Example sentences of "well [not/n't] be [verb] " 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 | The bastard had better not be laughing ! ] |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'd better not be lying . ’ |
| 6 | You better not be driving . |
| 7 | Sandy said , ‘ We 'd better not be heading for your place , even if you 've been doing it up . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | In what I say here I may well not be followed in every respect by one or another scholar , and there are matters open to a different interpretation . |
| 10 | Their reports could be commented on by the head of mission ; but they might well not be seen at all by the imperial chancellor , who had formal responsibility for the conduct of German foreign policy . |
| 11 | Although land-use decisions are made by the household , these may well not be made equally by all members of it , and this may be significant in the perception of conservation and any government sponsored conservation programme . |
| 12 | In a rape case , by contrast , a defendant who says he believed in consent when the girl had demonstrated her lack of it may very well not be believed . |
| 13 | ‘ A woman without children might as well not be born , ’ said Mrs Khalid . |
| 14 | Oh bloody hell , I give you I might as well not be playing now cos I 've I 've got nothing in me hand . |
| 15 | Thus a number of sections become cut off from the entrances and these might well not be reopened . |
| 16 | In practice , this equilibrium may well not be attained ; since convergence may be slow . |