Example sentences of "[adv] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 'd better be goin' , ’ she whispered . |
| 2 | As soon as his hands were free , Huw ducked away , retrieving a shirt and jersey that had been flung down on a pile of beer-crates , saying over his shoulder : ‘ Look , I 'd better be pushing off . |
| 3 | ‘ You better be telling me the truth , ’ he said threateningly , ‘ or I 'll use the fucking thing on you . ’ |
| 4 | I 'd better be moving |
| 5 | ‘ If you want to catch the four o'clock train , we 'd better be leaving . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We 'd better be getting a move on . |
| 7 | ‘ We 'd better be getting back . |
| 8 | It was Amy who said : ‘ Look , I 'd better be getting back . |
| 9 | ‘ Had n't you better be getting ready ? ’ |
| 10 | We 'd better be getting along . " |
| 11 | Well , I 'd better be getting down to the bus … |
| 12 | ‘ We 'd better be getting back . |
| 13 | Then in the morning he thought he 'd better be getting back home so he started home and when he got home he discovered it was the harvest time . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd better be getting back or the foreman will be giving me the sack . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I better be making a start . |
| 16 | ‘ Ee — well , it 's getting near my time for going home , I think I 'd better be making a move … ’ |
| 17 | But if the victuallers were to have their stores ready only by the end of August , and the king was intending , as it seemed , to continue his journey eastwards across the centre of England , equidistant from the possible battle-grounds of the Welsh and Scottish borders and the threatened south coast , and ready to move in whichever direction should first require his presence , then there was no longer anything to be gained by loitering here , and he had better be making his way over to Owen with what information he had , and whatever intelligent inferences could be drawn from that information . |
| 18 | Duncan looked at his wrist watch , and rising to his feet said , ‘ I had better be going now , Piper . |
| 19 | ‘ We better be going . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd better be going , ’ she said . |
| 21 | ‘ Id better be going , ’ he said . |
| 22 | ‘ I think , ’ Ray was saying , when Agnes returned with her cleaning materials , ‘ that we had better be going . ’ |
| 23 | Liese said , ‘ I 'd better be going now . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd better be going , ’ said Kelly warily , standing up herself and backing away from the trainer . |
| 25 | ‘ Better be going , ’ he said almost imploringly . |
| 26 | Vi supposed she had better be going . |
| 27 | ‘ I suppose I 'd better be going then . ’ |
| 28 | We 'd better be going now . ’ |
| 29 | Because if not I think I 'd better be going . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd better be going . |