Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adj -er] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had grander plans for my future than that . |
| 2 | The Mainbocher triumphs were spiced with occasional purchases in Paris , but on the whole she found French clothes too imposing : ‘ I had better things to do in Paris than go for endless fittings anyway . |
| 3 | I had better things to do than just sit in an office talking . |
| 4 | All you have to do is answer three simple questions , complete the following sentence , ‘ If I had bigger breasts , the first thing I 'd do would be … , ’ and send your answers in on a fax with coupons from any three GenTech products . |
| 5 | Still , I had happier memories of Enniskillen : of the Horseshoe Lounge in the Railway Hotel ( now an hotel without a railway ) and a group named ‘ Country Comrades ’ , who played Irish , Scottish and hillbilly tunes fast and slow , while the crowd whooped and danced merrily ; of hillside fields and haycocks ; of the Bronze Age burial chamber said to be a giant 's grave ; and of tales of the local footpack 's exploits among the Ulster foxes . |
| 6 | I 've better things to do than make a fool of myself with you . |
| 7 | " I have better things to do . " |
| 8 | I have better things to do . |
| 9 | The Boro boss said : ‘ I have better things to do than discuss idle gossip . |
| 10 | ‘ I have deeper feelings than ever you could comprehend , ’ he said . |
| 11 | I have further questions to ask you . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ She has better things to do , as well . ’ |
| 13 | She even pretends that she has higher principles than many of the other characters in the play : |
| 14 | If she has older brothers and sisters , then the idea of sharing will be less of a shock for her , although even in these cases children cling to those things they think of as theirs . |
| 15 | Do you have further questions ? ’ |
| 16 | And if you 've better things to do than clean the oven make sure you choose the optional Valorclean liners . |
| 17 | 'Appen she had better things to do , eh , George ? ’ |
| 18 | If his parents bought her a present he was always comparing and felt that she had better things and more things than he did . |
| 19 | She had better things to do , a world to conquer and so forth , who did he think he was ? — Foreigners can be dogged . |
| 20 | But , she decided , when she got up on Saturday morning , she had better things to do than to let such matters worry her . |
| 21 | With a stuffed-to-capacity briefcase , she had better things to do with her time too , anyway . |
| 22 | She had better legs than Gabriel , and knew it . |
| 23 | erm I think it made things a lot cheaper , because you had larger firms able , able to buy in bulk , and also the beginnings of the ready-made market . |
| 24 | I 've chosen you because I 've noticed you have better powers of concentration than either of my sisters . ’ |
| 25 | Undoubtedly you have better things to do than reply to me , but then again I am too busy to write except that I am so annoyed . |
| 26 | Essentially , what you have inside an atom is you have a very small mass of core , called the nucleus , and around this nucleus you have lighter particles called electrons , which orbit in closed orbits . |
| 27 | If you have further queries on this or any other topic , please give me — or one of my colleagues — a call . |
| 28 | Th there , there 's a minu a minute example , erm , in fact it 's probably more effective in some ways , than the great fora , forum , in which you have larger assemblies of people who enjoy th the hours , during the course of the day , but often do n't go away and do anything . |
| 29 | Come , Sylvia , we 've better things to do than go chasing after that silly rabble . |
| 30 | Later on we 've greener greens and beauty queens . |