Example sentences of "[vb infin] [indef pn] [adj -er] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Rune had finished with her , Suzie would want nothing better than to return hotfoot to receive Margaret 's tearful forgiveness ! |
| 2 | It has not stopped businessmen being asked what they think will happen to the economy if the government changes , however , even if those businessman can do nothing better than guess or regurgitate or express hopes and fears . |
| 3 | ‘ Adolph , I would like nothing better than to give you the chance to start your life again , but Colonel Goreng … he 's the cautious one . |
| 4 | There were those among the remaining husbands of the five daughters of Ealdred who would like nothing better than to see Siward perish in an effort to plant a few Anglian soldiers and a bishop in some crumbling old forts in the Lothians . |
| 5 | I 'd like nothing better than to spend the night with you . ’ |
| 6 | THE FORMER colleagues of Paul Gascoigne at Spurs would like nothing better than to spoil his comeback tonight . |
| 7 | Right now she 'd like nothing better than to climb into bed and stay there for a week , sleeping her troubles away . |
| 8 | The Amateur Championship begins there on Tuesday , and McEvoy would like nothing better than to emulate Mike Bonallack and Joe Carr as the only golfers since the War to win the title three times . |
| 9 | WENDY Picton can go one better than blowing her own trumpet . |
| 10 | Lucien could imagine nothing worse than trying to eat in front of these people . |
| 11 | I ca n't imagine anything worse than doing a function for three or four because by the , by the laws of average how the hell are you gon na get it out to them all as it should be ? |