Example sentences of "well [conj] i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it was rephrased , ‘ Do you ever find yourself saying , I wish 1 could do this better or I wish I knew more about that ? ’ it was more easily understood . |
| 2 | Better that I do n't that I do n't be proud better live in harmony . |
| 3 | ‘ I know Feisal better than I know Gamal . |
| 4 | ‘ Better than I 've ever done ! ’ |
| 5 | I 'm getting scripts now , I 'm doing better than I 've ever done in my life , Kerr says I 'm as funny in Eh ? as Buster Keaton . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 've wanted to do much better than I 've done . |
| 7 | Better than I remember , so maybe the image he portrays belies his talent . |
| 8 | You are a young gentleman and I am sorry to say , not better than I wish you to be . |
| 9 | ‘ So you understand me better than I understand myself . |
| 10 | Better than I run Doune , I am afraid . ’ |
| 11 | Old Fishfinger remembers the days of the Bumper Book for Boys better than I do , but despite the archaic title , this is a nice easily-digestible and colourful book , covering 240 colour pages with the combined wit and wisdom of Dick Mills , Chris Andrews , Barry James , and David Papworth . |
| 12 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 13 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 14 | He does it better than I do . ’ |
| 15 | Mrs Fishfinger 's Koi — they eat better than I do … |
| 16 | You 'll know better than I do what that means . ’ |
| 17 | You have the privilege of having found a lovely woman , privileged and — you know this better than I do unique . |
| 18 | He looked after Michael , my young son , he did housework , he even makes now , a good pot of soup , he done , better than I do ! |
| 19 | You know women better than I do — tell me . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Get as many able bodies as you can and set up these guns in the most advantageous positions — you know the layout better than I do . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You know the answer to that better than I do , ’ replied Rohmer . |
| 22 | If I were a teacher of French , I would be worried that 50 million French people would know ‘ my ’ subject better than I do ; as it is I have no such fears . |
| 23 | Those who advised the hon. Gentleman 's constituent no doubt knew the circumstances of that locality far better than I do . |
| 24 | You know what you want to buy better than I do anyway . |
| 25 | ‘ You know Marc better than I do , and you should have realised he 's not a fool . |
| 26 | And the four week old probably understood it better than I do . |
| 27 | the , the , Daniel was living , you know , you know better than I do how many years , how many centuries Daniel was living before Jesus ' birth then ? |
| 28 | I 've also adopted the philosophy that I must develop somebody to do my job better than I have done it . |
| 29 | When David did not answer , she went on : ‘ After all , I suspect that you know him far better than I have ever done . ’ |
| 30 | For that flicker of uncertainty , I begin to like her again , better than I have since the days of the Great Succubus Strike . |