Example sentences of "we have better [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 'd better be getting a move on . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'd better be getting back . |
| 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 | ‘ We 'd better be goin' , ’ she whispered . |
| 5 | ‘ We 'd better be off , Sar . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , David , we 'd better be off if we 're to be back in time for this afternoon 's session . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We 'd better be quick , ’ said Fenella to Caspar , taking his arm . |
| 8 | We 'd better be going now . ’ |
| 9 | We 'd better be getting along . " |
| 10 | ‘ We 'd better be civil . |
| 11 | We 'd better be on our way because the sooner we get to the party and do our duty , then the sooner we can leave . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We 'd better be getting back . |
| 13 | ‘ If you want to catch the four o'clock train , we 'd better be leaving . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ If this is what comes of quoting silly old proverbs , ’ Laura grinned over at her husband , who had n't recovered from the birth nearly as quickly as she had , ‘ I think that we 'd better be very careful what we say in the future ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We had better be on our way to pick up Mrs Squirrel now . ’ |
| 16 | But , he warned , ‘ when we recover from the present recession , we had better be aware than another one lurks on the horizon ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ I think , ’ Ray was saying , when Agnes returned with her cleaning materials , ‘ that we had better be going . ’ |
| 18 | Mr Greenway praised the ‘ distinguished and courageous ’ Falklands campaign and added : ‘ We had better be careful before we defile the names of people who acted with such valour in the name of the United Kingdom . ’ |