Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a better " in BNC.
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| 31 | I was n't very happy with my legal representation ; in fact , I think I could have done a better job myself . |
| 32 | Yep The Don was crap — I could have done a better job . |
| 33 | No-one can argue against or overstate what Sgt Wilko has done in this area , that 's why I believe no-one around could have done a better job , and why he is the best man for the future too . |
| 34 | With Gatting dropping out of the Lord 's Test at his own request , Emburey could hardly have made a better start . |
| 35 | If Tim had been Czar of Russia he 'd have made a better job of it than the nincompoops that were . |
| 36 | When Gary Bennett gave them a fourth-minute lead against promotion-chasing Leicester , the Roker Park side could hardly have made a better start . |
| 37 | Tim could not have made a better choice . ’ |
| 38 | Villa boss Ron Atkinson said : ‘ In the first half , we might have made a better game of it if we had turned up . |
| 39 | On a good pitch and with a fast outfield , Indian should have made a better fist of their innings , but only Srikkanth ( who fell to an outstanding catch by Peter Taylor at mid-off ) passed 20 as Australia 's allrounders ran through the order . |
| 40 | She thought she would have made a better job of it , not believing a word , just because she was a good teacher . |
| 41 | Sometimes , it wondered whether dinosaurs would n't have made a better job of civilisation . |
| 42 | Nenna felt that she could have made a better hand at answering Louise if only Edward had taken the trouble to return her purse . |
| 43 | Did you ever feel after having your own children that er you would have made a better midwife erm this experience than when you were single ? |
| 44 | Er I think I should certainly have made a better nurse , yes , yes I think I should . |
| 45 | I 'd have thought you 'd have made a better job of it . ’ |
| 46 | She knew that he did n't much care for André , but he could at least have made a better attempt at disguising it . |
| 47 | As confirmation of the significance Harry had detected in Heather 's photographs , Mossop 's retraced route of three months before could not have made a better start . |
| 48 | Given firm instructions the dismissed minister would probably have made a better reformer than his successor , S. S. Lanskoi , who in August 1855 " proclaimed the rights of the nobility to be inviolable " . |
| 49 | Holmes says : ‘ Steve could not have made a better start to his outdoor season and it opens up all sorts of possibilities . |
| 50 | She could n't have made a better selection than Keep Talking , a progressive horse both in terms of form and distance . |
| 51 | Whatever he wrote about Kirkwoods of past ages , no one could have written a better tribute to a family than did Thomson when he described Major Kirkwood and the rest of the present-day family . |
| 52 | Most corporate buyers we spoke to agreed that B A's doing deals much like those from other airlines , indeed Merrel-Lynch said they 'd just dropped B A having got a better deal elsewhere . |
| 53 | So there were two key consequences ; one was that universities came to see that planning of such change might have produced a better result : the other that vengeful dons denied Mrs Thatcher her honorary degree from Oxford . |
| 54 | On the other hand , there were steps which de Gaulle might have taken in 1944 – 46 — steps which might have produced a better outcome on the ( to him ) all-important issue of the constitution and might also have bolstered his popularity . |
| 55 | Jimmy could have had a better serve . |
| 56 | Had he seen a letter from Pope Gregory in AD 601 he 'd have had a better idea of what was happening . |
| 57 | Even without Terence O'Neill , such claims would have had a better hearing in the 1960s than they had had in the 1920s . |
| 58 | ‘ Richard Cawston 's film could not have had a better critical reception if it had been the combined work of Eisenstein , Hitchcock and Fellini , ’ wrote the critic in the Evening Standard . |
| 59 | As a resident of Whaddon , and therefore presumably a member of ‘ the ex-agricultural working class ’ , I am anxious that fellow voters should not be deceived into believing that another candidate would have had a better chance of holding the seat for the Conservatives . |
| 60 | This probably reflects the perceptions of the respondents rather than a real difference in the actual quality of life of the people who died , although staff members may have been more willing to act as respondents for residents they had got on well with , and those residents may have had a better quality of life because of their relationship with the staff . |