Example sentences of "[verb] [that] [pers pn] [verb] well " in BNC.
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| 1 | Berthon was livid at one of his cars being butchered but had to acknowledge that it handled better . |
| 2 | Consuelo insists that she slept well last night , and is happy to stay on today . |
| 3 | But the build-up will ensure that they do well when the fighting starts . |
| 4 | In another direction , P&W plans to enter the facilities management market , believing that it sits well with the company 's annual report and corporate finance activities . |
| 5 | I mean , I 've always felt that I had better do a helluva lot of acting . |
| 6 | Then she stoops for some pebbles and warns that I 'd better come in now . |
| 7 | Okay in Italy on the marble it does work , but on the slate it you know it it has n't worked and I think various quarries have tried it and found out that it does n't work , and yet he assumed that he knew better and you know , little little things like that , you know he just seemed unwilling to learn or lis heed advice . |
| 8 | You know , in the past … ’ she trailed off , she could sense that she 'd better not squat on the bidet to wash between her legs in front of Miss Goldilocks . |
| 9 | When using a plunger , ensure that it seals well on to the surface ( smearing petroleum jelly on to the rubber surface helps ) and that you do n't simply pump the water up the overflow pipe and back into the sink — hold a wet cloth tightly over the overflow while using one . |
| 10 | EVEN Arsenal , who carried the distinction back to London , would not claim that they played well enough in Glasgow last night to be the undisputed champions of anywhere , no matter the vainglorious subtitle given to this friendly . |
| 11 | EVEN Arsenal , who carried the distinction back to London , would not claim that they played well enough in Glasgow last night to be the undisputed champions of anywhere , no matter the vainglorious subtitle given to this friendly . |
| 12 | William , who attended the meeting , also agreed that he behaved better when the eyes of the world were upon him . |
| 13 | Helen replied that she had better not , since she had to drive . |
| 14 | And this is really important — you should never , ever assume that you know better than they , what they want — and never let anyone else persuade you that they know better than you , what you want . |
| 15 | And it was known that they ate well and that they patronised the theatre , and the concerts in the City Hall in Newcastle . |
| 16 | Then we decided that we 'd better get back . |
| 17 | Some of them had gotten to greater than 400°C , so they decided that they had better cool the reactor . ’ |
| 18 | Just a simple explanation will do , such as ‘ I 've thought about this and decided that I 'd better shut up and do most of the listening ’ . |
| 19 | George decided that he had better be diplomatic . |
| 20 | He finished the glass of Kir and decided that he had better see his controller in person . |
| 21 | He said in a letter to shareholders : ‘ I believe that I know better than anyone what makes Amstrad operate and what needs to be done in order to secure its future . |
| 22 | Some find that they get better treated in there than they do outside , but for the others it 's just rubbish . |
| 23 | For once we feel that we know better than Mozart . |
| 24 | Soon I was converted by the precision and subtlety , and saw that she wrote better than anyone else . |
| 25 | She felt that he spoke better in Punjabi and that he remembered better in Punjabi . |
| 26 | In one way you feel better knowing that we played well , the other way li ‘ l ol ’ Victor springs to the fore of the mind time and again . |
| 27 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 28 | Clara regarded her own development with unreserved satisfaction , for she knew that it promised well . |
| 29 | Lloyd George might think that in beating Wilson over the space requirements of Asiatics in the debate over the Merchant Shipping Act in 1906 he was delivering the working classes from their unworthy prejudices against foreign seamen , but the seamen thought that they knew better . |
| 30 | Towards evening , Ian thought that he had better make certain that everything was in order , before the Colonel returned , and telephoned his friend : ‘ Now Ian , everything is just as fine as it should be ; you can tell the Colonel that his good lady will be well out to sea by now . ’ |