Example sentences of "[adv] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She had better not invest it in the stock market , because she could n't afford to lose a penny and there was no such thing as a safe share . |
| 2 | " I wonder what 's happened to Son — still , better not wake her , she worked till all hours last night , she deserves a bit of a lay-in . |
| 3 | She better not pull it anyway , I , I , I was |
| 4 | He looked at her now , a sheepish half-smile on his face that said , ‘ I 'd better not antagonise him further by passing a minute with you . ’ |
| 5 | Better not talk on the phone , had we ? ’ |
| 6 | Pons called Fleischmann who said ‘ We had better not talk about this on the phone , ’ already acutely aware of where this might lead . |
| 7 | I 'd better not move it or she 'll think it 's lost . |
| 8 | ‘ Better not move her , then , ’ said Rachaela . |
| 9 | ‘ I am sorry , I really am , ’ she said sincerely , deciding she 'd better not press him further . |
| 10 | It was n't so much the ageing process itself that sent my spirits plummeting — although greying hair and wrinkles were n't exactly adding to my self-esteem — as the realisation that time is marching on and I had better not waste a moment of it . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd better not waste any more time , ’ she added , pushing the door open and going through , finding herself at an entrance to the dock area that she had seen from Froebe 's office . |
| 12 | We 'd better not waste any time . |
| 13 | ‘ Better not stand about . ’ |
| 14 | Then Louie grins and says : ‘ He is welcome to drink here but he 'd better not choose the chair with its back to the door . ’ |
| 15 | Oh well as we do n't know any of them , we 'd better not sing them had we ? |
| 16 | huh , that dog better not bite me you know |
| 17 | ‘ And it better not go quick . ’ |
| 18 | Perhaps I had better not go on in this way or things will get too mushy and pastoral after all . |
| 19 | And just in case I may say things I 'll be sorry for , I 'd better not go on , except for one last word . |
| 20 | There were many other incidents like this one , some even more distasteful , but I 'd better not go into them . |
| 21 | " You 'd better not go over with that on you , " he said , looking at her middle . |
| 22 | ‘ All right , Pip , but if she is n't happy to see you , better not go again . ’ |
| 23 | Right so I just stopped at the paracetamol , and I says , Och , I 'd better not go back up . |
| 24 | They 'd better not go on that thing . |
| 25 | He better not go to Cheryl 's again ! |
| 26 | Well perhaps we better not go down cos we shall have |
| 27 | He 'd better not switch it on till he was in the wood . |
| 28 | Now , however , it struck her that she 'd better not give Patrice an opening , though she was n't quite sure why . |
| 29 | Better not give any names unless you have to . |
| 30 | Confused now at all the permutations of possibilities , Chesarynth decided on the safest course : I 'd better not give too much away . |