Example sentences of "[verb] well [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember that most shoals of sizeable bream , say fish of more than 3lb , patrol beats well out from the banks . |
| 2 | ‘ People have to stand well back from the edge of the pavement or else risk being splashed by the mud and water spilling from these ‘ sealed ’ lorries , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Ryker guided the Orion into traffic , keeping well back from the Fiesta . |
| 4 | I reckon he 'd better off with the music to be honest , I mean |
| 5 | When using a plunger , ensure that it seals well on to the surface ( smearing petroleum jelly on to the rubber surface helps ) and that you do n't simply pump the water up the overflow pipe and back into the sink — hold a wet cloth tightly over the overflow while using one . |
| 6 | It 's a taste that seems to be catching on in Japan , replacing a traditional fancy for whale meat , which is now priced well out of the range of most Japanese pockets . |
| 7 | With the dreams of 1945 's Labour victory long gone , and the pretensions of the Conservatives painfully exposed it was the hour for the group of young meritocrats who had done well out of the peace , the Angry Young Men . |
| 8 | The flak even extended to the Prime Minister 's press office , which created a storm in parts of the media for suggesting that Scotland had done well out of the Budget . |
| 9 | Serbia had done well out of the Congress , but disliked the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( resistance to which was suppressed by force ) . |
| 10 | Instead of asking whether the owners of the enterprise will become better off as the result of the firm 's undertaking productive opportunities , the accountant asks whether society as a whole will become better off by undertaking this project rather than not undertaking it , or by undertaking instead any of a number of alternative projects . |
| 11 | Provided the skin is peeled well out of the way any areas which the uterus might touch should in any case , be sterile . |
| 12 | Yes I know , but we 're not er we wo n't fiddle about with them until we get well on to the way because if we do that now we got ta take the welder up , you 've only got ta cut them off again because they 're in the way for the rest of the bloody coaches . |
| 13 | Further down yet , the terracing ceased and became pairs of large semi-detached houses set well back from the road with the front gardens mostly paved and dedicated to parking space . |
| 14 | He 'd waited for Lucy but then , when she had n't come out alone , he 'd stayed well back in the shadows . |
| 15 | Departmental managers , wanting a larger share of the cake , may feel aggrieved about the effect of the formulas on their plans , and may be jealous of those who appear to be doing well out of the process . |
| 16 | Everyone , it seemed , was doing well out of the erosion of the 1878 settlement except the Russians , for whom that settlement had been a defeat in the first place . |
| 17 | The beats are almost always found well out from the margins . |
| 18 | The men wore rubber ponchos and had exchanged their black berets for jungle hats pulled well down against the rain so that he was unable to discern whether Miguelito was amongst their number . |
| 19 | The layout of the aircraft was unusual in that the fuselage was set well back on the wing , that his the nose was very short in relation to the length of the rear fuselage . |
| 20 | The application does nothing to retain the existing trees on the site , it was a , it is , a mature garden with some mature trees , and all those trees are to be removed , it certainly does n't do anything to retain the rural character of the na of the village , and certainly does n't enhance the character of the adjoining small er rural cottages , i in fact it would be , it could be argued that it damages the rural environment , because the development is such that it is more suited for an urban development , almost a city centre , because the comment has been made that there is only about a metre between the dwellings and indeed there is only a metre between the dwellings and the adjoining boundaries , surely there is a need for screening , it is in a in a very very prominent position , it can be seen clearly as you enter the village from the Farnsfield area , the present proposal does n't provide sufficient room for screening , and and like the screen which is adjacent to this building , which are set well back from the road , and provide an opportunity for screening the single access to the site and the fact that the frontage to these two properties is completely taken up with garaging and with vehicle access does n't even provide an opportunity to screen . |
| 21 | Fencing , which had been set well back from the bank , now dangled over the gulf created by the all-swallowing river . |
| 22 | At Monaco , a race which Hunt does not greatly admire — since the race is meaningless if one is not well up on the grid at the start and passing is well-nigh impossible — he qualified well back on the grid , spun in frustration and then had his engine blow on him . |
| 23 | Extra hardcore is then rammed well down into the hole and the concrete replaced , using a mix of one part cement to two sand and three of 20mm gravel . |
| 24 | If the spokesman risks this hazardous operation , he should stand well back from the edge of the pavement or risk being splashed by the mud and water spilling from these ‘ sealed lorries . ’ |
| 25 | The sound seemed to come from a heap of stones that lay well back among the trees . |
| 26 | The orchard lay well back from the riverside , and the wealth of old and well-grown trees between isolated it from the house . |
| 27 | By ensuring the transmission of local versions of organizational ‘ common sense ’ ( that ‘ you 've got to include the minions , ’ as one wag had it ) these firms help to push the essential decision criteria and the wherewithal for decision making well down into the organization . |
| 28 | These are also designed with an eye to reassuring those who did well out of the switch from rates to poll tax . |
| 29 | The Suffolk 's head is big with a broad forehead , and often with a star on it or a shim or blaze down the face ; the neck deep in the collar and tapering to a graceful setting of the head ; the shoulders long and muscular and thrown well back at the withers . |
| 30 | Also standing well back from the grave , Mike Treloar , the printing works foreman , supported himself on a stick . |