Example sentences of "i have [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd best fetch the smaller basket , ’ she said , ‘ on account of your condition , begging yer pardon , ma'am . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd best take a look , just to be on the safe side . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I 'd best find a master-mason . |
| 4 | Then she added hastily , ‘ I 'd better make a start on fixing the table . ’ |
| 5 | Well I think I 'd better make a |
| 6 | I thought I 'd better make a cup of coffee . |
| 7 | ‘ The swelling 's down , and the bruise almost gone , but I 'd better change the dressing on your wound after you come downstairs . ’ |
| 8 | Actually — ’ she frowned at her watch as she followed the other girl to the door ‘ — I definitely think I 'd better give the coffee a miss . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd better lead the way , ’ he says grudgingly . |
| 10 | ‘ I think I 'd better lead the way . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd better do a blood glucose straight away , ’ she said as soon as she was lying in bed , with the adjustable part tilted to a gentle angle . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd better do a report on that adhesive , ’ she said . |
| 13 | Suppose I 'd better do the washing up . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd better break the engagement now , ’ I said , thinking my mother very foolish for not realising that what appealed to Syl was my very paleness , my silence , my hostility , which he mostly construed as shyness , until I was unpleasant , and when I was unpleasant he took it as evidence of some depth in my feeling for him and found it sexually alluring . |
| 15 | ‘ But first I 'd better check the bedrooms . ’ |
| 16 | I 'd better check the figures . |
| 17 | Now I 'd better check the answering machine … ’ |
| 18 | ‘ My job as deputy chief whip is to get MPs to pull their weight , so I thought I 'd better set an example . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd better have a look , ’ he said . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd better have a word , ’ said the Brigadier , withdrawing his head and opening the door . |
| 21 | And talking of checking , I 'd better have a look through the house to see if anything 's missing . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd better have a drink . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd better have a look at you . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd better have a look at it first . ’ |
| 25 | I thought I 'd better have a word with you about the incredibly clever trick-ending . |
| 26 | Er well perhaps I 'd better have a look . |
| 27 | I I was only off the plane just last week I 'd better have a look at this |
| 28 | I 'd better have a bottle then . |
| 29 | I 'd better have a full . |
| 30 | I 'd better have a word with him . |