Example sentences of "be [adj -er] [to-vb] them [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been better to cover them with a tarpaulin , but he had forgotten to bring one , perhaps . |
| 2 | ‘ He kept asking where he could send flowers and whether it would be better to send them to the hospital or to here if she was coming home . ’ |
| 3 | If you want to talk to gardeners it 's cheaper to address them on the gardening page of a newspaper or in a specialist gardening magazine than on television . |
| 4 | If your child does have sweets , it 's better to give them after a meal . |
| 5 | When planting species of this group , it is better to plant them in a cluster or bunch . |
| 6 | In theory the gutters will drain if fixed dead level , but in practice it is better to fit them with a slight fall of about 1in in 50ft . |