Example sentences of "[pers pn] have better [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd better tell this sodding policeman where the main electric switch is . |
| 2 | ‘ I think I 'd better give this a bit of a read . |
| 3 | I 'd better go another way home , the long way round . |
| 4 | I 've had two or three of them buggers but I think I 'd better go this time as I ca n't get no more . |
| 5 | you , I 'd better send that off to Ben |
| 6 | Now , when asked if I would introduce this subject , she said , I think I 'd better mention this for the sake of the truth , |
| 7 | I suppose I 'd better wear that . |
| 8 | I 'd better lock this up had n't I ? |
| 9 | So I thought I 'd better clear that little matter up , for starters , because you would be very interested . |
| 10 | I thought I 'd better do all my jobs which I thought was going to be spread across the d the day . |
| 11 | I 'd better do that door I think . |
| 12 | a thousand times oh , shit , I 'd better do that first oh |
| 13 | blob , blob , I think I 'd better do this one Tim , I have n't had a go yet |
| 14 | ‘ Before we go I 'd better check this guy for a piece — or a tape recorder . ‘ |
| 15 | I 'd better eat that . |
| 16 | I do n't know where , I thought I left my case here , I do n't know what I 've done with my case that 's all , it 's probably downstairs oh oh I do n't know , mm still not able to find it I think I 'd better put these plants out mm that 's right , oh , mm that 's not there right , I 'd better switch this , the tape off cos there 's not much , be much conversation now for a while |
| 17 | I think I 'd better fish that one out do you ? |
| 18 | I 'd better write that down or I 'll never remember it specially with er what comes next ? |
| 19 | But honestly — I 'd better have that shower , had n't I ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I suppose I 'd better find another garage , ’ he said rather hopelessly . |
| 21 | Oh what 's that one Bare Naked Ladies , I 'd better not play that just at the moment oh what 's this one oh Billy Joel so so I 'd better take that out you I 'm always tempted to forget what I 've actually played and what I 'm not going to play . |
| 22 | I think I 'd better take these books back down again I think , oh mind you I can put them up here perhaps . |
| 23 | So if we 're going to do er I 'd better unclip this had n't I ? |
| 24 | ‘ Well , I 'd better get that washing on and think about a dinner , ’ Victoria said ; ‘ but you go along and see what 's happening and we 'll talk about that when you come back … . ’ |
| 25 | Some days I think I 'm only young — I fell straight away for her [ the baby ] — I used to think before I was married I 'd better get all the clothes I want now because I 'll never get them when I 'm married — but I was wrong , because I can really have all I want now … |
| 26 | And I think I 'd better get those in Stowmarket because I 'm not gon na be able to carry all this lot up |
| 27 | She shifted the rather heavy , though small , paper bag which she was carrying , and said : ‘ I guess I 'd better get some tea before all the cookies go . |
| 28 | So I thought I 'd better get some petrol in case Mr Marius Steen did come up to town over the weekend . |
| 29 | ‘ No problem , but if you want me in the village do n't you think I 'd better get some transport of my own ? |
| 30 | I 'd better get some clothies on cause a bit of a stir round the estate agents , naked from the waist down , darling |