Example sentences of "[adv] be " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I think , ’ Ray was saying , when Agnes returned with her cleaning materials , ‘ that we had better be going . ’ |
| 32 | ‘ No , I 'd better be off , I think . ’ |
| 33 | Liese said , ‘ I 'd better be going now . |
| 34 | ‘ One of us will have to , and I suppose it had better be me . |
| 35 | Oh , there had better be two of you . |
| 36 | Karelius said , ‘ The good news had better be damned good . ’ |
| 37 | The theory behind such a scheme — which can better be called ‘ market socialism ’ than ‘ privatisation ’ — is that the managers could then buy services from producers who offered the best value . |
| 38 | This had better be good , I thought grimly as I crossed the road and walked up the cul-de-sac to the Parsonage . |
| 39 | This had better be bloody good . |
| 40 | ‘ I 'd better be off before we quarrel a second time , ’ he said . |
| 41 | I knew she 'd better be told , otherwise she 'd get a bonnie fright when she was stopped at the paydesk and accused of shoplifting . |
| 42 | It had better be important . |
| 43 | ‘ I 'd better be going , ’ said Kelly warily , standing up herself and backing away from the trainer . |
| 44 | ‘ This had better be convincing , ’ she said frostily after they had ordered coffees . |
| 45 | ‘ Better be going , ’ he said almost imploringly . |
| 46 | It was the sort of look between us which would have started alert interest in me if I 'd spotted it between others , and I thought I was hear to losing my grip on what I was supposed to be doing , and that I 'd better be more careful . |
| 47 | ‘ We 'd better be getting back . |
| 48 | It was Amy who said : ‘ Look , I 'd better be getting back . |
| 49 | George decided that he had better be diplomatic . |
| 50 | At least , it had better be ! ’ |
| 51 | Tell him his Mum said he 'd better be good . |
| 52 | ‘ Willie can do the illustrations and I think you 'd better be Editor , Carrie , ’ suggested Zach . |
| 53 | If anyone was going to give Mother Teresa a run for her money , they thought , it had better be the president . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | As we noted previously , ‘ Kingdom ’ is a dynamic concept which might better be rendered ‘ Kingly rule or government ’ . |
| 56 | ‘ Well , I suppose I 'd better be … . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ He 'd better be clean ! |
| 58 | ‘ You 'd better be out when she comes , ’ he told her , but she did n't want telling twice . |
| 59 | Vi supposed she had better be going . |
| 60 | ‘ Well then , since it was my fault we missed the train again , it 'd better be me who does the talkin' when we get there . |