Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] do better [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd do better to jog home than drive . ’ |
| 2 | I put forward the idea to Mme Bluot that , rather than sit either side of a table , reminding Didier of school and his failure to keep up , he and I would do better to talk down by the river , in the park , even in the Café du Coin . |
| 3 | Before considering making an application to the local council for a rent or rate rebate , an elderly person who is hard pressed financially should consider first whether her income is so low that she might do better to make an application for a supplementary pension , which brings with it other benefits ( previously described ) . |
| 4 | I think you might do better to live with him for a while , before you actually tie the nuptial knot with someone who may be borrowing your knickers for the next 60 years . |
| 5 | ‘ Doctor , while I can appreciate your academic enjoyment at finding an intellectual equal , I really think you might do better to devote at least some of your attention to the lesser mortals who have been caught up in — ‘ |
| 6 | Because I mind our Dad saying : ‘ She 'd do better to take on a class o' twelve-years-olds than take on Walter Machin ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I think she 'd do better to understand herself , ’ Ellen said tartly . |
| 8 | She 'd do better to throw the letter away unread , would n't she ? ’ |
| 9 | You 'd you 'd do better to use your own colours if you 've got . |
| 10 | You 'd do better to go and find someone beautiful and lively to marry who can cook and keep house and look after this little paradise of yours . ’ |
| 11 | I mean given that you 've got a , oh I do n't know , a pound you 're going to spend a week in gambling entertainment , if I could put it that way , you 'd do better to go in for the pools , because if you did have a win you might have a big one , than to put it on a horse — am I right ? |
| 12 | You 'd do better to wait . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You 'd do better to ask your gamekeeper , ’ he said . |
| 14 | I still think you 'd do better to come and join us . |
| 15 | But you 'd do better to come down with me and make the long trip round . ’ |
| 16 | A man of ever-changing whims , and now I see you 're freed from your fearful collar , Midnight , you 'd do better to sign on . |
| 17 | You 'd do better to buy in from outside . |
| 18 | You 'd do better to buy more shares in the market — if you really want more . |
| 19 | ‘ You 'd do better to stay put , ’ argued Dame Sybil , pouring a thick savoury broth into two large bowls as Thomas returned from his foray into the cellaret with a tankard of ale in each hand . |
| 20 | ‘ You 'd do better to look where we 're going , ’ she snapped , ‘ rather than trying to work out my vital statistics ! ’ |
| 21 | Just at that moment when everyone was crossing their fingers on her behalf , so she looked up and told Jim that she felt she would do better to play out at an angle . |
| 22 | Dummett , architect of anti-realism as successor to verificationism , offers the most introductory account I know in Dummett ( 1978 , ch. 10 ) but if you are new to this area you would do better to wait until you have read ch. 9 of the present book before attempting it . |
| 23 | ‘ But surely you would do better to confront Theda with this and demand the truth from her ? ’ |
| 24 | We might do better to find the hired assassin and let him lead us to McCloy . ’ |
| 25 | Cos now we do n't have to pay interest on our fees , i if , if , if a jam 's spread over six months a a a and it might risk and slip to nine months , we might do better to offer to jam spread it over nine months and only invoice for part of the money . |
| 26 | Since this formulation of determinism can not help us , perhaps we shall do better to concentrate , as a number of theorists have done , on a different one : the claim that every event has a cause . |
| 27 | We have , just in this fact , an argument that if we had to choose one of the two strategies for the indefinite future we would do better to choose pragmatism , because it is so much more adaptive . |
| 28 | We would do better to accept that we can not say precisely how much of the book dates from this last stage , although there were , no doubt , changes of various kinds , including deletions . |
| 29 | Whether nationalization improves the efficiency of resource allocation , or whether we would do better to privatize existing public corporations , is an issue we take up the next chapter . |
| 30 | We would do better to adopt a direct approach and tackle the problem at its source by attempting to reduce the risk of police mistakes in the first place . |