Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] not be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 'd better not be using any metal in what you 're making , ’ said Mr Walpit . |
| 2 | ‘ You 'd better not be using any wood in what you 're making , , said Mr Welt . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's probably just me — you 'll be alright ( you 'd better not be after I 've put up such a struggle ) . |
| 4 | anyway , so we could get erm he 'd better not be there . |
| 5 | Sandy said , ‘ We 'd better not be heading for your place , even if you 've been doing it up . |
| 6 | No , I 'd better not be told , because I should only begin counting up all the things I 'd missed , and you 're better off not knowing what you 've missed . ’ |
| 7 | On second thoughts , though , I think you 'd better not be a chartered accountant . |
| 8 | Sometimes I stick to ‘ driver — ’ well , I have a cab ( though you 'd better not be talking to a real musher ) and a Heavy Goods Vehicle licence . |
| 9 | ‘ You 'd better not be lying . ’ |
| 10 | All I can say is , I 'd better not be wrong . |
| 11 | It turned out not be right er because he was |
| 12 | ‘ It had better not be , ’ Dana said curtly . |
| 13 | This country had better not be under a Labour Government . |
| 14 | Perhaps I thought that if it was Billy 's kid , then somebody had to tell Lucy the bad news and if she was skipping probation , it had better not be the cops . |
| 15 | The bastard had better not be laughing ! ] |
| 16 | It had better not be it had better not yeah well you see see how important that I it it on the basis of your voice now you might as well walk out the door . |
| 17 | ‘ It had better not be , ’ he said cuttingly , then shrugged . |
| 18 | The bank draft was er erm and it appeared that at that stage Mr was told by the er by Mr that the landlord 's consent to the assignment of this lease erm , had still not be obtained . |
| 19 | In their extreme forms , one type would preserve health authority responsibility for planning and meeting the needs of its population ( but would have many other problems ) , the other would make planning and the pursuit of local priorities impossible and co–lld probably not be operated with cash-limited budgets . |