Example sentences of "[vb past] i better [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then one day I had to go to the Post Office for something — one of them forms I daresay — so I thought I better wrap up , I better take care , you 're very vulnerable after a long illness you know , and I put my old long mack on and one of the kids ' mack hats and Wellingtons and I went out in the rain , feeling , in a depressed sort of way , ‘ Well , if I get ill again , what can I do ? |
| 2 | I say , the reason I think I had bad dreams , recently , in the last sort of three nights , is because they 're the three nights I went swimming early , so I thought I better go to bed early . |
| 3 | I was upstairs bleeding the radiators , all air hisssss air whooshing out everywhere I thought I better check to see when I come in , that thing was full of water ! |
| 4 | I thought I better call and see how you were doing |
| 5 | I thought I better call and see how you were doing , now we know |
| 6 | I were looking for an alarm clock , I thought I better have a new one else I 'm gon na start sleeping in for work . |
| 7 | The doctors say he might go off sudden-like , so I thought I better warn you . ’ |
| 8 | It was sweet of you to go ; I just thought I better get something but once these attacks start it 's a bit too late to take anything really . |
| 9 | Shall I phone through or had I better write ? " |