Example sentences of "well [conj] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A referral may be made , for example , where the s8 order is not working well or fulfilling its original purpose . |
| 2 | * Seeing people getting well or overcoming disability is very satisfying . |
| 3 | If the child is behaving well or playing quietly the typical parental attitude is ‘ let sleeping dogs lie ’ . |
| 4 | I still believe the real problem right now is in midfield where they are neither defending well or attacking with an confidence . |
| 5 | This is particularly the case for reasoning , where the group of deaf people performs much less well than hearing groups . |
| 6 | ‘ Anyway , I think you understand very well that leaving here would n't be a wise thing to do . |
| 7 | He knew only too well that keeping the peace at home required most of his attention . |
| 8 | Oh I do n't , I just , I remember that er if you walked down er Road at night you 'd see him with his mortar board on and his curate by his side coming down to post the letters , and then when all these ladies were in Sammy shop one night being entertained by Sammy erm Father and his curate went by , and old Sammy turned round to the audience and said well if dressing up will get him anywhere they 'll be on the first row in heaven . |
| 9 | I think they would do well if playing with O'leary or Faircoulgh . |
| 10 | Well if doing an explosion I 'm not really sure the nuclear reactor materials |
| 11 | She knew they could kick well and seeing ballet dancers on pointe , not being a dancer , thought it would be simple to combine the two . |
| 12 | How sad for those sailors never to receive a letter from home ; never to know if the families they had left behind were safe and well and managing to get enough to eat ; not even daring to wonder if they were still alive . |
| 13 | Belinda had made a conscious decision to have a baby and felt that it was important to keep healthy by eating well and exercising during her pregnancy . |
| 14 | They 've been playing well and creating chances . |
| 15 | Eliza wrote to Mrs Mitchell on 30 May , ‘ We are , baby and I , still going on well and getting more strength every day . |
| 16 | they 'll have a tough old game on their hands tomorrow as Colchester are playing well and getting results … |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm playing well and getting better and better all the time , ’ said Hendry , who now plays Jamie Woodman for a place in the last 16 . |
| 18 | Selling computers well and producing baked beans efficiently are functions of skill , not of personality . |
| 19 | ‘ But I 'm playing well and swinging well . |
| 20 | Using solutions which deploy these models , production and operations divisions should , for example , be able to share well and drilling information with their geology and geophysics counterparts . |
| 21 | It had been fishing well and receiving regular bait . |
| 22 | Keeping costs under control , managing our finances well and maintaining innovation in our sales approach are just three examples from a number that illustrate how , as a Division , we have been preparing for 1993 . |
| 23 | He was timing the ball well and doing what I could never master when I played : he was hitting proper cover-drives . |
| 24 | Professor Barrie Wilson , Vice-Principal of Edinburgh University , who has been one of those most closely involved with implementing recent management changes , says staff are still mainly concerned with teaching well and doing lots of research . |
| 25 | From watching and applauding a youngster 's efforts and triumphs to giving yourself a pat on the back for working well and doing things properly you 'll be chuffed and cheered by today 's developments . |
| 26 | The chicks are eating well and gaining weight . |
| 27 | In nineteen eighty six treat people as if their labour is worth nothing you know those men have given their lives to the quarry industry and there 's no doubt that there is money to be made from slate at the moment and people are people that have the money to invest are making a lot of money okay they 're inves they 're risking the money but er people are risking their lives as well and giving their lives . |
| 28 | Most work was very modest , keeping the right trees and plants growing well and excluding the others — in other words , weeding . |
| 29 | When he was playing well and winning , he still hit diabolical shots that you could n't believe . |
| 30 | Gatting in particular had had a good series , batting well and leading the team excellently ; with the first Test then drawn under his leadership , how different the rest of the summer might have been had he not invited the famous barmaid to his room . |