Example sentences of "[noun sg] well [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some emigres take to life in the West better than others ; Mullova appears to have adapted almost completely , and says she has no regrets about having left Russia . |
| 2 | Will it be able to tell the story better than the release ? |
| 3 | ‘ In five days , ’ said Harvey when we were outside the cubicle , ‘ we can indoctrinate a man so that he really believes his cover story better than he believes his own memory . |
| 4 | They and the lively photographs tell the story better than I can with words . |
| 5 | The production of a single cost figure per contract or even a very limited split of , say , labour , materials and expenses , is not particularly helpful to the surveying or management staff , although of course better than nothing . |
| 6 | Jimmy could hit both the running shot and the ball on the rise better than anyone . |
| 7 | She said she 'd get on with the cooking better if I came down here on my own . |
| 8 | Dr Benton found that in trials , university students who sat tests two hours after breakfast performed Medical Correspondent better than those who started the day on empty stomachs . |
| 9 | Let us see if we can do a bit better than this . |
| 10 | She did think she was a little bit better than everyone else . |
| 11 | But a bit better than I expected . |
| 12 | What was I , oh yes erm , do you find that like maybe like one section thinks they 're a wee bit better than another section ? |
| 13 | Henry said almost apologetically , ‘ I think we could do you a bit better than Cranmer . |
| 14 | All very ordinary , but I was given the impression that somehow we were just that little bit better than the other families in our street . |
| 15 | They were just that bit better than you . |
| 16 | And they 're that bit better than you because they 're able to organise themselves and they do more in day and do it longer and so and so forth . |
| 17 | I 'm a bit better but I 've had to get out this morning to let June stay in ! |
| 18 | It was very good actually , the weather could have been a bit better but erm thanks very much for arranging it , it went very well . |
| 19 | I thought it would 've been a bit better but I did enjoy it , I did enjoy it . |
| 20 | Beany look a bit better as well . |
| 21 | So I do know the different things that do make people feel either a little bit better or might just help them . |
| 22 | Probably I could have done quite a bit better if I 'd been forced to work , because if I 'm not , I 'm not so bothered to do the work . |
| 23 | After two pints , he felt a bit better and Ted arrived . |
| 24 | Although the SSC , like most things , could probably have been designed a bit better and made to cost a bit less , physics dictates its overall scale . |
| 25 | She was already feeling a bit better and she felt quite amused at this cool domination , especially as she was not going to pay any attention to it . |
| 26 | And er I started to feel a bit better and suddenly I felt ill again . |
| 27 | Well , they give , I , I do n't know , it 's the way they feel when you put them on , they sort of hold themselves up a bit better and |
| 28 | Paddy would have seen the trail better than I. He often rode ‘ shot-gun ’ on the roof-rack . |
| 29 | Any direction better than any sentence . |
| 30 | Although some of these defects might eventually be treatable by gene therapy , this would never be possible for all of them , and prevention is in any case better than cure . |