Example sentences of "well [adv] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had better not invest it in the stock market , because she could n't afford to lose a penny and there was no such thing as a safe share . |
| 2 | " I wonder what 's happened to Son — still , better not wake her , she worked till all hours last night , she deserves a bit of a lay-in . |
| 3 | She better not pull it anyway , I , I , I was |
| 4 | He looked at her now , a sheepish half-smile on his face that said , ‘ I 'd better not antagonise him further by passing a minute with you . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Better not move her , then , ’ said Rachaela . |
| 6 | I 'd better not move it or she 'll think it 's lost . |
| 7 | ‘ I am sorry , I really am , ’ she said sincerely , deciding she 'd better not press him further . |
| 8 | Oh well as we do n't know any of them , we 'd better not sing them had we ? |
| 9 | huh , that dog better not bite me you know |
| 10 | He 'd better not switch it on till he was in the wood . |
| 11 | No — better not give her any excuse to make that sort of trouble . |
| 12 | I was up ‘ til midnight making the gekhakte chicken liver and roasting the turkey for the sandwiches and doing the potato salad , so you 'd better not give me any nonsense about your latest low-fat diet , Rebecca , or you either , Rainbow , though a little slimming routine might not be such a bad thing for you , except today 's a special occasion , so just tuck in . |
| 13 | Edward said : ‘ I 'd better not mention it to Morton , then , had I ? |
| 14 | Better not mention I shave my legs on |
| 15 | So she sent a letter home and my dad said , ‘ Yes , well , you 'd better not do it any more ’ . |
| 16 | I better not visit you until after the expedition , just to be safe . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You better not hold me , ’ I say to him . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd better not hold you up any longer . |
| 19 | Better not tell her the truth . |
| 20 | Well I better not tell them because it will completely spoil their holiday but erm it 's h it 's interesting because we 've been mentioning it to other people I 'm sure they 've never . |
| 21 | I suppose I 'd better not tell him that thing you said about his face looking as if it was carved out of corned beef . |
| 22 | She knew she had better not tell him how much it had cost . |
| 23 | ‘ It certainly has n't taken a back seat and there have been developments , but I 'd better not tell you what they are until the details are officially released . ’ |
| 24 | She said you better not forget you 're employed , you are not in here on holiday , she said you your , your boss , your boss must say that to you |
| 25 | Ooh better not leave him in the kitchen or the dogs 'll eat him |
| 26 | Better not throw it , wait |
| 27 | He 'd better not let him loose . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Ye 'd better not let her hear that . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ They 'd better not try it ! |
| 30 | ‘ But you 'd better not see him for too long . |