Example sentences of "better [verb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think you 'd better stay at home , ’ Otley cautioned . |
| 2 | A better buy at Boots |
| 3 | On the desirability or otherwise of a comprehensive list of what should be done at each level , the best way to proceed is for there to be a presumption , effectively , that matters are best dealt with at national level unless it can be shown that that is better done at Community level . |
| 4 | Wales rugby is supposed to be resurgent , so they had better look at things off the pitch as well as on it . ’ |
| 5 | The bowlers , though , did well in favourable conditions and , if they had been better supported at slip , could have made a match of it . |
| 6 | People , they said , would do better to stay at home and contemplate the teachings of the Koran . |
| 7 | There were some reports so confidential that even Jean might not see them ; they were better kept at home . |
| 8 | There was the proliferative retinopathy episode a few weeks ago , and when she was hospitalised for the threatened toxaemia we found that her blood glucose was actually better controlled at home now than in hospital … |