Example sentences of "thought [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some people think I am crazy but I thought I had better do it now while I have the chance . ’ |
| 2 | I thought I had better bring things back to Jesus . |
| 3 | 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 " |
| 4 | Lord Hulton was waiting at the entrance and I thought I had better warn him . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought I had better say that , or you might not come . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | That 's right , yeah , so I thought I 'd best get it |
| 8 | Just thought I 'd better remind people . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought I 'd better dance with you in case you wanted another drink . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I stopped to make a phone call , and I thought I 'd better drop off some clothes at the dry-cleaner 's . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | Then when he followed you down the corridor I thought I 'd better make sure you were alright . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I thought I 'd better make a cup of coffee . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I thought I 'd better do all my jobs which I thought was going to be spread across the d the day . |
| 17 | So I thought I 'd better clear that little matter up , for starters , because you would be very interested . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ My job as deputy chief whip is to get MPs to pull their weight , so I thought I 'd better set an example . ’ |
| 20 | So I thought I 'd better deliver her back to her husband . |
| 21 | Does n't matter who , but I thought I 'd better check her out . |
| 22 | ‘ I had a feeling that you might say that , but I just thought I 'd better check it out . |
| 23 | I thought I 'd better rescue it before it went out with the rubbish . ’ |
| 24 | Ah , ah , I just thought I 'd better explain to everyone , sorry . |
| 25 | So I thought I 'd better bury the poor thing . ’ |
| 26 | I thought I 'd better have a word with you about the incredibly clever trick-ending . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought I 'd better prove that I do n't always forget about normal times for refreshing the inner man , ’ he drawled , but there was such a twinkle in his eyes , so much charm in his manner , that Fabia felt quite overcome by it . |
| 28 | Thought thought I 'd better ask . |
| 29 | Since I was pipped at the post for the Periodical Publishers ' Association Columnist of the Year award by Maureen Lipman , star of stage and commercial , I thought I 'd better look up her column in She magazine to see how I might bring my stuff up to state-of-the-art standard . |
| 30 | Well , well no , no because it was then about , that 's what I 'm is , then four o'clock you see , so I mean I knew I would n't make it anyway that 's why I thought I 'd better ring cos the job that we finished was half past three so I thought well even if I come home I shall be late even if I do n't get changed and washed or anything . |