Example sentences of "[adv] than i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know Feisal better than I know Gamal . |
| 2 | I would n't say I enjoyed it , but it went much better than I expected and my audience were very appreciative . |
| 3 | The names worked even better than I expected . |
| 4 | But a bit better than I expected . |
| 5 | ‘ Actually , you 've done far better than I expected . |
| 6 | ‘ Better than I expected . |
| 7 | ‘ That went better than I expected , ’ said Damian as the limousine swept back to Auckland . |
| 8 | ‘ Better than I 've ever done ! ’ |
| 9 | I 'm getting scripts now , I 'm doing better than I 've ever done in my life , Kerr says I 'm as funny in Eh ? as Buster Keaton . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 've wanted to do much better than I 've done . |
| 11 | It went better than I hoped , probably because everyone is anxious about giving the right impression , with the May elections coming up . ’ |
| 12 | Better than I had on my twenty-first . ’ |
| 13 | Of course I would have enjoyed the occasion much more had I been in better shape , but in the event it all went better than I had dared hope even if I was near to passing out at times . |
| 14 | Susan had known Hilda better than I had . |
| 15 | Better than I remember , so maybe the image he portrays belies his talent . |
| 16 | Better than I thought it would be . |
| 17 | You are a young gentleman and I am sorry to say , not better than I wish you to be . |
| 18 | and while I started off thinking I might finish up better than I started |
| 19 | ‘ So you understand me better than I understand myself . |
| 20 | I feel at ease — much better than I did then . ’ |
| 21 | It knew better than I did what to do . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ They knew him much better than I did . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Friday chose the tree himself — he understood wood better than I did — and we cut it down . |
| 27 | You spent so much time with her , I felt she even knew you better than I did . |
| 28 | I did n't teach him , you see , so the other teachers certainly know him — knew him — better than I did . |
| 29 | By morning , I was covered in bites from a number of loathsome insects who fed better than I did . |
| 30 | Dammit , the patient handled things better than I did ! ’ |