Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] i do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's taken me 10 years to grow them this long so I do n't like hiding them completely under a hat . ’ |
| 2 | So although I did n't like him touching me the way he had , I decided not to tell anybody . |
| 3 | I feel at ease — much better than I did then . ’ |
| 4 | It knew better than I did what to do . |
| 5 | She managed this better than I did , presumably having had practice and certainly having the advantage of knowing in advance that she stuck out about eighteen inches in front of where she ought to have been . |
| 6 | Two members of the band posed with a laughing Mr Brooke , who said : ‘ I know them considerably better than I did 15 minutes ago , ’ — but he declined to offer a rendition of any of their songs . |
| 7 | ‘ They knew him much better than I did . |
| 8 | After considerable reflection , a discussion of the match with a wide circle of friends , a session with a sports psychiatrist , and two calls to the Samaritans , I decide that I lost because Martin played much better than I did . |
| 9 | Friday chose the tree himself — he understood wood better than I did — and we cut it down . |
| 10 | You spent so much time with her , I felt she even knew you better than I did . |
| 11 | I did n't teach him , you see , so the other teachers certainly know him — knew him — better than I did . |
| 12 | By morning , I was covered in bites from a number of loathsome insects who fed better than I did . |
| 13 | Dammit , the patient handled things better than I did ! ’ |
| 14 | Old Fishfinger remembers the days of the Bumper Book for Boys better than I do , but despite the archaic title , this is a nice easily-digestible and colourful book , covering 240 colour pages with the combined wit and wisdom of Dick Mills , Chris Andrews , Barry James , and David Papworth . |
| 15 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 16 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 17 | He does it better than I do . ’ |
| 18 | Mrs Fishfinger 's Koi — they eat better than I do … |
| 19 | You 'll know better than I do what that means . ’ |
| 20 | You have the privilege of having found a lovely woman , privileged and — you know this better than I do unique . |
| 21 | He looked after Michael , my young son , he did housework , he even makes now , a good pot of soup , he done , better than I do ! |
| 22 | You know women better than I do — tell me . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Get as many able bodies as you can and set up these guns in the most advantageous positions — you know the layout better than I do . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You know the answer to that better than I do , ’ replied Rohmer . |
| 25 | If I were a teacher of French , I would be worried that 50 million French people would know ‘ my ’ subject better than I do ; as it is I have no such fears . |
| 26 | Those who advised the hon. Gentleman 's constituent no doubt knew the circumstances of that locality far better than I do . |
| 27 | You know what you want to buy better than I do anyway . |
| 28 | ‘ You know Marc better than I do , and you should have realised he 's not a fool . |
| 29 | And the four week old probably understood it better than I do . |
| 30 | the , the , Daniel was living , you know , you know better than I do how many years , how many centuries Daniel was living before Jesus ' birth then ? |