Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [prep] [art] better [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if pleading helped — she might as well try to appeal to the better nature of a power-crazed tyrant . |
| 2 | The invitation could not have come at a better time . |
| 3 | For Sinton , who made his England debut in Poznan in the crucial final qualifier against Poland last November and was a member of the England B side that defeated France B at Loftus Road in February , that run could not have come at a better time . |
| 4 | And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family . |
| 5 | ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales . |
| 6 | " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully . |
| 7 | ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time . |
| 8 | It could n't have come at a better time . |
| 9 | League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist . |
| 10 | League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist . |
| 11 | ‘ Then my news could not have come at a better time ! ’ |
| 12 | That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though . |
| 13 | New boy , Brian Marwood gave them the lead ; his first goal for the club and it could n't have come at a better time . |
| 14 | And it could n't have come at a better time for the 29 year old bowler in this his benefit season . |
| 15 | Of course it was too early in his life to be certain that the gods had called him , but I could have wished for no better career for him than that of a priest-administrator . |
| 16 | Larkins , who made 103 before retiring to give his team-mates a bat , could not have wished for a better comeback , and with Robin Smith making a stylish 70 , England made 263 for four from 50 overs . |
| 17 | I mean he tried the Forest defence out on the left-hand side t to start with switched the player and got young Lewis in and really Forest could have done with a better ball er sorry Leicester could have done with a better final ball from Lewis . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't think you could have thought of a better way of rewarding her , she seems such an independent little thing . ‘ |
| 19 | According to Mr Dieter Brauninger , an economist at Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt , the newcomers could not have arrived at a better time : a period of dynamic growth , when gaps created by the fall in the birth rate in the past two decades need to be filled . |
| 20 | Yet , with Deacon Blue getting the high score covering Bacharach & David songs , and a lot of new bubblegum little more than MOR , ‘ Sundrive Road ’ could n't have arrived at a better time , when there must be a pay-out for mature bands making no bones about playing pop for its own sake . |
| 21 | Yet , with Deacon Blue getting the high score covering Bacharach & David songs , and a lot of new bubblegum little more than MOR , ‘ Sundrive Road ’ could n't have arrived at a better time , when there must be a pay-out for mature bands making no bones about playing pop for its own sake . |
| 22 | Deakin was a striker who found the net regularly and the evidence suggests that , had he been at a bigger club , he would have benefited from a better service and become a prolific scorer . |
| 23 | Wright could n't have asked for a better way to celebrate his 29th birthday today . |
| 24 | I could n't have asked for a better family ! |
| 25 | I could not have asked for a better introduction to the summer Alps ’ . |
| 26 | Carl Llewellyn , 26 , was having his third ride in the Grand National and could never have hoped for a better experience around the huge Aintree fences . |
| 27 | The Prince could not have hoped for a better platform . |
| 28 | For a teaching museum we could n't have hoped for a better gift . |
| 29 | I could n't have gone to a better place because they 'd got most parts of the country and one thing and another and I fitted their bill to a tee . |
| 30 | New techniques and organization of land may have led to a better diet . |