Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] made a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darlington could hardly have made a worse start , goalkeeper Mark Prudhoe and his fellow defenders standing frozen to the spot as Preece smartly turned and shot into the top left corner in the ninth minute . |
| 2 | With Gatting dropping out of the Lord 's Test at his own request , Emburey could hardly have made a better start . |
| 3 | When Gary Bennett gave them a fourth-minute lead against promotion-chasing Leicester , the Roker Park side could hardly have made a better start . |
| 4 | Given firm instructions the dismissed minister would probably have made a better reformer than his successor , S. S. Lanskoi , who in August 1855 " proclaimed the rights of the nobility to be inviolable " . |
| 5 | She knew that he did n't much care for André , but he could at least have made a better attempt at disguising it . |
| 6 | Er I think I should certainly have made a better nurse , yes , yes I think I should . |