Example sentences of "[pron] could do 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 She thought you could do better than that .
5 I 'd have thought you could do better than that , Miss Holbrook .
6 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 . ’
7 Surely they could do better than this ?
8 And today the Executive admitted it could do better when it came to grounds maintenance in that area of the city .
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