Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] a better [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One ca n't believe that players such as Colin Stephens , Aled Williams or Adrian Davies would not do a better job in the No10 jersey and it seems a far cry from the days when the Welsh stand off factory was in full production . |
| 2 | Because here you have an opportunity to go launch yourself onto a self employed erm platform and can not provide a better platform for that and I would say that would n't I he 's thinking . |
| 3 | How risible it is that art can not provide a better imitation of life , when we know that life itself is so illusory . |
| 4 | If there is danger , you could not have a better man by your side . ’ |
| 5 | But it 's a pity she did not have a better showcase for her talents . |
| 6 | ‘ And you will not get a better service for some long time to come , ’ he said on BBC radio . |
| 7 | We rested quietly and most comfortably in Sligachan Inn , than which I can not imagine a better retreat in the early summer of late autumn , either before or after the great throng , who , coming from north and south to it in the height of the tourist season , make it a place of stir . |
| 8 | Even in the first century A.D. the author of the Periplus maris Erythraei can not find a better accomplishment for a king of Ethiopia — to counterbalance his notorious greed for money — than his knowledge of Greek . |
| 9 | The fellow did not seem to understand me , for he simply said again : ‘ You wo n't see a better view in the whole of England . |
| 10 | Hilary could n't have a better coach for GCE Maths . ’ |
| 11 | And the championship could n't have a better launch on Friday morning when Carrickfergus ' Michael McHugh meets Paul Daly of Belmont in the opening U-25 singles semi-final . |
| 12 | D' you remember the erm , you ca n't get a better bit of butter on your knife , Country Life butter adverts ? |
| 13 | These puppies are thriving in the warm environment , their owner says you could n't get a better start for young bird dogs . |
| 14 | It 's just because you 're the poor fish my daughter married ; but then the unfortunate girl could n't get a better catch in her particular sea . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ They 'll have to hire someone with good horses , and they wo n't find a better team of animals than we can supply . ’ |