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

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1 ‘ We 're very sorry about poor 'Annah passin' on , so we thought we 'ad better come to pay our respects . ’
2 They understand what we say better than we understand them .
3 so , you , if you , we can even sort of go through your figures and hopefully make the price that we , you know , we show better or
4 Its approach to cost comparisons is to say that they are not fair , whereas the Conservative approach is to ask , ’ How can we do better ?
5 We played better tonight than against Liverpool .
6 ‘ I thought we played better against Blackpool and lost but it 's still nice to get three points .
7 ‘ Yes , but we played better when I went off ! ’ he said , referring to the fact that Dale were camped in the opponents ' penalty area in the final half hour .
8 We ate better in Hall at Oxford . ’
9 We are one of the biggest clubs in the country , the second best supported at home and I 'm afraid that this season I 've become very disappointed with some of the players and management decisions — I think we deserve better and while we 're not in the position of say Swindon something needs to be done if ( and I 've ussed this line before ) we 're not to become perenial mid table finishers .
10 We are one of the biggest clubs in the country , the second best supported at home and I 'm afraid that this season I 've become very disappointed with some of the players and management decisions — I think we deserve better and while we 're not in the position of say Swindon something needs to be done if ( and I 've ussed this line before ) we 're not to become perenial mid table finishers .
11 We deserve better than this .
12 I think we 'd better have a talk .
13 If we want to keep the best scientists and the best engineers in this country , we 'd better do two things : we 'd better attract them with good pay and we 'd better train them right and give them the proper facilities .
14 If we want to keep the best scientists and the best engineers in this country , we 'd better do two things : we 'd better attract them with good pay and we 'd better train them right and give them the proper facilities .
15 If we want to keep the best scientists and the best engineers in this country , we 'd better do two things : we 'd better attract them with good pay and we 'd better train them right and give them the proper facilities .
16 We 'd better get going , I 'm late already . ’
17 ‘ Well , ’ says Len , ‘ we 'd better get 30 more then and see what record it is , eh ’ . ’
18 My father sent me the cheque , needless to say , so David and I thought we 'd better get married because that was the reason he sent the cheque .
19 The headmaster said , ‘ I think we 'd better have a little talk .
20 We 'd better make sure no more of this sort of thing is going on . ’
21 We 'd better get on the objective double quick then , before he gets back .
22 We 'd better go . ’
23 We 'd better get her into bed , ’ Otley urged , ‘ before she goes sleepwalking down to the river and falls in . ’
24 We 'd better get back , ’ was all she said .
25 We 'd better not light a fire there , ’ I said , ‘ so we 'll take our food and water with us . ’
26 We 'd better take it back to Brigade , ’ said Jim , turning .
27 We 'd better start off by telling you about the two brothers who run the Minoa , Yanni and Nico who run the bar and enjoy a joke .
28 Now we 'd better get on if Mr Lawler is to get those grouse in time . ’
29 We 'd better be getting a move on .
30 ‘ Right , we 'd better get rid of your coat before I show you round , ’ Natasha said to Maggie .
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