Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] well [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Or I 'd better provide you with some paper . |
| 2 | Then Duncan Paterson , the selection convenor , came on to say that I had better get myself over to Murrayfield as soon as I could ! |
| 3 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 4 | No , I think that I had better take one from the Scottish National party . |
| 5 | Look , I 've no money for a hotel so I 'd better make my own arrangements for tonight . |
| 6 | Some time later a man came along the path and stopped to ask me if I was all right , I told him yes and to please go away , which he did but I thought he 'll go to fetch help so I 'd better do it now . |
| 7 | ‘ So I 'd better shoot you , had n't I ? ’ |
| 8 | And then they tried to take and I said Well thank you very much I wo n't have a refund after all . |
| 9 | And I said well did you manage to do anything last Saturday ? |
| 10 | so I was started work then and I said well look I just ca n't do it and then |
| 11 | And I said well look I said , I 've got to come because I said there 's no way anybody I said I would n't do it myself , I would n't put anybody in those beds . |
| 12 | It may not be relevant at all , but I 'd better tell you . |
| 13 | ‘ But I 'd better warn you it 's not drinking water . |