Example sentences of "have [verb] well [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps he would have fared better if he pleaded one of the defences in section 24 ( see paragraphs 16–22 to 16–25 below ) .
2 Weasel Eyes looked as if he had n't moved but the other two hypocrites must have dined well for they were slouched , half-asleep , in their high-backed chairs .
3 Certainly to explain the Incarnation in a quarter of an hour over the air is a tall order , but Lewis could surely have done better than to say , ‘ If you want to get the hang of it , think how you would like to become a slug or a crab . ’
4 He found that in half the cases it would have done better than the buy-out .
5 Nobody , he said , could have done better than the Chancellor .
6 Surely Sherlock Holmes could have done better than this ?
7 She felt she could have done better than she did with her next remark .
8 Cos he thinks he should have done better than that and he 's right he should of done better .
9 Oh gosh , you would n't have done better than that , that 's for sure .
10 It did well enough , though might have done better if it had covered less ground ; also , in the four years that had elapsed since gathering material for it , public interest in the world role that Americans had taken up in the Kennedy years had largely evaporated .
11 I think I could have done better if I had a different attitude , ’ she said .
12 I would have done better if I 'd have had more time .
13 Cascarino should have done better when he shot weakly on the turn , but was unlucky two minutes later when he struck the bar with a superb volley .
14 Motion will have to do better than this if he seriously intends his series of novels to capture the feel of a period .
15 Taff approached them with the remark , ‘ You will have to do better than that , Boyos .
16 You 'll have to do better than that , son . ’
17 ‘ You 'll have to do better than that , love .
18 But if , as seems increasingly likely , Mr Clinton will soon tell Congress and the public that American fighting men will have to be sent to Bosnia , he will have to do better than say that he has thought things over carefully .
19 ‘ You 'll have to do better than that .
20 ‘ You 'll have to do better than that , ’ he said huskily .
21 You 'll have to do better than that . ’
22 ‘ You 'll have to do better than that ! ’
23 Peterborough manager Chris Turner said : ‘ We could not have played better than we did tonight .
24 I should have known better than to take the word of any of that crowd from Donovan 's Square . ’
25 She should have known better than to think he would bring it to her , miserable sinner that she was .
26 And he should have known better than to have his secretary type it .
27 The policeman should have known better than to expect Duncan to fall for a cheap trick like that .
28 But I should have known better than to accept anyone recommended by you . "
29 He should have known better than to think Ben would not ask that question .
30 Devious devil ; she should have known better than to think she could fool him .
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