Example sentences of "done a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he has little hesitation in declaring that his successor as chairman of Esso has done a better job than he was able to achieve . |
| 2 | If Sir Kenneth had done a better piece of work , and been disliked by the City simply for being too tough in representing the interests of investors , would that have been enough to keep his job ? |
| 3 | She always said she could have done a better job running the place than the Director or his boss , Controller Establishment Research and Nuclear . |
| 4 | I was n't very happy with my legal representation ; in fact , I think I could have done a better job myself . |
| 5 | It is entitled ’ Myth of the tax rebels ’ and it says : ’ Over the last decade the Government has done a better job of blowing local authorities to smithereens than Guy Fawkes . |
| 6 | Willi has done a better job with Georg than I ever did with Peter . |
| 7 | Yep The Don was crap — I could have done a better job . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | How many more of us would be fluent French speakers if our first French teachers had done a better job ? |
| 10 | On top of these , Frank has bought The Social Survival Handbook for October 1993 , by journalist Guy Browning , through Julian Alexander , and has done a further two-book deal ( following the last three-book contract ) for a ‘ healthy six-figure sum ’ with Lucinda Edmonds , author of Lovers and Players , through Arthur Goodhart . |
| 11 | And erm I think it 's a little bit of creative accountancy on their part in saying that and in fact putting that five hundred thousand elsewhere , and also they have erm done a further piece of creative accountancy in that the provision for pay and price increases they have reduced by one point five million , and the combined budget reduces it by half that figure . |