1.   After all, I reasoned, our government had better things to do than harass political activists.

2.   Have you got nothing better to do than sit there playing that silly game?

3.   I have more important things to do than worry about you.

4.   It should be easier to get minor repairs done than at present.

5.   The four pharmaceutical best-sellers are witness to the poor folk who have nothing better to do than watch all-night television.

6.   After lunch there was a little more clearing up to do than usual.

7.   There is no greater achievement in geographical Research remaining to be done than to lift the veil from before this unpenetrable and mysterious Continent.

8.   Since pupils often learn far better by doing than by listening or looking, documents can be useful for a variety of active learning situations.

9.   But, she decided, when she got up on Saturday morning, she had better things to do than to let such matters worry her.

10.   Than my husband did..