Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We should take a radical approach to the position of elderly people beyond the year 2000 , and consider whether technology can allow them to enjoy a better standard of living and to rely less on residential and nursing homes .
2 The development was welcomed by exhibitors , who felt that stage adaptations would enable them to attract a better class of customer , but they were n't to know what they were letting themselves in for .
3 If two assets have the same risk but one of them has a lower return than the other , then it is sold and the proceeds are invested in the other .
4 On 6 December , I announced a further £7.5 million capital allocation for projects for 1992-93 .
5 Then I laid a paler colour into the gaps left for the highlights and took it back over the previous work as well to unify the colour .
6 I got a bigger ball .
7 Well that I I us I got a better rate of exchange out in S A than I did here .
8 I got a higher figure than Jim because I was I ca n't believe , believe this either th th the officer that , that , that , done this say to the , the , that 's the figures that have produced then they 're completely wrong and I can tell
9 and I got a greater kinship because they 're a small group .
10 I got a further half-smile before the door closed .
11 I have always thought that league results are what matter most to Motherwell and I expect a harder game than were given that day . ’
12 I found a better man than Dudley , James .
13 I maintained a straighter course now but perpetually wanted to stop , and so had to ration myself to two minutes rest in every fifteen , and ten minutes on the hour .
14 Oh yes , I 'm all favour of dipping , but I want a safer dip for the operators .
15 Yeah , but I want a better white bigger than that one
16 I want a bigger basket than this .
17 I want a bigger range to choose from and hopefully this role will help me .
18 I want a bigger bike but she 's not gon na ride it until she 's had the baby .
19 They realised I told a better story when I was composed .
20 I 've changed the specifications of the fence , so my brother got the but I put a smaller fence in there , not the huge three bar one which was er previously , it does n't really change specifications .
21 But it was when I came to ask myself the reason for such a wild suggestion that I received a greater shock .
22 And even when I had assured myself I was on the right road , I felt compelled to stop the car a moment to take stock , as it were , I decided to step out and stretch my legs a little and when I did so , I received a stronger impression than ever of being perched on the side of a hill .
23 Never have I seen a happier set of fellows , and with an equal share of luck we shall not be defeated on Saturday . ’
24 ‘ I originally got them down first to 100 , then to 80 , but finance dictated that I select a smaller number .
25 Last week , I approved a further £345,000 for the British Red Cross .
26 ‘ If you can make me understand that , I stand a better chance of helping to get you the money to find it , ’ Waldegrave said .
27 Never did I see a grander scene — immense rocks rising perpendicularly from the glen to such a height as pained the neck of the spectator , and terminating in the most bold and fantastic manner .
28 In later sections I present a fuller discussion of merger .
29 I know a better trick than that , any day of the week . ’
30 I know a better way .
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