Example sentences of "better [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An X/Open spokesman said COSE now better understands the task , resources and overall timeframe . |
| 2 | An X/Open spokesman said that COSE now better understands the task , resources and overall timeframe . |
| 3 | ‘ Then you 'd better throw a blanket over your head , ’ he said quietly . |
| 4 | Because this guitar is so strummable , but a pig to keep level , I 'm tempted to suggest that maybe Paul Chandler should make another instrument with the same hardware , neck dimensions and action , but with a body that better counteracts the imbalance . |
| 5 | It would have been better placed a couple of weeks later ; at least the readers would have been familiar with the mood and pace of the album . |
| 6 | ‘ And … ’ the voice continued with studied casualness , ‘ perhaps you 'd better double the money … . ’ |
| 7 | The proof of the pudding as we all know is in the eating , and I thought where better to sample the pudding than at RAF Uxbridge . |
| 8 | If you want to include iron losses ( occurring in the magnetic core due to the periodically change flux ) as well , you should better consult a book having a bigger section on transformers . |
| 9 | ‘ I think you 'd better stay a bit longer and Mary and I will take you home . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well , if there 's no one you can call you 'd better stay the night . |
| 11 | Familiarity with industrial processes also better equips an officer to handle encounters with dischargers , offering a means for judging the ‘ truth ’ of any account offered in explanation of a pollution . |
| 12 | 3 Better make a decision than none at all . |
| 13 | But I had had quite er if you want funding erm there 's only so many people out there , you better make a success of what you 're doing . |
| 14 | Perhaps she had better make a bolt for it . |
| 15 | Shirley 's sort of getting on to you a bit I think we 'd better make a move . |
| 16 | I suppose I had better make a move to get some clothes on you think ? |
| 17 | Er ooh better make a move . |
| 18 | I thought I 'd better make a cup of coffee . |
| 19 | Better make a start on shaving . |
| 20 | Then , ‘ Come on we 'd better make a start . |
| 21 | Oh well , I suppose I had better make a start with the Christmas shopping . |
| 22 | ‘ I suppose we 'd better make a start . |
| 23 | ‘ Better make a start . |
| 24 | Then she added hastily , ‘ I 'd better make a start on fixing the table . ’ |
| 25 | Better make a start then . |
| 26 | So we 'd better make a note of that . |
| 27 | Perhaps this is one experiment that had better remain a computer simulation , at least for now . |
| 28 | Better to drive a bit farther , down in to lower Normandy and the beautiful Vallée d'Auge , past old Norman farms and manors , through country thick with apple trees , and pastures so opulent and green that unless you have seen some of the raw , rebuilt little towns , it is hard to believe in the terrible devastation of only fifteen years ago . |
| 29 | It runs off a normal car battery and has ample power to drive the punt at a greater rate of knots than you are likely to need , unless you are going to troll for pike ; and then you would be better using a boat rather than a punt . |
| 30 | From the many letters I receive I know how popular my teddy patterns have become and so I have done two special seasonable designs , this one depicting a teddy pulling a sledge full of gifts and for the next issue two teddies … well , perhaps you had better buy the magazine to find out for yourself ! |