Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just find those subject the easiest to deal with : on the one hand , they 're the most tangible feelings I have to pull out of myself ; on the other , they make me want to make a stronger statement when I ultimately do that . |
| 2 | I tried to get a better grip but to my horror my fingers began to run down the door like melting plasticine as I watched from my perilous vantage point . |
| 3 | I want to reach a larger audience : I 've already made five records on indies , so maybe it 's time to move on , but some younger bands are gon na find themselves pushed into the limelight when they 're not ready . |
| 4 | Fifth I want to achieve a better delivery system — more cooperation with the tax system and better management . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I hope to make a further announcement about that very shortly . |
| 7 | Had I met you sooner I doubt I would have entered into it , but Maud 's father is influential and I hope to gain a better position at the hospital on his recommendation . ’ |
| 8 | Bonanza Boy , one of my old favourites , has been a remarkable horse over the years and I am a touch sad in having to desert him for a horse I consider to have a better chance . |
| 9 | It was from little hints such as this , undoubtedly consciously dropped , that I began to build a fuller appreciation of what Mr Broadhurst really was . |
| 10 | Would I have cut a greater dash in the world ? |
| 11 | After writing about fifty scientific papers on the subject I decided to reach a wider audience and moved into television , where week after week I tried to get across my fascination for the animal world . |
| 12 | I needed to take a closer look . |
| 13 | On the other hand I do favour a greater amount of ‘ non-scientific ’ components — e.g. philosophy , history of science — which if taught well put the practical science into proper context . |
| 14 | I do n't want to be like a film star , but I do want a better quality of life and I 've got that with H R T ! |
| 15 | I had expected a sharper tongue in the office , a brisker and more brittle approach to the anarchic thoughtlessness of the girls . |
| 16 | But I had to make a bigger adjustment to studying . |
| 17 | So I wanted to get that memory out of the way and I was just happy that I had had a better game ’ . |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | No , I 've had a better idea ! |
| 20 | I 've got a better idea . " |
| 21 | ‘ We could manage without it , but — No , I 've got a better idea . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've got a better idea , ’ Sam said , leaning forward . |
| 23 | Well , I 've got a better idea . |
| 24 | I know wait a minute , wait a minute , I 've got a better idea . |
| 25 | I 've got a better job . ’ |
| 26 | Oh yes I 've got a further list down here . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 28 | IT 'S a long time since I have seen a finer performance than Tom Courtenay is giving at the Traverse . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 30 | For all that I have learned a greater variety of games , there are fewer I can tolerate . |