Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [vb pp] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mouth felt as if I 'd swallowed a cheesegrater and my scalp had suddenly acquired radioactive dandruff . |
| 2 | I also thought I 'd written a better poem because I 'd struggled with the voice , forced myself to hear it again in my mind and to reply to it . |
| 3 | Would I have cut a greater dash in the world ? |
| 4 | When I dared to go to the scales I discovered that I had lost a further ten pounds in five days . |
| 5 | But now , beyond my cancer loss , I had forfeited a further three-quarters of a stone . |
| 6 | I had expected a sharper tongue in the office , a brisker and more brittle approach to the anarchic thoughtlessness of the girls . |
| 7 | So I wanted to get that memory out of the way and I was just happy that I had had a better game ’ . |
| 8 | And Ipswich team manager Mick McGiven , Monkou 's former coach at Stamford Bridge , said : ‘ I do n't think I 've seen a better marking job on Chris . ’ |
| 9 | In many ways I 've had a fuller and more satisfying life since then , and I know that my children still need me in lots of ways . |
| 10 | No , I 've had a better idea ! |
| 11 | ‘ I 've bought a further sixteen per cent of SUPPLYKITS . |
| 12 | When young supporters chant ‘ We 'll be running round Pompey with our willies hanging out , singing I 've got a bigger one than you ’ , or some other scatological rhyme , slightly changed to fit the time and place , they are doing nothing new . |
| 13 | I 've got a better job . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 've got a better one , Sir . |
| 15 | I 've got a better idea . " |
| 16 | ‘ We could manage without it , but — No , I 've got a better idea . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've got a better idea , ’ Sam said , leaning forward . |
| 18 | I 've got a better one than those |
| 19 | I 've got a better one . |
| 20 | Well , I 've got a better idea . |
| 21 | I know wait a minute , wait a minute , I 've got a better idea . |
| 22 | But I 've got a better one . |
| 23 | Oh yes I 've got a further list down here . |
| 24 | ‘ Each year I have noticed a higher standard of living ’ , the bishop wrote in his eulogy of this ‘ brave man ’ , whose ‘ exceedingly generous ’ treatment of the churches in Romania was something of which ‘ we in Britain might well be envious ’ . |
| 25 | IT 'S a long time since I have seen a finer performance than Tom Courtenay is giving at the Traverse . |
| 26 | ‘ Mary , dear , one night when I have made a better meal than I did tonight , I plan to go a little berserk , too , in order to have your solace . ’ |
| 27 | I also used one of your photos of the Pembrokeshire coast in our new recruitment leaflet , for which I have added a further £25 . |
| 28 | I have added a further £25 because I have appreciated holding on to the material for so long . |
| 29 | For all that I have learned a greater variety of games , there are fewer I can tolerate . |
| 30 | But I I 'm wearing them all a little bit longer , except in the the winter cos I ca n't ca n't alter my coat I have got a longer summer coat to wear but the the one I had last year erm all the skirt showed beneath , I could n't walk about like that . |