Example sentences of "would have [vb pp] a better " in BNC.
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1 | If Tim had been Czar of Russia he 'd have made a better job of it than the nincompoops that were . |
2 | I 'd have thought you 'd have made a better job of it . ’ |
3 | There 's another in the keep would have done just as well , but seal or no seal , they 'd have wanted a better tale than I could think of before they 'd have given me the keys of the keep . |
4 | Had he seen a letter from Pope Gregory in AD 601 he 'd have had a better idea of what was happening . |
5 | 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 . ’ |
6 | Television showed he was onside and under the revised law it would have stood a better chance of being allowed . |
7 | Opinion polls suggested throughout the campaign that Labour would have stood a better chance with the Scottish lawyer at the helm , and he has powerful support on the backbenches , especially among fellow Scots . |
8 | She thought she would have made a better job of it , not believing a word , just because she was a good teacher . |
9 | 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 ? |
10 | I am suggesting that within the one is the other — in some respects a Chinese Box would have provided a better diagram than a polarisation continuum , although it would have been difficult to decide which box should be on the outside . |
11 | However , there are no easy solutions to the problems of an area such as the Highlands within the constraints of the existing national economic structure , and there is no certainty that small-scale industries would have provided a better base for employment growth . |
12 | But if he lied , saying that he came to Parfois with no felonious intent , and attacked only when he was surprised and frightened , Isambard would have won a better victory . |
13 | Even without Terence O'Neill , such claims would have had a better hearing in the 1960s than they had had in the 1920s . |
14 | As a resident of Whaddon , and therefore presumably a member of ‘ the ex-agricultural working class ’ , I am anxious that fellow voters should not be deceived into believing that another candidate would have had a better chance of holding the seat for the Conservatives . |
15 | If he had , he supposed that he would now have been in a much better position to help Celia , would have had a better understanding of what sometimes happened after giving birth . |
16 | Either Merovech or Childeric would have had a better claim to being " the first king " of the Franks . |
17 | He and Whelan would have had a better chance if they had come along the floor more often , even despite the permanent ten-man claret and blue wall . |
18 | and what better place to say it than here — had Middleton accepted my alternative he would have had a better chance of living ; but I would question very sincerely whether he would have had a VC . |