Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | I goes you better get a tetanus cos God knows what Dempsey 's got . |
2 | And then I tell you what , and even if they do n't do it , I let them fucking stay there ! |
3 | Well I 'm I 'm sorry but I 'm not a lot of use to him if I let him just walk away from the shield . |
4 | I decided we better call you chief foreman stevedore , and that 's what they call me , chief foreman , so that 's what they call 'em today , chief foreman stevedore . |
5 | Oh , I suppose I better go and do that ironing ! . |
6 | And I suppose I better get er Carl 's birthday card while I 'm at it . |
7 | I was upstairs bleeding the radiators , all air hisssss air whooshing out everywhere I thought I better check to see when I come in , that thing was full of water ! |
8 | I say , the reason I think I had bad dreams , recently , in the last sort of three nights , is because they 're the three nights I went swimming early , so I thought I better go to bed early . |
9 | Then one day I had to go to the Post Office for something — one of them forms I daresay — so I thought I better wrap up , I better take care , you 're very vulnerable after a long illness you know , and I put my old long mack on and one of the kids ' mack hats and Wellingtons and I went out in the rain , feeling , in a depressed sort of way , ‘ Well , if I get ill again , what can I do ? |
10 | I were looking for an alarm clock , I thought I better have a new one else I 'm gon na start sleeping in for work . |
11 | The doctors say he might go off sudden-like , so I thought I better warn you . ’ |
12 | I thought I better call and see how you were doing |
13 | I thought I better call and see how you were doing , now we know |
14 | You should , I do you ever watch the snooker ? |
15 | I do I always think that . |
16 | and we enjoyed it so much , we went and asked my mother for some more money , we stayed another week and then when we got back to London er Mrs said I think we better go , you know , get away from London in |
17 | Well I think we better have our tea if daddy 's here in a minute . |
18 | ‘ I think somebody better have a look at John , ’ she says . |
19 | I said , I think you better go before you do n't worry about the party . |
20 | I think you better put them back where you found them do n't you ? |
21 | You 're really clo clobbered with that though , it really smells like bad feet you smell like you have n't washed your feet I think you better clean your teeth where are those crisps take them away . |
22 | Do you want a , er , do you wa , no I do n't think you better have a Beechams now , I think you better have one later . |
23 | Well I think you better get this seen to . |
24 | But I said to Anne , Look I think you better get a doctor . |
25 | I think you better get a move on , it sounds like your brother 's coming . |
26 | Oh I think you better cut , she 's watching Kipps , says quite good , Half a Sixpence , she says it 's quite good . |
27 | I think you better say nothing are n't you . |
28 | Er all right I think you better ask him . |
29 | ‘ I think I better go soon , I know you have a lot to talk about . ’ |
30 | I think I better go and get my … my handbag , ’ she managed at last . |