Example sentences of "[pron] well when " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I hear you better when I can see your face ’ is a fundamental truth that can be repeated in different ways according to circumstances : ‘ Please would you repeat that . |
| 2 | Your CV is your ambassador , and must represent you well when you try to get a job . |
| 3 | Must now conclude trusting my dear that every blessing will attend you and trusting I may find you well when I return — kiss dear Fritz [ ? ] for me and believe me to remain Eliza |
| 4 | In Aberdeen South the Tories went one better when Mr Raymond Robertson won the seat from Labour 's Frank Doran , regaining a seat the Conservatives lost in 1987 . |
| 5 | Rupert Moon started and finished the first , bagging his first Test try in only his second international , while new cap Simon Hill went one better when he claimed a kick and chase try after only seven minutes on the international stage . |
| 6 | Despite the vast edifice that they built up on extremely shaky premises the phrenologists were socially-committed men , with an interest in holistic medicine and a shrewdness that served them well when they ran their fingers over somebody 's skull in pursuit of character . |
| 7 | This served me well when I joined the army in 1940 . |
| 8 | I suppose it would be when they well when they dressed that was the night they had a big celebration was n't it . |
| 9 | You knew him well when you were small . ’ |
| 10 | Her confidence and conviction that she was somebody special served her well when she applied for the UN job . |
| 11 | Ethel May was well known and well liked , which stood her well when she was forced to support the family single-handedly , by opening a beauty shop in her own home . |
| 12 | ‘ I shall like it better when there is a gold band as well , ’ he told her . |
| 13 | ‘ I like it better when you sleep , cos you 're a f—ing hypocrite , ’ he mutters in a dream-state mantra , agonisingly stretching the tension . |
| 14 | I like it better when I 'm sent to look after a baby or play with a kid like Mike . |
| 15 | It turns out that if you 're gon na give a talk or something and it 's a talk that 's well rehearsed and well known , you give it better when there 's a lot of people in a passive audience than when there 's one or two . |
| 16 | Chief Justice Hughes , writing for the New Jersey Supreme Court , put it well when he wrote , resting his decision on the fledgling constitutional doctrine of privacy but addressing the wider issue : ‘ We think that the State 's interest [ in the preservation of life ] weakens and the individual 's right of privacy grows as the degree of invasion increases and the prognosis dims . ’ |
| 17 | At the start she would rehearse arranging them with the nun so that she would do it well when she got to the Hogans , but as the weeks went by she grew in confidence . |
| 18 | Lieb puts it well when he observes that the facade inscription on St Michael Berg am Laim — ‘ This is the Lord 's doing ; it is marvellous to our eyes ’ — paid homage not only to the King of kings , but also to the all powerful Josef Clemens , prince-bishop of Cologne . |
| 19 | Cheshire NFU chairman Barbara Smith put it well when she was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 's early morning ‘ Farming Today . ’ |
| 20 | Cheshire NFU chairman Barbara Smith put it well when she was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 's early morning ‘ Farming Today . ’ |
| 21 | Both felt alone , Phyllisia shows it well when she says ‘ It was lonely to be in this city but I longed so much for her friendship . |
| 22 | He liked us better when we shared his active pursuits . |