Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [not/n't] 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 | They 'd still not been replaced . |
| 12 | It turned out not be right er because he was |
| 13 | In further indications of increasing openness , Tirana radio on Nov. 23 , 1989 , reported the crash of two helicopters the previous day which had killed 23 people ; incidents of this kind had hitherto not been reported in the Albanian media . |
| 14 | Then suddenly everyone was no longer concerned for her as she lay there , but for another woman ; a tiny fierce woman whose fault it had all not been and Lisa 's gigantic , striding power melted into softness , soppy for the baby . |
| 15 | ‘ It had better not be , ’ Dana said curtly . |
| 16 | This country had better not be under a Labour Government . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The bastard had better not be laughing ! ] |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ It had better not be , ’ he said cuttingly , then shrugged . |
| 21 | The dead Germans lying around had obviously not been quick enough . |
| 22 | Nobody seemed to have a clear objective in mind and the speakers had obviously not been briefed on what to expect . |
| 23 | She complained that her children had apparently not been allowed access to a Baptist minister , but was told that they had not asked for religious support when it was offered . |
| 24 | In this particular case , of course , I had been set a slightly extraordinary task , but I had nevertheless not been neglectful to incorporate ‘ margins ’ wherever possible . |
| 25 | That drastic formula meant , for instance , that the ballet turned out to be full of controlled balances on one leg , which until then she had just not been able to sustain . |
| 26 | They had just not been prepared to support a lost cause . |
| 27 | He had still not been able to talk to Majorie about the adoption . |
| 28 | This went directly against Stirling 's concept of the role of his men , which had still not been clearly understood or even accepted at headquarters . |
| 29 | While the land had still not been bought , the company began operations , bulldozing hills and undertaking large-scale drilling on land they did not own . |
| 30 | By seven , after more coffee and a cigar , he had still not been able to bring any order to his confusion of thoughts . |