Example sentences of "[pers pn] do [adv] better [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At my best I did no better than average . |
| 2 | ‘ Could you do no better than that ? |
| 3 | In fact , in some respects at first they did so better than Copernicus 's calculations . |
| 4 | He found that he did just better than his predecessor and was pleased . |
| 5 | He did even better than that . |
| 6 | He did even better than that . |
| 7 | When occasions have occurred , as they do in all organizations , where it is necessary to take a ‘ big ’ risk on a young man whose experience and background we think inadequate for the task , nine times out of ten not only does he rise to the occasion but he does even better than we would expect . |