Example sentences of "[verb] it better " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could have done it better ourselves . |
| 2 | Loretta forced a smile , and judged it better not to answer . |
| 3 | ‘ I could not have said it better myself , ’ he said coldly . |
| 4 | I said , ‘ I 'll tell you when I understand it better myself . ’ |
| 5 | Mungo 's head buzzed with a dozen more questions , but again he thought it better not to ask them . |
| 6 | She spoke with such vehemence Wilson thought it better not to risk a reply , though in her head she practised saying what nonsense she thought Mrs Browning spoke . |
| 7 | He thought it better not to mention it was he who had been responsible for both his accidents . |
| 8 | I told her no messages had been sent and suggested that if Uncle was a businessman — I thought it better not to mention that we already knew he was a multi-millionaire businessman — he might naturally tend to be secretive and that he might also be reluctant to broadcast the fact that he had lost his yacht through what might have been his own fault . |
| 9 | Perhaps they did n't want to scare me and thought it better not to say too much , but I wish they had said something . |
| 10 | ‘ Mrs Funnell thought it better not to call him because you 'd only taken a small dose . |
| 11 | Could n't put it better myself . |
| 12 | Being in effect a doll , Blackeyes was as dumb as she was beautiful but I could n't have put it better myself . |
| 13 | I could not have put it better myself , so perhaps I should not try . |
| 14 | I could not have put it better myself . |
| 15 | I could not have put it better myself . |