Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Oh oh right I 'd better turn this thing off now erm |
2 | Right I 'd better keep them then cos they 're different |
3 | Erm if , if it means well , basically I 'd better say how many erm proposals are there for . |
4 | ‘ Perhaps I 'd better explain . ’ |
5 | Perhaps I 'd better leave now . ’ |
6 | ‘ Perhaps I 'd better go along and see them , ’ he said . |
7 | Perhaps I 'd better stop up then . |
8 | Er well perhaps I 'd better have a look . |
9 | ‘ Perhaps I 'd better take a look at her , ’ said Lindsey . |
10 | Perhaps I 'd better introduce my sort of position here . |
11 | ‘ Faye needs someone as soon as possible now , so perhaps I 'd better square it with the hospital for you . |
12 | ‘ Perhaps I 'd better get in touch with him . |
13 | ‘ I 'm not sure what time he 'll be through with his meeting , but perhaps I 'd better get back to the hotel and show willing just in case he 's there . ’ |
14 | Perhaps I 'd better say no for today , thank you all the same . ’ |
15 | ‘ Perhaps I 'd better say something to Jed . ’ |
16 | Perhaps I had better measure my words carefully , as I do not wish to embarrass anyone . |
17 | Perhaps I had better go this evening . " |
18 | Perhaps I had better do it now . ’ |
19 | 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 . |
20 | Perhaps I had better hear it now . ’ |
21 | Or perhaps I had better have another brandy first . ’ |
22 | So I had better tell you . ’ |
23 | ( Mutengene is a harder word than Sasse so I had better give you the pronunciation : Moo-teng-genay . ) |
24 | Now I imagine yo you come from all different parts of the county so I 'd better tell you where they are . |
25 | Oh aye , it is painful but I thought it 's not going away so I 'd better go and see about it . |
26 | So I 'd better mind my Ps and Qs . |
27 | And so , it does n't look good if I do n't bring the information in so I 'd better hurry up with that . |
28 | So I said no , so I 'd better get on with my cooking , so she said oh she said done it on pur colour co-ordinated , I 'm a bit more colour co-ordinated than that I was yesterday I had a |
29 | Oh what 's that one Bare Naked Ladies , I 'd better not play that just at the moment oh what 's this one oh Billy Joel so so I 'd better take that out you I 'm always tempted to forget what I 've actually played and what I 'm not going to play . |
30 | So I 'd better hear what they say . |