Example sentences of "[vb past] better be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Players can forget , but you 'd better be 100 percent right . |
| 2 | And if you 're putting him right over clubs , you 'd better be 101 percent right if you 're telling him that what he 's got in mind is the wrong thing . |
| 3 | And if we ca n't be sure of preventing our children from trying things , then we 'd better be sure how we can live with their experimentation , and how we can help them limit the damage . |
| 4 | I 'd better be sure cos this it 's not a cheap one that one so that |
| 5 | Tell him his Mum said he 'd better be good . |
| 6 | But they 'd better be good . ’ |
| 7 | So they 'd better be nice seeing as we 've been all the way |
| 8 | ‘ We 'd better be civil . |
| 9 | With these unrealistic expectations I 'm not sure who stands to lose the most — my daughter believing that you need a man , wealth and preferably a title to be happy , or my son who believes that women are beautiful and passive or wicked and powerful but , either way , he 'd better be handsome . |
| 10 | But , no yeah yeah well , I thought , I thought I 'd better be safe , yeah . |
| 11 | And when oversteer does come you 'd better be ready for it because it happens suddenly and rather messily . |
| 12 | If they come looking for us with tusk and fang you 'd better be ready with that Winchester peashooter of yours . " |
| 13 | ‘ He 'd better be clean ! |
| 14 | But you 'd better be quick about it ’ , and open . |
| 15 | ‘ We 'd better be quick , ’ said Fenella to Caspar , taking his arm . |
| 16 | ‘ My God , ’ said Emma , ‘ they 'd better be quick . |
| 17 | You 'd better be quick too . |
| 18 | There she is you 'd better be quiet , do n't let Boo in , come on in then Aaron do n't let Boo in |
| 19 | ‘ So , you 'd better be careful , ’ warned the fifth with a chuckle . |
| 20 | ‘ You 'd better be careful . |
| 21 | However , if you think your anger is going to get the better of you , then you 'd better be realistic and responsible . |
| 22 | Just in case Reynolds ' letter has had any influence on venue managers or promoters , on my next trip up to London to see Blyth Power at the Robey , I 'd better be prepared to wear a tie . |
| 23 | Well , you 'd better be prepared to take that up with Mike and the boys . |
| 24 | Just in case Reynolds ' letter has had any influence on venue managers or promoters , on my next trip up to London to see Blyth Power at the Robey , I 'd better be prepared to wear a tie . |
| 25 | ‘ He 'd better be fine . |
| 26 | And he went the next ones had better be better , right , the next ones were worse |
| 27 | George decided that he had better be diplomatic . |
| 28 | This had better be good , I thought grimly as I crossed the road and walked up the cul-de-sac to the Parsonage . |
| 29 | This had better be good , Cameron . ’ |
| 30 | It dominates the schedules with two , two-hour slots on Sunday and Monday , so it had better be good . |