Example sentences of "think [pron] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I do n't think I 'd better think about that . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , there was a little problem , but I do n't think I 'd better talk about it on the phone . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ No problem , but if you want me in the village do n't you think I 'd better get some transport of my own ? |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't think I 'd better join you , ’ he said in a heavy German accent . |
| 5 | She paused , looking at him reflectively , and then asked : ‘ Do n't you think you had better speak to your father about all this ? ’ |
| 6 | Do you think you 'd better aim for the winter now ? |
| 7 | Do n't you think you 'd better see the body buried before you do anything else ? |
| 8 | Do n't you think you 'd better take a look at this fellow you knocked out ? |
| 9 | Do n't think you need actually stand in the mud , though — if we get back to the hard it will be all right . " |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think we 'd better do that , however . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Do you think we 'd better back up ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Speaking of which , do n't you think we 'd better get this glop off my hair before it turns it green ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Some people think I am crazy but I thought I had better do it now while I have the chance . ’ |
| 14 | I thought I had better bring things back to Jesus . |
| 15 | I had n't seen her since you went to America , and then about six months ago I was staying the week-end with the Coleworthys and I thought I had better drop in to see the old girl in case she heard I was in the neighbourhood and took offence " |
| 16 | Lord Hulton was waiting at the entrance and I thought I had better warn him . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought I had better say that , or you might not come . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , I thought I 'd best get as far from Dalston as I could , so I came this side of London Bridge and looked for lodgings . |
| 19 | That 's right , yeah , so I thought I 'd best get it |
| 20 | Just thought I 'd better remind people . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought I 'd better dance with you in case you wanted another drink . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I stopped to make a phone call , and I thought I 'd better drop off some clothes at the dry-cleaner 's . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Well , I did n't get up Sunday , then I thought I 'd better go in to work on Monday , but I came home early and I 've been in bed ever since . ’ |
| 24 | Then when he followed you down the corridor I thought I 'd better make sure you were alright . ’ |
| 25 | And I got up and I was gon na tie her up like but and by gosh I thought I 'd better make for the door again . |
| 26 | I thought I 'd better make a cup of coffee . |
| 27 | With my confidence about as durable as a wet tissue , I thought I 'd better do whatever needed to be done with it well before he arrived , and then wash it off my fingers and anywhere else visible and smellable . |
| 28 | I thought I 'd better do all my jobs which I thought was going to be spread across the d the day . |
| 29 | So I thought I 'd better clear that little matter up , for starters , because you would be very interested . |
| 30 | on an underground train which could n't decide if it 's going to move or not , it did eventually move I got a taxi at one point and I was so sick and tired and they put me outside Liberties , I gave the man a twenty pound note and he gave me change for a ten yes , coming back from Oxford Circus from Liberty 's , I thought I 'd better economise , I 've been done out of ten pounds , I do n't think it was dishonesty I think it was just sheer muddle , I , I 'm ten pounds down , I 'm must cut down a bit , so I will come back underground from Oxford Circus to Waterloo to get down to and you 've guessed it , I got into an , an underground train which would not move , it simply stuck , and it would go chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , then it would stop in the tunnel for a while , while its . |