Example sentences of "i [vb past] well " in BNC.
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1 | Well yes , but let me say that I gave up going to auditions well before I became well known through The History Man , on television . |
2 | ‘ Well , I damned well did , ’ John grumbled , dragging his razor down one cheek . |
3 | ‘ I 'll say whatever I damned well like . ’ |
4 | ‘ I can do anything I damned well like ! ’ she shouted back at him . |
5 | I 'll say what I damned well please , Caroline thought . |
6 | ‘ I 'll say whatever I damned well please ! ’ |
7 | I may not be able to make you admit you want me , but I can certainly make your body admit it , and I damned well will ! ’ |
8 | ‘ Yes , I damned well can , and we both know it , ’ he bit out . |
9 | I expected better from someone half my age . |
10 | Disgraceful accusations were made by Opposition Members , including , I regret to say , the Chairman of the Select Committee on Employment , the hon. Member for Newham , North-East ( Mr. Leighton ) , from whom I expected better . |
11 | I wish I behaved well , and was going to inherit a fortune ! ’ |
12 | ‘ I thought I deserved better after so many years of service , ’ he said . |
13 | But yeah , I can see that , I can see that side of it but , I do n't know , just people that you say something in confidence to like , not like Trem but well er yeah I told , I told well Jenny take that thing that you told her , I mean that 's a bit off . |
14 | ‘ Ah well , in that case , I 'd better let you know that I 've asked Paul Spence to do some of the revision classes for your part of the course . ’ |
15 | Look , I 've no money for a hotel so I 'd better make my own arrangements for tonight . |
16 | I 'd better get on with my telephoning . |
17 | I 'd better sleep . |
18 | — Yes … well , I 'd better be off , had n't I ? — Yes . |
19 | ‘ I figured I 'd better get started before I ended up like Brahms or something , ’ he deadpans in a voice that betrays his Welsh origins ( he was born in 1942 in Garnant ) rather than the last 25 years living in New York . |
20 | Some time later a man came along the path and stopped to ask me if I was all right , I told him yes and to please go away , which he did but I thought he 'll go to fetch help so I 'd better do it now . |
21 | So I supposed I 'd better tell my board about it and I did this afternoon . |
22 | I thought I 'd better get it sorted out before I died . ’ |
23 | ‘ Well , I 'd better get looking at her , had n't I ? ’ |
24 | I 'd better go before you tempt the two of us into dismantling and abusing the sacred structure of the Sixth Commandment . ’ |
25 | I 'd better go and get it straight . |
26 | ‘ I 'd better be going , ’ she said . |
27 | ‘ I 'd better go and phone Joyce , ’ said Philip 's Mum . |
28 | I 'd better ask you to stop writing . |
29 | ‘ I 'd better go round there and apologise right away . ’ |
30 | I do n't think I 'd better . |