Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [adv] better [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over all , you 'd have fared much better than keeping your money in a bank or building society . |
| 2 | It might have done considerably better than that . |
| 3 | They should have done much better as they dominated for long spells , but failed miserably in the art of scoring . |
| 4 | Cutting that over the numbers had me down and stopped well before the first intersection , a distance of around 400 metres , and I could have done much better if I 'd heaved on the brakes , which are single Goodyear discs with excellent stopping power . |
| 5 | Once Phoebe had started playing chess regularly again she realised she could probably have become considerably better than him quite quickly , but she did not want that enough to work on it . |