Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] better [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I was disappointed ; I 'd eaten better food on board .
2 Hide added : ‘ I 'm fit , I 'm fast and I hit hard , ’ before heading towards stratospheric levels of self-delusion by saying : ‘ I 'm better than Evander Holyfield , I 've got better footwork and speed and I do n't get hit like him . ’
3 ‘ An ’ I 'm glad you 've seen better sense , Danny .
4 Once you have established better eating habits , cut out the empty calorie foods , and achieved your target weight by a slow , careful process of calorie control , you should find staying there a natural follow-up .
5 We have to make better use of material resources , with lighter and more efficient cars .
6 When Twoflower said they 'd got better kind of magic in the Empire I thought — I thought … ’
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