Example sentences of "better [vb infin] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Well if you 've got to go in the garage , it 's too cold to go in there to finish the ship off so you 'd better paint in the house had n't you ?
2 Her son had better stay within the ranks , she thinks .
3 Better eat on the wing , though . ’
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 Better wait until the dries first .
7 She 's in Room B. You 'd better wait in the visitors ’ room .
8 Holly spoke the language , so he 'd better jump on an Aeroflot and get over there and chase it up with the Ministry .
9 Better send for an ambulance , ’ I said heavily , taking in the scene as I wondered what to do next .
10 Anybody who believes that Yugoslavia could be dealt with as Saddam Hussein 's Iraq was dealt with had better look at the terrain .
11 ‘ I better look at the ones you found , then . ’
12 But erm they 've told them that they better keep to the peace agreement .
13 And he said to me you better ring for the fire engine cos it 's .
14 It had better begin with the word sport .
15 ‘ I 'd better begin at the beginning .
16 Oh , I better move out the way , I might get squashed .
17 There is every reason to suppose that changes such as those in Fig. 24.4 are intrinsic to the dynamics , not something that could be eliminated if only one had better control of the apparatus .
18 You 'd better sleep on the problem .
19 ‘ Then perhaps you had better attend to the mending of his soul .
20 Better take off the headphones .
21 After the receptionist picked herself off the floor she told me I had better call in the fire brigade . ’
22 Anyway , I suppose I 'd better go to the surgery , if I must see him . ’
23 " I think I 'd better go to the loo , " she said , then looked at him .
24 ‘ He 'd better go to the zoo and live with the animals .
25 ‘ You 'd better go to the doctor , ’ said Apricot .
26 tablets are finished , I 'd better go to the doc
27 I 'd better go to the embassy to check if anything 's actually happened today .
28 I think if you 're on a roll you better go with the flow .
29 ‘ Well , if everyone is all right , I think I had better go into the office today .
30 I saw the doctor who said I 'd better go on the hospital wing , which seemed ludicrous simply because I needed to use eye drops and an asthma inhalant and asthma pills .
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