Example sentences of "thought [pron] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I thought I 'd better make a cup of coffee . |
2 | ‘ My job as deputy chief whip is to get MPs to pull their weight , so I thought I 'd better set an example . ’ |
3 | So I thought I 'd better bury the poor thing . ’ |
4 | I thought I 'd better have a word with you about the incredibly clever trick-ending . |
5 | I thought I 'd better add a rider to that , it was easy to be male and misunderstood around here . |
6 | God I were in the market and I thought I 'd better take a bit more wrapping paper and I and I had it I said that 's ten and of course I get on the and I did n't know |
7 | I thought I 'd just take them down to the tip , but when we had half a bucket full I thought I 'd better phone the police |
8 | ‘ Well , film work 's very precarious , of course — so I thought I 'd better get a steady job for a bit , especially when my money ran out . ’ |
9 | Edwin was a crafty old so-andso and he did n't like his children very much — not that I blame him — so I thought I 'd better get the beneficiaries together and explain . |
10 | He thought he had better leave the pistol where it was ; it was much too heavy to carry around if it was not going to work . |
11 | He did n't know what Gesner was up to but he thought he 'd better tell the Direktor . |