Example sentences of "i [verb] better " in BNC.

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1 I expected better from someone half my age .
2 Disgraceful accusations were made by Opposition Members , including , I regret to say , the Chairman of the Select Committee on Employment , the hon. Member for Newham , North-East ( Mr. Leighton ) , from whom I expected better .
3 I laughed and said , ‘ I sleep better than you do . ’
4 I sleep better
5 ‘ I thought I deserved better after so many years of service , ’ he said .
6 I deserve better from you .
7 I deserve better . ’
8 ‘ Ah well , in that case , I 'd better let you know that I 've asked Paul Spence to do some of the revision classes for your part of the course . ’
9 Look , I 've no money for a hotel so I 'd better make my own arrangements for tonight .
10 I 'd better get on with my telephoning .
11 I 'd better sleep .
12 — Yes … well , I 'd better be off , had n't I ? — Yes .
13 ‘ 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 .
14 Some time later a man came along the path and stopped to ask me if I was all right , I told him yes and to please go away , which he did but I thought he 'll go to fetch help so I 'd better do it now .
15 So I supposed I 'd better tell my board about it and I did this afternoon .
16 I thought I 'd better get it sorted out before I died . ’
17 ‘ Well , I 'd better get looking at her , had n't I ? ’
18 I 'd better go before you tempt the two of us into dismantling and abusing the sacred structure of the Sixth Commandment . ’
19 I 'd better go and get it straight .
20 I 'd better be going , ’ she said .
21 I 'd better go and phone Joyce , ’ said Philip 's Mum .
22 I 'd better ask you to stop writing .
23 I 'd better go round there and apologise right away . ’
24 I do n't think I 'd better .
25 ‘ Perhaps I 'd better .
26 Tony 's waiting for his Pot Noodles so I 'd better be off .
27 When Carter a few minutes later in the debate said , ‘ I asked my ( eight-year-old ) daughter Amy last night what she thought … ’ , what the audience heard was : ‘ I 'd better try to find a warm human illustration before it 's too late . ’
28 I 'd better tell this sodding policeman where the main electric switch is .
29 ‘ Perhaps I 'd better not ride schooling in the morning , ’ I suggested , as we reached the gate to the car park .
30 I 'd better go . ’
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