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 .
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