Example sentences of "better [vb infin] [prep] the [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 | Better wait until the dries first . |
| 6 | She 's in Room B. You 'd better wait in the visitors ’ room . |
| 7 | Anybody who believes that Yugoslavia could be dealt with as Saddam Hussein 's Iraq was dealt with had better look at the terrain . |
| 8 | ‘ I better look at the ones you found , then . ’ |
| 9 | But erm they 've told them that they better keep to the peace agreement . |
| 10 | And he said to me you better ring for the fire engine cos it 's . |
| 11 | It had better begin with the word sport . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd better begin at the beginning . |
| 13 | Oh , I better move out the way , I might get squashed . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | You 'd better sleep on the problem . |
| 16 | ‘ Then perhaps you had better attend to the mending of his soul . |
| 17 | Better take off the headphones . |
| 18 | After the receptionist picked herself off the floor she told me I had better call in the fire brigade . ’ |
| 19 | Anyway , I suppose I 'd better go to the surgery , if I must see him . ’ |
| 20 | " I think I 'd better go to the loo , " she said , then looked at him . |
| 21 | ‘ He 'd better go to the zoo and live with the animals . |
| 22 | ‘ You 'd better go to the doctor , ’ said Apricot . |
| 23 | tablets are finished , I 'd better go to the doc |
| 24 | I 'd better go to the embassy to check if anything 's actually happened today . |
| 25 | I think if you 're on a roll you better go with the flow . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , if everyone is all right , I think I had better go into the office today . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I think that better go in the kitchen |
| 29 | ‘ Hey , we better go in the saloon , leetle dog . |
| 30 | Think you better go in the bath my love ! |