Example sentences of "good than a [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , a feminist who left a meeting , went home and jumped into bed with hubbie or boyfriend , was no better than a member of the fifth column . |
| 2 | Well it 's better than a kick in the teeth is n't it ? |
| 3 | Better than a kick in the teeth in n it ? |
| 4 | You have to admit , she 's better than a kick in the wot-nots ! |
| 5 | An unsuccessful artist was no better than a lunatic in the eyes of these people . |
| 6 | What is better than a run in the car followed by a good meal in a country inn or a pleasant roadhouse ? |
| 7 | Greg had been little better than a crook on the business front — and he had very nearly dragged her father — and his stupendous talent — down with him . |
| 8 | This is better than a night at the Follies . |
| 9 | And he was young enough to hope for something better than a pat on the head from the Leaderene . |
| 10 | Well that , thought Dalgliesh wryly , was better than a note in the parish magazine , a telephone call to the daily papers or a sermon next Sunday on the phenomenon of stigmata and the inscrutable wisdom of providence . |
| 11 | Begging your pardon , Sir , but some of those alleged artists that get feted on BBC Two could paint no better than a monkey in the zoo . |