Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the administration now seeks a coherent shopping-list of objectives , it has better find a way of accounting for these hidden benefits . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'd better 'ave a look in it ourselves , ’ said Dolly , ‘ in case he 's taken anything . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Then you 'd better throw a blanket over your head , ’ he said quietly . |
| 4 | I thought I 'd better make a cup of coffee . |
| 5 | Then , ‘ Come on we 'd better make a start . |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose we 'd better make a start . |
| 7 | Then she added hastily , ‘ I 'd better make a start on fixing the table . ’ |
| 8 | So we 'd better make a note of that . |
| 9 | Shirley 's sort of getting on to you a bit I think we 'd better make a move . |
| 10 | ‘ You 'd better organize a couple of temps for us , ’ Georgina said . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd better do a report on that adhesive , ’ she said . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd better do a blood glucose straight away , ’ she said as soon as she was lying in bed , with the adjustable part tilted to a gentle angle . |
| 13 | ‘ I think you 'd better stay a bit longer and Mary and I will take you home . ’ |
| 14 | Thoo 'd better mek a start on yon ten acre field down by t'river-side . |
| 15 | I 'd better have a bottle then . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd better have a drink . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I think we 'd better have a drink , ’ Woolley said . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd better have a look , ’ he said . |
| 19 | And talking of checking , I 'd better have a look through the house to see if anything 's missing . |
| 20 | I think we 'd better have a look at equations actually . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd better have a look at you . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I think we 'd better have a look to see what 's wrong , ’ Mum said . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd better have a look at it first . ’ |
| 24 | Er well perhaps I 'd better have a look . |
| 25 | I I was only off the plane just last week I 'd better have a look at this |
| 26 | Right in that case we 'd better have a look at that now . |
| 27 | You 'd better have a go on these , I think . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd better have a word , ’ said the Brigadier , withdrawing his head and opening the door . |
| 29 | Yes , as soon as I hear from the Factory , we 'd better have a word with Mr James Pegg . ’ |
| 30 | I thought I 'd better have a word with you about the incredibly clever trick-ending . |