Example sentences of "well not be " in BNC.

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1 You better not be driving .
2 ‘ You 'd better not be using any metal in what you 're making , ’ said Mr Walpit .
3 ‘ You 'd better not be using any wood in what you 're making , , said Mr Welt .
4 Better not be true , Quinn .
5 ‘ It 's probably just me — you 'll be alright ( you 'd better not be after I 've put up such a struggle ) .
6 anyway , so we could get erm he 'd better not be there .
7 Sandy said , ‘ We 'd better not be heading for your place , even if you 've been doing it up .
8 No , I 'd better not be told , because I should only begin counting up all the things I 'd missed , and you 're better off not knowing what you 've missed . ’
9 On second thoughts , though , I think you 'd better not be a chartered accountant .
10 ‘ It had better not be , ’ Dana said curtly .
11 This country had better not be under a Labour Government .
12 Sometimes I stick to ‘ driver — ’ well , I have a cab ( though you 'd better not be talking to a real musher ) and a Heavy Goods Vehicle licence .
13 Perhaps I thought that if it was Billy 's kid , then somebody had to tell Lucy the bad news and if she was skipping probation , it had better not be the cops .
14 ‘ You 'd better not be lying . ’
15 The bastard had better not be laughing ! ]
16 It had better not be it had better not yeah well you see see how important that I it it on the basis of your voice now you might as well walk out the door .
17 ‘ It had better not be , ’ he said cuttingly , then shrugged .
18 Christ , you better not be married twenty years , Karen , you might end up with another twelve .
19 Better not be one of
20 better not be one of me .
21 She better not be !
22 It be it better not be and fucking !
23 better not be not getting back here at ten o'clock .
24 All I can say is , I 'd better not be wrong .
25 It is reinforced by the further recognition that what is now valid may well not be in the future , and that some people see earlier than others when changes in accepted opinions and values are needed .
26 By Sunday 23 August , however , it was clear that agreement might well not be possible .
27 For precisely these reasons , there was a well-developed sub-stratum of social and political control at local level in the kingdom at large ; and when people are accustomed to running affairs without any monarch at all , then the advent of a female ruler might well not be a substantial cause for concern .
28 Because , according to Pöhl , ‘ monetary policy must not be obstructed by fiscal policy ’ , an ‘ independent ’ central bank would not only be completely unprecedented in recent history , it would also represent an immense concentration of power in the hands of unaccountable bankers , who would perforce be implementing policies which might be very unpopular , within an area in which there may well not be the kind of national consensus which obtains in Germany .
29 However the methodologies in assessing soil erosion hazard , as well as policy instruments , may well not be applicable outside the United States .
30 Although land-use decisions are made by the household , these may well not be made equally by all members of it , and this may be significant in the perception of conservation and any government sponsored conservation programme .
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