Example sentences of "good than [pers pn] have been [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The cumulative effect was that by Anne 's reign relations between Dissenters and Anglicans in many communities were no better than they had been in the 1680s .
2 ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’
3 Visibility on the water was slightly better than it had been on land — there were no hummocks , and somehow night never seems quite so dark at sea as on land .
4 Mick was less fortunate , and when I awoke in the depressing gloom of dawn , he reported that the weather was very much better than it had been for a long time .
5 Indeed , it was better than it had been for months .
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