Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a better [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | By that time , the RECs should have developed a better understanding of the market , and pricing policies to suit . |
| 4 | I do not blame the Opposition for not understanding the issues as fully as we might hope , but , given their new-found support and desire for everything European , I thought that they might have developed a better understanding . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If he were going to humiliate her , he could not have picked a better opportunity . |
| 7 | QUEEN OF SHANNON had tears and not champagne flowing by winning at Salisbury yesterday — but she could not have picked a better moment . |
| 8 | He could n't have picked a better place : laid to rest in Père Lachaise alongside such genuine nineteenth-century bohos as Gérard de Nerval , who took his pet lobster for walks in the Palais Royal and eventually hanged himself with a piece of string he insisted was the Queen of Sheba 's garter . |
| 9 | He started up twenty years ago , he could not have picked a better time . |
| 10 | She always said she could have done a better job running the place than the Director or his boss , Controller Establishment Research and Nuclear . |
| 11 | I was n't very happy with my legal representation ; in fact , I think I could have done a better job myself . |
| 12 | Yep The Don was crap — I could have done a better job . |
| 13 | No-one can argue against or overstate what Sgt Wilko has done in this area , that 's why I believe no-one around could have done a better job , and why he is the best man for the future too . |
| 14 | Er I think I should certainly have made a better nurse , yes , yes I think I should . |
| 15 | She could n't have made a better selection than Keep Talking , a progressive horse both in terms of form and distance . |
| 16 | On a good pitch and with a fast outfield , Indian should have made a better fist of their innings , but only Srikkanth ( who fell to an outstanding catch by Peter Taylor at mid-off ) passed 20 as Australia 's allrounders ran through the order . |
| 17 | Tim could not have made a better choice . ’ |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | With Gatting dropping out of the Lord 's Test at his own request , Emburey could hardly have made a better start . |
| 20 | When Gary Bennett gave them a fourth-minute lead against promotion-chasing Leicester , the Roker Park side could hardly have made a better start . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Holmes says : ‘ Steve could not have made a better start to his outdoor season and it opens up all sorts of possibilities . |
| 23 | 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 " . |
| 24 | She knew that he did n't much care for André , but he could at least have made a better attempt at disguising it . |
| 25 | Villa boss Ron Atkinson said : ‘ In the first half , we might have made a better game of it if we had turned up . |
| 26 | Nenna felt that she could have made a better hand at answering Louise if only Edward had taken the trouble to return her purse . |
| 27 | If Tim had been Czar of Russia he 'd have made a better job of it than the nincompoops that were . |
| 28 | She thought she would have made a better job of it , not believing a word , just because she was a good teacher . |
| 29 | Sometimes , it wondered whether dinosaurs would n't have made a better job of civilisation . |
| 30 | I 'd have thought you 'd have made a better job of it . ’ |