Example sentences of "so [pron] [verb] [pron] have [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was passing when I saw the gates not shut properly , so I thought I 'd best come in and see if everything was all right at the house … ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Well , film work 's very precarious , of course — so I thought I 'd better get a steady job for a bit , especially when my money ran out . ’ |
| 3 | Your cousin warned me off again , we had a little set-to in the pub , so I thought I 'd better come and make me mark . ’ |
| 4 | Edwin was a crafty old so-andso and he did n't like his children very much — not that I blame him — so I thought I 'd better get the beneficiaries together and explain . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've been tepid sponging and monitoring since he was admitted , but there does n't appear to be any improvement — in fact , I 'd say he 's marginally worse than he was an hour ago , so I thought I 'd better get you to take a look at him . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ My job as deputy chief whip is to get MPs to pull their weight , so I thought I 'd better set an example . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ He is n't our dog , but he lives next door to us , ’ she explained , ‘ so I suppose I 'd better take charge of him and see that he does n't do any more mischief . ’ |
| 8 | Well Grant should have tape loaded by now so I suppose I 'd better go and see how he 's getting on . |
| 9 | Of course , I 've heard all the rumours , so I suppose you have too . ’ |
| 10 | Like when we did ‘ Sackville ’ we used to have sex stuff over the end of it , so I think we 've actually played on that . ’ |
| 11 | We do not want to lose any explorers of the quantum world on the way so I think I had better issue a survival kit before we start . |
| 12 | I 'm afraid your uncle is very ill and will probably die soon , so I think you had better stay in England , until you receive further news of him . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ WE 'VE GOT A GANG ONTO YOU ROTTEN SWINE AND WE ‘ RE GOING TO DUFF YOU UP SO YOU WISH YOU 'D NEVER BEEN BORN , SO LOOK OUT YOU BEAST . ’ |
| 14 | Yes , Lord Stradbroke went up there ; and they thought the pub had become unruly , so they thought they 'd better close it . |
| 15 | Only plaice was familiar to him , so he supposed it had better be that . |