Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] have [vb pp] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I may have got a better deal by moving to Australia , and I still have ambitions to play there . |
| 2 | Perhaps I should have formed a better plan ; perhaps I should have made instead for the Villa Diodati , to see if I could secure any friends and allies there . |
| 3 | There I should have welcomed a faster tempo both for the waltz of the first half , and for the galop of the second , both of them evoking the atmosphere of the fairground as a tenth birthday tribute to the Fairfield Hall in Croydon . |
| 4 | I was n't very happy with my legal representation ; in fact , I think I could have done a better job myself . |
| 5 | Yep The Don was crap — I could have done a better job . |
| 6 | Among people in their fifties there is a marked sense that , " if only I had been born 20 years later I could have had a better time ! " |
| 7 | The acoustic in the solo works is a shade reverberant , and I 'd have liked a longer gap after the Concerto , but the recording quality throughout is very acceptable . |
| 8 | If it were not , you may be sure that I would have arranged a better climate for the Brits than the Lord has seen fit to give them . ’ |
| 9 | Casting into the gap between the willows would have been difficult but I would have taken a bigger net of fish , with a couple of sizeable ones maybe , for I could have hauled each fish out of the swim immediately it was hooked and kept disturbance down to a minimum . |
| 10 | I would have added a further recommendation to the Clapham conclusions : that British Rail should forthwith desist from any further advertising expenditure and re-route the money to the improvement of safety and engineering standards . |
| 11 | Our data were subject to several constraints : a far lower response rate from probation officers in the second survey ; the effects of changes in agency policies and practices during the two survey years ( e.g. medics ' notifying practices , police detection efforts/successes ) ; the ‘ loss ’ of some users identified in the first survey , and of some new users , to institutions and agencies not covered by the research ( e.g. custody , rehabilitation units , drug agencies in adjacent areas ) ; disillusionment with some agencies among heroin users ( particularly medical services ) , which may have produced a higher ratio of unknown to known users than in the previous year ; the optimistic assumption of 20 per cent annual outcidence-for instance , one review of follow-up studies of opioid users suggests that outcidence after one year is typically around 10 per cent , and may only reach 40–50 per cent after ten years , even for those who have received ‘ treatment ’ ( Home Office 1986 , ch. 7 ) ; and the decline in the size of the youth population , due largely to the drop in the birth rate during the 1960s-that is , the absolute number of known heroin users could decrease while the rate per 1,000 youths remained the same or even increased ( the population figures from which our prevalence rates were calculated derived from 1981 Census statistics , and do not take into account projected trends ) . |
| 12 | These included care of the mentally ill ( which then also included the elderly with mental disability ) — these categories which should have received a bigger slice of the cake , actually received a smaller percentage of health board funding during the funding period from 1981–82 to 1985–86 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Instead of the blue uniform , which sat well on his big frame , he was sporting a hideous shirt patterned with palm trees and his plump buttocks were compressed into a pair of fawn slacks , the cut of which would have flattered a slimmer figure but was less than kind to his own . |
| 15 | Carol and Mark were ever loyal and proud of their mother , while Denis had a role which would have dismayed a weaker man . |
| 16 | The return flight was made via Horta in the Azores due to not having a Maia-assisted take-off , which would have allowed a heavier fuel load . |
| 17 | This meant further discontent on the part of the workers and peasants , which would have meant a greater use of coercion by the state . |
| 18 | Her publications list appears to consist of only two papers , but she may have had a greater influence than this suggests ( J. White , personal communication ) . |
| 19 | ‘ Then you should have packed a smaller one — as you were told to do ! ’ |
| 20 | You should have got a bigger size in n it Dawn ? |
| 21 | But maybe they should n't have — she must have known a better life before this , and what right had they to claim her as their own without having brought her up ? |
| 22 | Mrs Ross ’ s condition had deteriorated ; she had fallen out of bed and it seemed she might have suffered a further stroke . |
| 23 | Nenna felt that she could have made a better hand at answering Louise if only Edward had taken the trouble to return her purse . |
| 24 | She always said she could have done a better job running the place than the Director or his boss , Controller Establishment Research and Nuclear . |
| 25 | I 'd have thought you 'd have made a better job of it . ’ |
| 26 | Pity you were n't a captain , then you 'd have got a bigger disability pension . ’ |
| 27 | She thought she would have made a better job of it , not believing a word , just because she was a good teacher . |
| 28 | If Peggy herself had had one tenth of such devotion from her father she would have had a happier time as a child . |
| 29 | 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 ? |
| 30 | Villa boss Ron Atkinson said : ‘ In the first half , we might have made a better game of it if we had turned up . |