Example sentences of "[vb past] i have better [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some people think I am crazy but I thought I had better do it now while I have the chance . ’ |
| 2 | Lord Hulton was waiting at the entrance and I thought I had better warn him . |
| 3 | So I thought I 'd better deliver her back to her husband . |
| 4 | Does n't matter who , but I thought I 'd better check her out . |
| 5 | ‘ I had a feeling that you might say that , but I just thought I 'd better check it out . |
| 6 | I thought I 'd better rescue it before it went out with the rubbish . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I thought I 'd better keep you up to date — you left here in such a rush , you did n't say whether you had any thoughts on the villa business … ’ |
| 8 | Thought I 'd better warn you so you can be prepared . |
| 9 | I thought I 'd better get it sorted out before I died . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We 've been tepid sponging and monitoring since he was admitted , but there does n't appear to be any improvement — in fact , I 'd say he 's marginally worse than he was an hour ago , so I thought I 'd better get you to take a look at him . ’ |
| 11 | Well I No I thought I 'd better find it cos otherwise I 'd walk off without it and then you 'd get my pen , and I |
| 12 | They 're still a bit wobbly , you know , and when the bombing got rough I thought I 'd better find us all somewhere to go . |
| 13 | ‘ But I still used to pose on the bike for publicity purposes , ’ she 'd say archly over her tea and Eccles cakes , ‘ until the varicose veins started to show through me silver tights and Flaherty said I 'd better call it a day and let them find themselves another pin-up girl . ’ |