Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] better [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think the way things are going now the Black people in South Africa are treated much better than they were before , but they used to be treated terribly , and after all it was their country . |
| 2 | They should have done much better as they dominated for long spells , but failed miserably in the art of scoring . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She had never been pushed academically , although there is no doubt she had the intelligence to have done far better than she ever did . |
| 5 | ‘ Actually , you 've done far better than I expected . |
| 6 | The shadow budget was also politically inept , although its positive features could have been defended much better than they were . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ In my opinion the period from three to six is the most important and should be utilised much better than it is today . |
| 9 | So far things had gone much better than she had expected . |
| 10 | The entire plot had worked even better than he had dared to hope . |