Example sentences of "had [adj -er] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erika was still not completely sure what the text meant but one thing about it was clear , people had better things to do than to dwell on the past and surely — it came upon Erika in a flash of intuition — surely the State was doing just that : not , of course , leaving the dead unmourned , and certainly not forgetting the evils of Fascism , but moving forward — preaching a socialist gospel — and not merely preaching it , doing it : making a fairer , better , juster Germany . |
| 2 | 'Appen she had better things to do , eh , George ? ’ |
| 3 | He had better things to do than argue the toss . |
| 4 | If his parents bought her a present he was always comparing and felt that she had better things and more things than he did . |
| 5 | She had better things to do , a world to conquer and so forth , who did he think he was ? — Foreigners can be dogged . |
| 6 | The Mainbocher triumphs were spiced with occasional purchases in Paris , but on the whole she found French clothes too imposing : ‘ I had better things to do in Paris than go for endless fittings anyway . |
| 7 | I had better things to do than just sit in an office talking . |
| 8 | ‘ I always had better things to do than play with woggles . |
| 9 | You would think he had better things to do with his time . |
| 10 | But , she decided , when she got up on Saturday morning , she had better things to do than to let such matters worry her . |
| 11 | With a stuffed-to-capacity briefcase , she had better things to do with her time too , anyway . |