Example sentences of "[pron] could [vb infin] well [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thinks that I could do better than just a clerical job . |
| 2 | Asked to sum up in a sentence the essence of his long career as a reporter , he considers the question for a few seconds , laughs , and says : ‘ I do n't think I could do better than quote my old friend the late Jimmy Robinson , who was the Daily Mail 's man in Belfast for many years . |
| 3 | Before she could ask whom he intended to marry this time he said , ‘ After you left and I had that final bust-up with Marc I rang Marianne and told her she could do better than marry a penniless school-kid . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ And who could know better than you ? |
| 5 | She thought you could do better than that . |
| 6 | I 'd have thought you could do better than that , Miss Holbrook . |
| 7 | We knew we could do better than that , so we just decided to take the time and not put anything out we were n't happy with . ’ |
| 8 | ( For Bottome herself says : ‘ No one could write better than Ezra when he was not trying to score off T.S . |
| 9 | Surely they could do better than this ? |
| 10 | And today the Executive admitted it could do better when it came to grounds maintenance in that area of the city . |
| 11 | That offer is still open and I think it could work well if people could be bothered . |