Example sentences of "[vb -s] good thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The butcher has better things to do than make journey upon journey , until we are ready for him . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ She has better things to do , as well . ’ |
| 3 | The government of the day will often let it be known to one of its aspiring party members that it would greatly welcome his ballot victory to promote a particular piece of legislation which it , the Government , does not wish to devote its own time to , either because of its controversial nature or simply because it has better things to do . |
| 4 | Time itself is finite — a government will not devote it to passing less desirable and more controversial laws when it has better things to do with its time . |
| 5 | Surely it has better things to do than worry about such matters , and Professional Conduct Committees and indeed , the Joint Monitoring Unit , should be concentrating on cases of misbehaviour or improper conduct by its members . |
| 6 | He seems to me to be swimming in dangerous waters here , but then Mr Evans-Pritchard probably knows that Rigoberta Menchu has better things to do with her prize money than spend it on litigation . |
| 7 | A world transfixed by the horror in the Balkans is entitled to feel it has better things to worry about than what is not happening in the Middle East . |
| 8 | ‘ Pool has better things to think about ! ’ |
| 9 | Oh , Milord must n't lose one precious minute of his time or attention when he has better things to do . |
| 10 | He has better things to do than hang around the Tower answering idle questions whilst good men are killed and the murderer walks scot free . ’ |
| 11 | It has good things about Gore , about Hoskyns , about Temple . |