Example sentences of "[noun pl] had well " in BNC.
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| 1 | The implication would seem to be that the opposition fans had better watch out because Blackpool fans might not be restricted by normal conventions . |
| 2 | And the mountains had better understand that and be prepared to alter their unpredictable ways . |
| 3 | A full list of gliders which can be towed in included , and the concluding paragraph in the fully detailed glider-tugging section states , ‘ Most of the numerous accidents that have occurred during glider-towing operations could have been avoided if pilots had better known and followed these basic rules of safety ’ . |
| 4 | But when it does , alternatives had better be in place . |
| 5 | That is Labour party policy , so taxpayers and electricity customers had better beware . |
| 6 | And some teams had better go to the old barn . |
| 7 | The wonderful world of dreams had better go . |
| 8 | LASER PRINTERS HAD BETTER WATCH OUT — IF THE MARKETING GURUS ARE TO BE BELIEVED , SALES OF INKJET PRINTERS LOOK SET TO SOAR . |
| 9 | In spite of the uncertainty expressed in the HMI survey quoted above , the impression from the questionnaires was that substantially more activity took place on primary than secondary courses ( though we should point out that HMI considered in their survey that secondary teachers had better ‘ assimilated the importance of language in children 's learning ’ in their training than primary teachers — DES , 1987 : 119 ) . |
| 10 | So all those of us who have been taught it is healthy to eat potato skins had better think again . |
| 11 | You two girls had better keep away from that part of the world while they 're about . |
| 12 | GAME players still reeling from this year 's wealth of super graphics and intricate formats had better recharge their batteries now — 1993 is going to be even more of a challenge . |
| 13 | Labour MP Bob Cryer said : ‘ The authorities had better clarify the position as rapidly as possible . |
| 14 | Oh the ducks yes ducks that 's right the ducks had better watch out or they 're gon na get run over . |
| 15 | Now that feudalism had collapsed , taking with it the traditional form of power , the great lairds had better make themselves rich , he believed , and land and its development offered the only way forward . |
| 16 | Security for the Russians had better be good . ’ |
| 17 | The adventurers had better talk with Gerd reasonably quickly . |
| 18 | It is those individuals with a conviction that their way is best and the others had better learn it fast that cause so much distress and wasted time when groups of people from different cultural backgrounds meet . |
| 19 | And he went the next ones had better be better , right , the next ones were worse |
| 20 | ‘ But all these women had better hurry along though before his looks start to fade . ’ |
| 21 | As far as practice factors are concerned , patients registered with better equipped and larger practices had better control , as did those in practices with diabetic miniclinics . |
| 22 | One of the twins had better sit on my lap . |