Example sentences of "could do well [conj] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
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 | Mr Hodgson explained that in buying up so many small firms , who really could no longer make ends meet , he , Howard Hodgson , could do better and cheaper funerals and that no one need worry about the cost any way , because if the deceased or whoever was taking the responsibility of next-of-kin possessed less than £300 , the DHSS would pay for the whole thing . |
12 | 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 ) ? |
13 | ‘ His school reports always used to say , ‘ Jonathon could do better if he tried . ’ ' |