Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Better be aloof and sound cold . |
2 | This had better be bloody good . |
3 | George decided that he had better be diplomatic . |
4 | ‘ This had better be convincing , ’ she said frostily after they had ordered coffees . |
5 | This had better be good , I thought grimly as I crossed the road and walked up the cul-de-sac to the Parsonage . |
6 | Tell him his Mum said he 'd better be good . |
7 | ‘ It better be good . ’ |
8 | This had better be good , Cameron . ’ |
9 | ‘ It better be good . |
10 | ‘ This better be good . ’ |
11 | It dominates the schedules with two , two-hour slots on Sunday and Monday , so it had better be good . |
12 | ‘ This third book had better be good , ’ she told him . |
13 | She dropped down beside him , saying casually : ‘ This had better be good . |
14 | But they 'd better be good . ’ |
15 | Grimly we think to ourselves ‘ It had better be good ’ . |
16 | Security for the Russians had better be good . ’ |
17 | It had better be good , thought Robert . |
18 | Carter said , ‘ This had better be good . ’ |
19 | Better be good . |
20 | ‘ Better be polite to them , ’ advised Reid . |
21 | So they 'd better be nice seeing as we 've been all the way |
22 | ‘ We 'd better be civil . |
23 | " It had better be new lines , I think , Peter — work that is liable to take some time . |
24 | You are virtually on your own in defending them , so you had better be convinced of the case before you agree to them . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | I 'd better be sure cos this it 's not a cheap one that one so that |
27 | I better be sure it 's er , what Friday night cos I did before . |
28 | There she is you 'd better be quiet , do n't let Boo in , come on in then Aaron do n't let Boo in |
29 | But you 'd better be quick about it ’ , and open . |
30 | ‘ We 'd better be quick , ’ said Fenella to Caspar , taking his arm . |