Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] [vb infin] a [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 | ‘ I 'd better do a report on that adhesive , ’ she said . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd better have a drink . ’ |
| 8 | I 'd better have a bottle then . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd better have a word , ’ said the Brigadier , withdrawing his head and opening the door . |
| 10 | I thought I 'd better have a word with you about the incredibly clever trick-ending . |
| 11 | I 'd better have a word with him . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd better have a look , ’ he said . |
| 13 | And talking of checking , I 'd better have a look through the house to see if anything 's missing . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd better have a look at you . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd better have a look at it first . ’ |
| 16 | Er well perhaps I 'd better have a look . |
| 17 | I I was only off the plane just last week I 'd better have a look at this |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd better find a builder , then , and ask him to take a look . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd better take a look at my patient , ’ she says . |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps I 'd better take a look at her , ’ said Lindsey . |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | However , I think I 'd better take a peep at the excavations . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd better take a leak . ’ |
| 25 | I thought I 'd better add a rider to that , it was easy to be male and misunderstood around here . |
| 26 | I 'd better get a move on . |
| 27 | I did easily lose a stone and a half , but then I thought : I do n't want him anyway . |
| 28 | I yes , I mean it did make I did actually see a press release erm |
| 29 | I 'm sure he 's going to be fine , but I think I 'll have to make it clear that I did actually have a life before he came along , and I do n't particularly want to do everything with him ! |
| 30 | I did once suggest a conference of Scottish historians , Gaelic scholars , the Scottish Mountaineering Club and other authorities , with the Ordnance Survey in attendance , to agree once and for all on the correct spelling of Gaelic place names . |