diff --git a/src/export.py b/src/export.py
index fe85de2..30f9c05 100644
--- a/src/export.py
+++ b/src/export.py
@@ -111,9 +111,7 @@ def export_sense(doc, sense):
         example_container = doc.createElement("exampleContainer")
         example_container_list.appendChild(example_container)
         
-        example_xml = doc.createElement("example")
-        example_xml.textContent = example.example
-        example_container.appendChild(example_xml)
+        example_container.appendChild(example.original_xml)
         
         translation_container = doc.createElement("translationContainer")
         example_container.appendChild(translation_container)
diff --git a/src/model/example.py b/src/model/example.py
index ac759b8..4e17269 100644
--- a/src/model/example.py
+++ b/src/model/example.py
@@ -2,8 +2,19 @@ from model.editable import Editable
 
 class Example(Editable):
     def __init__(self, example_xml):
-        example = example_xml.querySelector("example")
-        self.example = example.textContent if example else ""
+        # example = example_xml.querySelector("example")
+        # self.example = example.textContent if example else ""
+        
+        ce_xml = example_xml.querySelector("corpusExample")
+        if ce_xml is not None:
+            self.example_type = "corpus"
+            inner_xml = ce_xml
+        else:
+            self.example_type = "multiword"
+            inner_xml = example_xml.querySelector("multiwordExample")
+            
+        self.original_xml = inner_xml
+        self.text = inner_xml.textContent
         
         self.translations = []
         for translation in example_xml.querySelectorAll("translationContainer translation"):
diff --git a/src/view/view.py b/src/view/view.py
index ea7f5ff..50bf4c6 100644
--- a/src/view/view.py
+++ b/src/view/view.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class View:
         return h("div.example", {}, [
           h("div.example-dot", {}, "▣"),
           h(example_tag, {}, [
-            h("span.example-text", {"on": {"click": msg(ShowExampleEdit(example))} }, example.example),
+            h("span.example-text", {"on": {"click": msg(ShowExampleEdit(example))} }, example.text),
             h("div.example-translation-list", { "on": {"click": msg(ShowExampleTranslationEdit(example))} }, [
                 h("div.example-translation", {}, [
                     h("span.example-arrow", {}, "↪"),