Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a better start " in BNC.

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1 With Gatting dropping out of the Lord 's Test at his own request , Emburey could hardly have made a better start .
2 When Gary Bennett gave them a fourth-minute lead against promotion-chasing Leicester , the Roker Park side could hardly have made a better start .
3 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 .
4 Holmes says : ‘ Steve could not have made a better start to his outdoor season and it opens up all sorts of possibilities .
5 The 39-year-old Briton could not have got a better start to his new career with the Indycar team owned by Paul Newman and Carl Haas , but now has every driver on his tail .
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