Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] better [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After considerable reflection , a discussion of the match with a wide circle of friends , a session with a sports psychiatrist , and two calls to the Samaritans , I decide that I lost because Martin played much better than I did . |
| 2 | Bayer fared slightly better than its rivals , turning in a 4 per cent drop in pre-tax profits during the first nine months of the year — from DM 2750m to DM 2640m . |
| 3 | The names worked even better than I expected . |
| 4 | I would n't say I enjoyed it , but it went much better than I expected and my audience were very appreciative . |
| 5 | He found that he did just better than his predecessor and was pleased . |
| 6 | She had evidently , Ronni thought , slept rather better than she had . |