Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd best take a look , just to be on the safe side . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I 'd best find a master-mason . |
| 3 | Then she added hastily , ‘ I 'd better make a start on fixing the table . ’ |
| 4 | I thought I 'd better make a cup of coffee . |
| 5 | ‘ The swelling 's down , and the bruise almost gone , but I 'd better change the dressing on your wound after you come downstairs . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd better lead the way , ’ he says grudgingly . |
| 8 | ‘ I think I 'd better lead the way . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd better do a report on that adhesive , ’ she said . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | Suppose I 'd better do the washing up . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ My job as deputy chief whip is to get MPs to pull their weight , so I thought I 'd better set an example . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd better have a drink . ’ |
| 15 | I 'd better have a bottle then . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd better have a word , ’ said the Brigadier , withdrawing his head and opening the door . |
| 17 | I thought I 'd better have a word with you about the incredibly clever trick-ending . |
| 18 | I 'd better have a word with him . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd better have a look , ’ he said . |
| 20 | And talking of checking , I 'd better have a look through the house to see if anything 's missing . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd better have a look at you . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd better have a look at it first . ’ |
| 23 | Er well perhaps I 'd better have a look . |
| 24 | I I was only off the plane just last week I 'd better have a look at this |
| 25 | I 'd better have the potty just in case . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd better find a builder , then , and ask him to take a look . ’ |
| 27 | I had hoped to take my time over sorting out the house contents , but I 'd better take a look straight away — at any rate for the movable stuff . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd better take a look at my patient , ’ she says . |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps I 'd better take a look at her , ’ said Lindsey . |
| 30 | God I were in the market and I thought I 'd better take a bit more wrapping paper and I and I had it I said that 's ten and of course I get on the and I did n't know |