Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I think we 'd better switch off at this stage .
2 Well go , I think she 's going to be shattered , I 'd better wake up Jo .
3 So I think for this run I 'd better press on with the book . ’
4 anyway I 'd better press on
5 Anyway — ’ She looked down on her partly eaten meal and her nose wrinkled before she went on , ‘ I 've got to go downstairs again , and you 'd better clear away here when you 've finished , then go into Mother and see if you can soothe her ruffled feathers .
6 Vern said it looked like the owners were coming to use the boat again soon : we 'd better clear off quick before it was light in the morning , specially as it 'd be Saturday .
7 Yow 'd better clear off before 'er brother comes . ’
8 ‘ You 'd better 'oppit now or me young man might get to 'ear I 've been dilly-dallying with you . ’
9 ‘ Then you 'd better sit down and I 'll tell you all about it right from the beginning ’
10 ‘ You 'd better sit down , ’ she suggested .
11 When I came off the phone she said , " Mum you 'd better sit down .
12 ‘ You 'd better sit down . ’
13 ‘ I think , Mr Crumwallis , ’ said Septimus Coffin , marching in , ‘ that we 'd better sit down and have a really good talk . ’
14 You 'd better sit down . ’
15 ‘ You 'd better sit down and tell me what you want me to do . ’
16 You 'd better sit down . ’
17 ‘ I suppose I 'd better tell just in case you 've got any thoughts .
18 ‘ We 'd better talk inside . ’
19 That means you 'd better sort out the hams and cheeses , Bella .
20 You 'd better start then I suppose .
21 We 'd better start off by telling you about the two brothers who run the Minoa , Yanni and Nico who run the bar and enjoy a joke .
22 Perhaps I 'd better stop up then .
23 We , we 'd better stop there .
24 but anyway we , we , we 'd better stop there .
25 I 'd better stop now , as I have to prepare speeches & songs for this evening , and also pack for the journey to Shanghai tomorrow .
26 It was the last day of shooting and they did n't need us till nine o'clock that morning , so Keenan [ Wynn ] and me went over to the bar and had a couple there and I said , ‘ You know , Keenan , it 's gon na be a long hot day so we 'd better stop off at the drug store and buy a jug . ’
27 ‘ Maybe you 'd better go up and see him — now . ’
28 Arthur Conway took from his pocket a large silver cased watch , sprang the lid , looked at it , then said , ‘ You 'd better go up and have a bite while things are a bit slack .
29 ‘ I 'd better go up and take a look , ’ he mumbled again , but he did n't move .
30 ‘ We 'd better go up to my office . ’
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