Example sentences of "could do well [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We really could do better than that and began rehearsing the ‘ Messiah . ’ |
| 2 | We knew we could do better than that , so we just decided to take the time and not put anything out we were n't happy with . ’ |
| 3 | She thought you could do better than that . |
| 4 | I said to Chris I felt we had a bit more money and could do better than that . |
| 5 | He thinks that I could do better than just a clerical job . |
| 6 | Surely they could do better than this ? |
| 7 | I 'd have thought you could do better than that , Miss Holbrook . |
| 8 | Before she could ask whom he intended to marry this time he said , ‘ After you left and I had that final bust-up with Marc I rang Marianne and told her she could do better than marry a penniless school-kid . ’ |
| 9 | Asked to sum up in a sentence the essence of his long career as a reporter , he considers the question for a few seconds , laughs , and says : ‘ I do n't think I could do better than quote my old friend the late Jimmy Robinson , who was the Daily Mail 's man in Belfast for many years . |
| 10 | And today the Executive admitted it could do better when it came to grounds maintenance in that area of the city . |
| 11 | Could one promote his buried awareness into a skill of giving matter-of-fact recognition to a child 's potential , of giving a child hope about himself , instead of confirming his negative stance by showing surprise at occasional good work or using it to prove that Dave ‘ could do better if he tried ’ ( as we so easily exhort when we are exasperated , and as the group seemed to be doing with Mr E ) ? |
| 12 | ‘ His school reports always used to say , ‘ Jonathon could do better if he tried . ’ ' |