Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] better [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Partridge had got all angry and upset soon too because as he was struggling with Steven a magazine fell out of his trousers on to the towpath of the canal and the other men had picked it up and it had been a spanking magazine so all the other men who were n't laughing and shouting already started teasing partridge ; Partridge started trying to wrestle Steven to the ground but Steven had got free and clouted the other man with the shovel , which was still bloody from hacking the cat to bits , and after that , with the magazine coming apart as the other men grabbed at it and Partridge rolling about dazed on the towpath in the cat 's blood and almost falling into the canal , Dan Ashton had said soberly that enough was enough and they 'd better go and see Mr Smith the supervisor because they just could n't go on like this .
2 Is this enough to justify the total expenditure of £85 or more — especially as you 'd better keep your toenails well trimmed to reduce the risk of piercing the end of the bootie ?
3 And that people who told porkies went into the oven , and serve them right so she 'd better watch out .
4 Yeah , cos we 've got to do your inhaler as well and we 'd better wipe that all that muck off your face , all that tomato sauce
5 I told them there was nothing much more we could usefully do there and we 'd better leave before we were ejected .
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