Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Would I have cut a greater dash in the world ? |
| 3 | I had expected a sharper tongue in the office , a brisker and more brittle approach to the anarchic thoughtlessness of the girls . |
| 4 | So I wanted to get that memory out of the way and I was just happy that I had had a better game ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | No , I 've had a better idea ! |
| 7 | I 've got a better idea . " |
| 8 | ‘ We could manage without it , but — No , I 've got a better idea . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've got a better idea , ’ Sam said , leaning forward . |
| 10 | Well , I 've got a better idea . |
| 11 | I know wait a minute , wait a minute , I 've got a better idea . |
| 12 | I 've got a better job . ’ |
| 13 | Oh yes I 've got a further list down here . |
| 14 | ‘ Each year I have noticed a higher standard of living ’ , the bishop wrote in his eulogy of this ‘ brave man ’ , whose ‘ exceedingly generous ’ treatment of the churches in Romania was something of which ‘ we in Britain might well be envious ’ . |
| 15 | IT 'S a long time since I have seen a finer performance than Tom Courtenay is giving at the Traverse . |
| 16 | ‘ Mary , dear , one night when I have made a better meal than I did tonight , I plan to go a little berserk , too , in order to have your solace . ’ |
| 17 | For all that I have learned a greater variety of games , there are fewer I can tolerate . |
| 18 | But I I 'm wearing them all a little bit longer , except in the the winter cos I ca n't ca n't alter my coat I have got a longer summer coat to wear but the the one I had last year erm all the skirt showed beneath , I could n't walk about like that . |
| 19 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 20 | The way ahead for paleontologists trying to build up a knowledge of evolution has been spurred on by the revolution in plate tectonics , which has provided a better understanding of the stratigraphic record and fossilized data . |
| 21 | A plaque on a wall is admittedly not much to look at for those with a passion for working machinery and dramatic industrial landscapes , but this one marks the site of the foundation of that industry which has had a greater impact on civilization than any other . |
| 22 | The paper selected was almost inevitably the Sunday Telegraph , which had displayed a greater sympathy for the Biafran cause than most . |
| 23 | He lost Manoj Prabhakar , carried away by the exuberance of his own and everybody else 's strokeplay , but Kapil Dev survives - and he is the only Indian who has made a faster Test hundred than Azharuddin 's . |
| 24 | Her GP informed us that she has had a further recurrence of left hemiparesis and , after investigation , the provisional diagnosis is demyelination . |
| 25 | What about if you 'd received a harsher sentence ? |
| 26 | ‘ Well , goodbye , ’ he finished conventionally ; ‘ I wish you 'd had a better day . ’ |
| 27 | Not even for Christine , whom she 'd found distant and uninterested , as if in her mind she 'd created a better place and preferred to wander there . |
| 28 | He would have enjoyed the odd weekend in Brighton away from the pressures of London life , if only she 'd had a bigger flat . |
| 29 | So you 've covered a bigger region in the past , not just Stortford . |
| 30 | So you 've found a better job ? ’ |