Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] have [vb pp] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Er I think I should certainly have made a better nurse , yes , yes I think I should . |
| 2 | This , after all , was no ordinary case of murder and they could scarcely have picked a worse example to further their cause . |
| 3 | Darlington could hardly have made a worse start , goalkeeper Mark Prudhoe and his fellow defenders standing frozen to the spot as Preece smartly turned and shot into the top left corner in the ninth minute . |
| 4 | With Gatting dropping out of the Lord 's Test at his own request , Emburey could hardly have made a better start . |
| 5 | When Gary Bennett gave them a fourth-minute lead against promotion-chasing Leicester , the Roker Park side could hardly have made a better start . |
| 6 | John could hardly have found a better influence . |
| 7 | In the event , there was little snow and I could probably have chosen a lighter fabric-and-leather boot with a Goretex or Sympatex lining . |
| 8 | No children , odd sex and , as a high churchman , he 'd really have had a better image of himself if he 'd managed to keep to celibacy . |
| 9 | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Mimi Rogers fill up the background prettily enough , but director Roger Donaldson could really have used a sharper script |
| 10 | The attainment of his majority would naturally have heralded a larger and more independent following , but Gloucester 's early influence was in areas where there was an established network of royal servants and this shaped his developing retinue . |
| 11 | The attainment of his majority would naturally have heralded a larger and more independent following , but Gloucester 's early influence was in areas where there was an established network of royal servants and this shaped his developing retinue . |
| 12 | 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 " . |
| 13 | Oliver said : ‘ A real professional would probably have used a finer cord . |