Example sentences of "would [verb] a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had a feeling you 'd make a better recovery without me around . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd need a bigger size — |
| 3 | If one of his family had been in the same position surely he 'd expect a stiffer sentence than the one given today |
| 4 | You could say you 'd do a better job next time . |
| 5 | ‘ What the sack did was make me very determined that next time round that I 'd do a better job . |
| 6 | The nomes exchanged meaningful glances , and the kind of meaning they were full of was : She 's fooling herself , but it 'd take a braver nome than me to tell her . |
| 7 | We 'd have a better chance to find reasonably paid jobs in London . |
| 8 | If I was The John Dyson , do n't you think I 'd have a better chance of getting theatre seats ? |
| 9 | But I had this instinct that you 'd have a better chance if you first spent some time with me — ’ |
| 10 | If Mrs Marr knew a bit of human anatomy , for example , if she 'd had a medical training or been a PE teacher something like that , she 'd have a better chance of being competent , by which I mean lethal . |
| 11 | I 'd have a better tan than her at this rate , all the outdoor living I was doing . |
| 12 | If there was flies and rats over every dead thing round here , we 'd have a bigger problem than what we 've got . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I thought she 'd have a rougher time than she did , unlike some team members who were like bulls at a gate . |
| 14 | I would get a better , I 'm not saying I 'd get a better shine than that . |
| 15 | The Me if he had a Metro now he 'd , you 'd get a better deal but they said that |
| 16 | Think I 'd get a better example like . |
| 17 | It has got to the stage where it would be cheaper for stockholding booksellers themselves to buy the books from these cheaper sources — they 'd get a better margin than ordering them from the publisher . |
| 18 | ‘ I told him that the Chester option would deliver a better service for the Army and a better deal for the taxpayer . |
| 19 | Thus , A. Smith may vote for , or lobby , Senator D. Ricardo to pass a bill reducing the income tax , since he would prefer a lower tax rate with the lower associated level of public goods . |
| 20 | Not very seriously — just a hand up her dress — but they felt they would prefer a better neighbourhood . |
| 21 | If given a choice many workers of both sexes in the " core " leaf of the shamrock would prefer a better balance between time and money and this could bring enormous advantages : greater sharing of child care between the sexes ( which many men now want ) , more opportunities to study or retrain in later life and the possibility of wider participation in public affairs or voluntary work . |
| 22 | But ministers and party officials would prefer a later poll . |
| 23 | If you would prefer a shorter sea crossing from Dover to Calais , Boulogne , Ostend or Felixstowe to Zeebrugge and enjoy a leisurely journey by road to Holland . |
| 24 | It is possible , though very unlikely , that the courts would grant a further exception to the rule in Foss v. |
| 25 | If the Net Present Value is positive , this shows that an enterprise borrowing funds at the given interest rate would make a profit after meeting interest payments , or alternatively that an enterprise possessing surplus money capital would make a better return on the funds by carrying out the investment project rather than lending the funds at interest . |
| 26 | More than twice as many readers reckon Di would make a better monarch than Charles , an exclusive Mirror poll revealed yesterday . |
| 27 | It would make a better spread across the number of industries and services and if , if they join us , it would help us all considerably . |
| 28 | Yeah I do Stefan , I mean i it 's very vigorous int it , when it gets established and it grows very upright as well and of course it 's deciduous erm some people call it a shrub , some people call it a tree but I , I will think that er Mrs is doing the right thing by cutting it back , especially if it 's a small garden , it would make a better bush in the garden I think if she does that and the these little white flowers really in are nice are n't they ? |
| 29 | If we 're given an assignment , whatever it is , perform it well , do n't think that I would make a better magazine servant than that brother over there and I do n't like it on the accounts , why do they always use me as a hall servant ? |
| 30 | At the same time it is no less obvious that the very purpose of criticism levelled at those who have the conduct of public affairs by their political opponents is to undermine public confidence in their stewardship and to persuade the electorate that the opponents would make a better job of it than those presently holding office . |