Example sentences of "have make a better [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Holmes says : ‘ Steve could not have made a better start to his outdoor season and it opens up all sorts of possibilities . |
3 | She knew that he did n't much care for André , but he could at least have made a better attempt at disguising it . |
4 | Villa boss Ron Atkinson said : ‘ In the first half , we might have made a better game of it if we had turned up . |
5 | Nenna felt that she could have made a better hand at answering Louise if only Edward had taken the trouble to return her purse . |
6 | If Tim had been Czar of Russia he 'd have made a better job of it than the nincompoops that were . |
7 | She thought she would have made a better job of it , not believing a word , just because she was a good teacher . |
8 | Sometimes , it wondered whether dinosaurs would n't have made a better job of civilisation . |
9 | I 'd have thought you 'd have made a better job of it . ’ |
10 | If Austin Rover 's Leyland forebears had made a better job of the Stag in the first place , values would probably have risen before . |
11 | Well , we had to make a better road through the forest , although I see through the window that it 's grown up a bit recently . |