Example sentences of "[adv] have [vb pp] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , after all , was no ordinary case of murder and they could scarcely have picked a worse example to further their cause . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | With Gatting dropping out of the Lord 's Test at his own request , Emburey could hardly have made a better start . |
| 4 | When Gary Bennett gave them a fourth-minute lead against promotion-chasing Leicester , the Roker Park side could hardly have made a better start . |
| 5 | John could hardly have found a better influence . |
| 6 | Natural selection would then gradually have produced a hardier group of individuals capable of remaining for longer in the remote mountain regions . |
| 7 | 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 " . |
| 8 | Oliver said : ‘ A real professional would probably have used a finer cord . |
| 9 | ‘ She died in our midst six weeks later having got a swifter visa to eternity than we have to South Africa but we know she goes with us in spirit and will help our endeavours far more powerfully from above , ’ said Sister Bernadette . |
| 10 | No children , odd sex and , as a high churchman , he 'd really have had a better image of himself if he 'd managed to keep to celibacy . |
| 11 | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Mimi Rogers fill up the background prettily enough , but director Roger Donaldson could really have used a sharper script |
| 12 | She knew that he did n't much care for André , but he could at least have made a better attempt at disguising it . |
| 13 | Er I think I should certainly have made a better nurse , yes , yes I think I should . |