Example sentences of "thing well [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet this creature who so violates the natural order and traditional gender divisions by dressing as a man also does things better than a man : ‘ I should draw first and prove the quicker man ’ , she says ( iv . |
| 2 | The aim of the game being to find out ways in which they do things better than you do rather than the other way around . |
| 3 | This does n't mean straining yourself — at every age we can manage some things better than others . |
| 4 | I am not jealous of people who do things better than I can . |
| 5 | But I find it hard to accept that all our land should be so buttoned up , and that we should allow ourselves the arrogant and indulgent belief — against every lesson in history — that we can run things better than nature . |
| 6 | PAMELA : You know these things better than I , Mr. B. Yet , I thought I had a right to a little Free Will . |
| 7 | There are few things better than the reluctant black smile : worth a hundred dollars . |
| 8 | One of those great Amazonian types who can do most things better than most other people ? ’ |
| 9 | Dammit , the patient handled things better than I did ! ’ |
| 10 | Did n't wan na tell anybody about it cos he knew they , they they could say well ca n't you organize things better than that ? |
| 11 | Watford did simple things well and in Bazeley had the sort of finisher Dalglish must have yearned for . |
| 12 | ‘ She covered things well and she was a good manager . ’ |
| 13 | will ultimately apply utilitarian standard , but he does n't make much of it here and he relies on a much more intuitive idea of what manage things well and he assumes that different branches of government will have different standards of success and that we will be able to tell pretty much whether they 're doing well or badly . |
| 14 | If there 's one thing better than an icy plunge it 's a decadent soak in a scented bath . |
| 15 | I mean Margaret used to come in and everything was done for her , I mean she never had to do a thing well that hit her terribly you see . |