Example sentences of "think [pron] had [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She paused , looking at him reflectively , and then asked : ‘ Do n't you think you had better speak to your father about all this ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Some people think I am crazy but I thought I had better do it now while I have the chance . ’ |
| 3 | I thought I had better bring things back to Jesus . |
| 4 | 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 " |
| 5 | Lord Hulton was waiting at the entrance and I thought I had better warn him . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought I had better say that , or you might not come . |
| 7 | With that settled , they were back by the outbuildings near the house when she again remembered her car and thought she had better find out where it was garaged before she again forgot to bring it up . |
| 8 | And knowing how close Mickey is to him , I thought we had better let him know . ’ |
| 9 | He thought he had better leave the pistol where it was ; it was much too heavy to carry around if it was not going to work . |
| 10 | As he tackled his cold meat loaf and salad , Hank thought he had better show some interest in his father , so he asked the back page of the newspaper if it had had a good trip . |
| 11 | Every time he walked that 's him come back again and every time he stopped it stopped and this happened a few times and he was very scared and he thought he had better go and see what the noise was and anything well it was just a pet sheep tangled up in its tether . |
| 12 | He felt tempted to continue through the village to visit the young Prince at Woodstock Palace but , considering what he had just learnt , thought he had better wait for a while . |
| 13 | Jarvis thought he had better get on with it himself because anyone Tina found would very likely default on the rent . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , if everyone is all right , I think I had better go into the office today . |
| 15 | I think I had better go home . |
| 16 | ‘ I think I had better go . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I … think I had better tell you what happened ; I would n't like you to entertain any wrong thoughts . ’ |
| 18 | We do not want to lose any explorers of the quantum world on the way so I think I had better issue a survival kit before we start . |
| 19 | ‘ When you 've taken the tray , Cissie , I think you had better finish your flower-arranging , then get yourself ready for bed . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm afraid your uncle is very ill and will probably die soon , so I think you had better stay in England , until you receive further news of him . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I think you had better tell me the whole story . |
| 22 | I go about in a wheelchair and someone who pushes it very often goes into a shop and says , ‘ Look here , you have bought rather a lot of things I think you had better give a cheque for them — now I ? I write the cheque out , dear , and you shall sign it . ’ |
| 23 | Pound sent me a card , which I still have , naming place and date , and saying , rather peremptorily , ‘ I think you had better take this in . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I think we had better go inside for some explanations , ’ he said with a sigh . |
| 25 | ‘ I think we had better go . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I think we had better have an explanation , ’ he said slowly . |
| 27 | ‘ I think we had better ring Wadkins , do n't you , just to check out these facts ? ’ |
| 28 | I think we had better try and influence that as churches not that we should about the suffering that goes on about the death that goes on , but I think we ought to give all this another dimension in churches . |
| 29 | Then , just as she was thinking she had better sound battle stations because he did n't look best pleased by what he saw , he suggested affably , ‘ Come on in , take a seat , ’ and indicated a chair at the other side of his desk . |