Example sentences of "[modal v] be better [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've often thought it might be better if I had more intimate knowledge . |
| 2 | ‘ It might be better if I did , but I could n't do it , not once I 'd seen you sitting here . |
| 3 | Ah , I would n't of imagine for one second he would want to watch , so it might be better if I buy the video and see |
| 4 | In fact it might be better if I head him off before he gets to our place . |
| 5 | It 'll be better when I 've finished unpacking . ’ |
| 6 | Yeah well that is n't a prob well well perhaps that 'll be better if I had er long wheel base down here and do that first , that goes out first ? |
| 7 | Perhaps it would be better if I came back later . |
| 8 | Well I was saying to Daddy actually I it would be better if I got up first and went in the bathroom . |
| 9 | I think it would be better if I told Alan the bad news . |
| 10 | ‘ It would be better if I told Alan the bad news . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It would be better if I asked Marie-Christine to point the way , Uncle Gaston , if that 's what you wish . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I think it would be better if I left now — this conversation is in danger of deteriorating into yet another verbal battle . |
| 13 | ‘ I think , ’ he half turned his head to speak over his shoulder , his voice a rasp , devoid of expression , ‘ I think it would be better if I put you ashore . ’ |
| 14 | In any case it would be better if I sat at the table , the light was better there and I should not get lazy . |
| 15 | I knew , given the atmosphere Jean-Claude was creating , that it would be better if I did not wonder aloud why , in a civilized country like France , the poor were not looked after better . |
| 16 | He asked whose side I was on , and when I told him I was strongly opposed to Bodyline he said he thought it would be better if I did not go on with it . |
| 17 | ‘ as if contending with the elements were not enough , ’ Matthau recalled , ‘ Barbra kept asking Gene whether he did n't think it would be better if I did this on this line , and that on the other , etc , etc- and I told her to stop directing the fucking picture … |
| 18 | She said , really , it would be better if I rang Chicago . |
| 19 | " I think it would be better if I worked through for the rest of today . |