Example sentences of "[pers pn] well and " in BNC.

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1 The idea being is that they would now spend the first year at college , possibly we then would look at them better and
2 I mean some people adopt the approach of trying to d do it all in about two hours just before the deadline so they do n't have time to feel self critical erm I think perhaps if you can , you know , rather than , rather than trying to do it all at once I mean the business of , of going through successive drafts of things and gradually getting them better and better , I mean the first drafts of things that I write are , are usually just scribbles on the back of a piece of paper that 's , with something else on the front
3 There is a mystic , psychic quality about them that is pleasantly disturbing , and often one of them will gently take my hand and gaze steadily into my eyes as if willing me better and I feel sort of honoured to be welcomed into their society .
4 I well and truly hope Commodore have n't made the wrong decision yet again .
5 The committee would like to get to know YOU better and therefore be able to run our branch more efficiently … so could you PLEASE fill in and return this page to any committee member/any group notice board ( see envelope provided ) /by post to the branch membership sec. ,
6 That 's got you better and better and better .
7 ‘ I 'm getting to be able to read you better and better .
8 He knows you well and has your records to consult .
9 There 's a wide range of services offered by the NHS to help you through every stage of your pregnancy , including regular antenatal classes , designed to keep you well and to prepare you and your partner for the birth and for looking after your child .
10 There 's a wide range of services offered by the NHS to help you through every stage of your pregnancy , including regular ante-natal classes , designed to keep you well and to prepare you and your partner for the birth and for looking after your child .
11 WILLIAMS , formally ] I am very glad to see you well and I am very glad of an opportunity to acknowledge your good intentions when you believed me in distress .
12 Did I not tell you that I must keep you well and visible for my own protection ? ’
13 I think she well and the house was certainly getting on her nerves but whether it was because she was ill it was getting on her nerves I do n't know .
14 Whatever his personal misgivings , Valenzuela hid them well and when his compulsory military service ended he signed on for a permanent career in the Air Force .
15 Some merchants there maintained that the old gods had served them well and would not be pleased by the withdrawal of sacrifices in favour of a foreign and untried god .
16 Had n't he clothed them well and fed them well over the years ?
17 The skill is to encourage that tendency and have them well and truly on your side .
18 I was led thither by the fiscal , who knows them well and is kind to them .
19 ‘ The trouble with foresters , ’ said Kāli , ‘ is that they 're permanently hungry : feed them well and they 'll leave you alone : forget to and they 'll scour the entire village for evidence of green wood , musk , tār and all the other protected animals that you 're not supposed to kill .
20 According to someone who knows both of them well and was on the same flight back to America with them from Frankfurt it was clear that Brandi had no prior knowledge of what was about to happen .
21 Use them well and your troops will not let you down .
22 When the potatoes and apples are cooked , drain them well and mash them .
23 Try to limit juice and other sugary drinks to mealtimes when they 'll do the least damage , dilute them well and do n't give them in a bottle used as a dummy because these bathe the teeth in sugar for long periods of time .
24 There was cleaks there was er cleaks in er in Most of the kitchens had rafters , a lot of them , and there was cleaks just specially for the hanging the pigs and the er the hams of the And then you left them until they were fairly dry , and then you had to cover them well and truly with a for all summer , because the fly would go for them , if the were n't properly salted and dry .
25 However , most of us have very ordinary windows and want to know how to treat them well and interestingly for the least possible expense .
26 This suited me well and by 10am that day I was hoeing and raking the 60-foot square potato patch in preparation for the sowing .
27 Sally did n't want another long day on the hill , so wished me well and watched for an hour as my headtorch beam got smaller and more erratic as I moved away across the glacier , interrogating the ice .
28 I find it very difficult to breathe , but it was quite good in those days because they used to pay me well and I used to get up very early in the morning and go round with my dogs and that .
29 But he also remembers the 3-1 defeat at the City Ground , saying : ‘ We saw how good they can be — they well and truly turned us over . ’
30 He became a bishop because , and solely because , the diocese knew him well and wanted him back .
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