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 .
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