having a look along the banks soon , although I must say I 'm in no particular hurry . |
12 | Done half a day I suppose we 'd better tell him that we 're taping |
13 | " Well , I suppose we 'd better go and see the Chief Rabbit and you can tell him about it . |
14 | ‘ I suppose we 'd better go in , ’ he said with trepidation . |
15 | ‘ I suppose we 'd better go back to the car , ’ he said in a carefully neutral tone . |
16 | And I suppose we 'd better go and asphyxiate ourselves up at the sulphur springs . |
17 | ‘ I suppose we 'd better make a start . |
18 | I suppose we 'd better stop it , ’ Targoutai said . |
19 | ‘ I suppose we 'd better eat something . ’ |
20 | I suppose we 'd better take it wherever we go . |
21 | I suppose we 'd better get you into the house . ’ |
22 | ‘ Yes , I suppose we had better get on , although I 'd much rather stay here and hear what you 've been doing , and I would be interested , in spite of what you might think . ’ |
23 | ‘ I suppose you 'd better tell me all about it . |
24 | Oh well , I suppose I had better make a start with the Christmas shopping . |
25 | I suppose I had better make a move to get some clothes on you think ? |
26 | ‘ I suppose I had better go , to keep an eye on you , ’ Ratagan said absently , but he was grinning . |
27 | I suppose I had better try ! ’ |
28 | I suppose I 'd best ring Scottie and see if he wants me to process something about a picture then ? |
29 | ‘ Okay , I suppose I 'd better start rabbitting ! |
30 | ‘ Since you 've gone to so much trouble I suppose I 'd better change into something more in keeping with your splendour . ’ |