Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] better " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was getting better . |
| 2 | Harry decided that the embarrassment this caused him was a sign he was getting better . |
| 3 | And I made sure I blabbed a bit to her , even contradicting in inessential details some of the earlier relations to the Colonel , so that he might think he was getting better quality intelligence this way . |
| 4 | He did not need a stick at this time , for he was feeling better than usual , and his skin would have passed for normal except for some roughness here and there easily attributable to the chafing of clothes or to taking too many baths in hard water without the benefit of bottled body oils sold by any chemist worth the name . |
| 5 | Well wrapped-up against the cold , Gooch said he was feeling better ‘ but not 100 per cent ’ . |
| 6 | Earlier on the way to conference accompanied by his wife Anne he said he was feeling better . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought he was designing better places for people to live . ’ |