Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [that] [pers pn] have well " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 2 | This question was supposed to be about the Baltic states , but as we have become hooked on gold , I think that we had better have the answer . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 ! ’ |
| 4 | No , I think that I had better take one from the Scottish National party . |
| 5 | ‘ I think that you had better go , ’ Sally-Anne said — and she remembered with pride that she had not given an inch , had shown no emotion as her life had crumbled around her . |
| 6 | Then we decided that we 'd better get back . |
| 7 | Suddenly everyone seems to be talking about the menopause so we thought that you 'd better hear what women really think . |
| 8 | Some of them had gotten to greater than 400°C , so they decided that they had better cool the reactor . ’ |