Example sentences of "think [prep] [art] better [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd think about a better way to handle Eric once I had that out of the way . |
2 | Even with the benefit of centuries of debate Hollis can think of no better way to support reason than a grand axiological claim : |
3 | Three and four decades ago , I was a star-struck cinema-goer who could think of no better way to pass a morning , afternoon or evening than by visiting the local flea-pit . |
4 | I can think of no better expression to characterise these similarities than ‘ family resemblances ’ ; for the various resemblances between members of a family … overlap and criss-cross in the same way . ’ |
5 | As he could think of no better plan , he did what she told him . |
6 | This is a subject to which more thought should be given , and I can think of no better organisation to pursue it than your own . |
7 | ‘ I can think of no better place to be married . |
8 | I can think of no better manual for life in the kingdom than this ‘ Queen of the epistles ’ . |
9 | We ca n't think of a better guarantee that you 'll get what you pay for . |
10 | You and the good doctor are thick as thieves , and I ca n't think of a better man for you . ’ |
11 | I mean everything is , is well , regimented , I ca n't think of a better word |
12 | Can you think of a better way to boost circulation ? |
13 | ‘ I am anxious that you should stay here until I return and I can not think of a better way of making sure you do than by putting you in charge of my property , ’ he explained . |
14 | ‘ I want to have a full career here and I could n't think of a better way to do that . |
15 | And while she was having a whisky and eating a piece of cake at eleven o'clock , in a hapless impulse to demonstrate and somehow fix her freebooting mood — though she saw the irrationality of it on a day that had begun with a clear insight that at least she would try to equal his thinness even if she could never hope to achieve the frugality of his expectations — just as she was leaving the last part of the cake , she would think of a better way to write the note . |
16 | So wh what I 'm saying is erm , our modern view , the consequence of this is our modern view of evolution and I ca n't think of a better way to illustrate it than this , is that organisms ultimately are , can really been seen , rather like this . |
17 | Maybe its a bit difficult for people with either a non UK sense of humour ( I include you Irish folks in UK … sorry guys , but could nt think of a better description … |
18 | ‘ Well , can you think of a better opportunity for them to find out what 's best for the both of ‘ em ? ’ |
19 | If we could think of a better system we would introduce it . |
20 | I could n't think of a better place to end this leg of the tour than Belfast . ’ |
21 | It 's no five star hotel … but the volunteers on a work week at Didcot Railway centre ca n't think of a better place to spend their dream holiday . |
22 | I ca n't think of a better meal than an omelette with salad and French bread . |
23 | I note in passing , however , that , when it comes to squandering the nation 's money , I can not think of a better example than the enormous amounts squandered by the Government in setting up the machinery for the administration of the poll tax , which is now to be totally unwound . |
24 | Sorvino could n't think of a better reason to get away from the ice-pick drone of the alarm . |
25 | ‘ I do n't think you could have thought of a better way of rewarding her , she seems such an independent little thing . ‘ |
26 | The proportions … ’ he began vaguely , and then thought of a better line . |
27 | I used to use a stop watch and then I thought of a better way . |
28 | ‘ That 's all right for the moment , but I hope , Jane , that you 'll look higher than domestic activity , and think about a better way of using your energy and intelligence in the service of God . ’ |
29 | ‘ I want to say to them ‘ think again' and I want to say to them as man to man ‘ think again , go and think about a better way , ’ he said . |
30 | think of a better way , that was in the blood , put it like that . |