Example sentences of "n't [verb] [prep] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll show ya round with great pleasure , ’ said the affable manager , ‘ but I ca n't think of a worse theatre than this for your show . ’ |
| 2 | GET MARRIED I CA N'T THINK OF A WORSE TORTURE S. |
| 3 | I ca n't think of a worse crime . |
| 4 | I mean everything is , is well , regimented , I ca n't think of a better word |
| 5 | You and the good doctor are thick as thieves , and I ca n't think of a better man for you . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I want to have a full career here and I could n't think of a better way to do that . |
| 7 | So wh what I 'm saying is erm , our modern view , the consequence of this is our modern view of evolution and I ca n't think of a better way to illustrate it than this , is that organisms ultimately are , can really been seen , rather like this . |
| 8 | We ca n't think of a better guarantee that you 'll get what you pay for . |
| 9 | Sorvino could n't think of a better reason to get away from the ice-pick drone of the alarm . |
| 10 | I could n't think of a better place to end this leg of the tour than Belfast . ’ |
| 11 | It 's no five star hotel … but the volunteers on a work week at Didcot Railway centre ca n't think of a better place to spend their dream holiday . |
| 12 | I ca n't think of a better meal than an omelette with salad and French bread . |
| 13 | She was cursed ( I ca n't think of a stronger word ) with a permanent affliction , or dosage , of a complex which made her feel and left her with , a strange aura of inadequacy . |
| 14 | You ca n't do without a closer interface and people getting together . |
| 15 | Do n't deploy onto a larger frontage than you have to with Goblins . |
| 16 | You could n't hope for a clearer sign of how things have changed in new music over the last decade or so than the sight of five eminent young , or young-ish , British composers applying their ingenuity to the art of writing divertimentos ( two of them even opting for late eighteenth-century period instrument ensembles ) as curtain raisers for last year 's Glyndebourne Mozart performances ( the promised Don Giovanni serenade by Oliver Knussen never materialized ) . |
| 17 | THE IBM TRAGEDY : IT COULD N'T HAPPEN TO A NICER COMPANY |
| 18 | ‘ Could n't happen to a nicer guy ! ’ |
| 19 | Avoid buying a system that wo n't communicate with a higher resolution output device such as a typesetter if you think you may need better quality . |
| 20 | You could n't wish for a better place to work . |
| 21 | We think you 'll agree — you could n't wish for a better match . |
| 22 | ‘ Sure I could n't wish for a better husband for her . ’ |
| 23 | In short , pasta could n't wish for a tastier sauce to turn good old ‘ spag bol ’ into the most bellissima bolognese . |
| 24 | The chap is very very experienced , he knows what he 's doing and he 's he you you could n't ask for a better worker really but yes d I I do believe he 's got a problem with his eyesight . |