Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] do better " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brandy would not have done better . |
| 2 | IBM could not have done better . |
| 3 | Even Sinclair Lewis could not have done better . |
| 4 | As Claud Mullins , a London magistrate , commented on the plight of separated women in 1935 : ‘ Day by day as I watch the women who come into court on summonses for arrears — probably the least attractive of all Police Court work — I sometimes wonder whether after all many of them would not have done better to put up with the ills they had , rather than to have placed their faith in court orders ’ . |
| 5 | If you 'd planned to set his mind like glue on wedding you to this Islesman , you could n't have done better . |
| 6 | ‘ Could n't have done better myself . |
| 7 | And as for your explanation — could n't have done better myself , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I could n't have done better myself . |
| 9 | Even Tad could n't have done better . |
| 10 | Ling could n't have done better . |
| 11 | Even Tad could n't have done better . |
| 12 | ‘ I could n't have done better myself ! ’ |
| 13 | Oh gosh , you would n't have done better than that , that 's for sure . |