Example sentences of "[vb pp] a better " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | If a woman brewed a better beer than her neighbours her house became the favoured one in the locality — the local . |
| 3 | Fourth Division TOWCESTRIANS with an outstanding 1991/92 season in which they won the East Midlands Colts Cup and won 28 of 30 matches , are planning an even more successful campaign , but few clubs could have enjoyed a better pre-season build up than COLCHESTER . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | QUEEN OF SHANNON had tears and not champagne flowing by winning at Salisbury yesterday — but she could not have picked a better moment . |
| 6 | If he were going to humiliate her , he could not have picked a better opportunity . |
| 7 | He started up twenty years ago , he could not have picked a better time . |
| 8 | The ratio of brain weight to spinal cord weight is considered a better measurement of complexity and intelligence . |
| 9 | Tagliacozzo found that catalogue searchers were , " inclined to use proper names rather than other types of entry , even when the latter may be considered a better choice . " |
| 10 | But he has little hesitation in declaring that his successor as chairman of Esso has done a better job than he was able to achieve . |
| 11 | If Sir Kenneth had done a better piece of work , and been disliked by the City simply for being too tough in representing the interests of investors , would that have been enough to keep his job ? |
| 12 | She always said she could have done a better job running the place than the Director or his boss , Controller Establishment Research and Nuclear . |
| 13 | I was n't very happy with my legal representation ; in fact , I think I could have done a better job myself . |
| 14 | It is entitled ’ Myth of the tax rebels ’ and it says : ’ Over the last decade the Government has done a better job of blowing local authorities to smithereens than Guy Fawkes . |
| 15 | Willi has done a better job with Georg than I ever did with Peter . |
| 16 | Yep The Don was crap — I could have done a better job . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | How many more of us would be fluent French speakers if our first French teachers had done a better job ? |
| 19 | Whatever he wrote about Kirkwoods of past ages , no one could have written a better tribute to a family than did Thomson when he described Major Kirkwood and the rest of the present-day family . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ Here we are , ’ gushed the presenter of Gardeners ' World , ‘ we 're in my very favourite corner of the estate now , with its magnificent , sweeping views down to the river.just look at this superb example of Metasequoiaglyptostroboides , or Dawn Redwood to give it its more familiar name , I do n't think I 've ever seen a better specimen anywhere . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | The citizens of Kettering had never seen a better ring , In fact no better pair of 'em " Take care of " me ! " they cried . |
| 24 | Paige could only admit that she had never seen a better male specimen . |
| 25 | Did er , Tom like the I 've never seen a better one th have you ? |
| 26 | If Austin Rover 's Leyland forebears had made a better job of the Stag in the first place , values would probably have risen before . |
| 27 | This 40 Minutes Special ( BBC 2 ) was produced by Agnieszka Piotrowska , who never makes a bad programme and has n't made a better one than this . |
| 28 | With Gatting dropping out of the Lord 's Test at his own request , Emburey could hardly have made a better start . |
| 29 | If Tim had been Czar of Russia he 'd have made a better job of it than the nincompoops that were . |
| 30 | When Gary Bennett gave them a fourth-minute lead against promotion-chasing Leicester , the Roker Park side could hardly have made a better start . |