Example sentences of "we well [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shilpi , counting in Bengali , looked up and she said , ‘ We better 'an you , Miss . ’ |
| 2 | This is why it is so important to have soul-friends , who sometimes know us better than we can ever know ourselves . |
| 3 | It would suit us better than one of our own mobile sardine cans . ’ |
| 4 | Christ God dealt with the problem which spoiled his image in us and he has to do it because of fundamental thing , he 's got ta do it from the centre , you know you can get an apple , an ordinary apple and you can polish it up and you can have it so that it 's bright and glistening and the red is almost you know it , it , it , it almost dazzles you the shining on it , it 's got a real good polish on the skin , but inside , there 's a grub , and all the polishing in the world does n't get rid of the grub , and you see that 's so often what we do , we polish and polish away on the outside , that 's gon na make us better but it 's only skin deep because inside the grub is having a field day , he 's having a party of all party 's , he 's got an whole apple to himself and the grub of sin in your life and in my life is having , has a field day and we polish the outside and we try and make it look good and we be we become presentable and there like the apple on the market stall it looks good , it looks tremendous until you take a bite out of it and you see in the bit that you 've bitten there 's a , there 's a hole going through and you wonder where the grub is , is it in the bit that 's left or in the bit that you 've eaten and this is just like sin you see in our lives and so God in Christ he did n't deal with the outside bit , he did n't bother trying to make our conditions better , he did n't bother trying to work on the outside , that 's the difference between the gospel and social work and there 's nothing wrong with social work , it 's just that it 's going , it 's coming from the wrong end , it starts on the outside , it will educate people if we give them better housing , if we give them better circumstances , if we give them better wages , now all these things are right and that we should have them , but that does n't make any difference , you see , the person is a sinner , all he becomes if you educate him is an educated sinner , if you give him a huge pay rise all he becomes is a rich sinner , if you put him in a palace all he becomes is er a sinner living in a palace , it does n't make any basic difference to the person . |
| 5 | He liked us better when we shared his active pursuits . |
| 6 | In reality , of course , nothing makes us better or worse than anyone else . |
| 7 | People who knew us well before we married did n't think there was a chance of it working . |
| 8 | ‘ There were times when I just wanted to give up and catch the next train home , ’ said Bill , ‘ but it was the thought of all the people at home praying for us and wishing us well that kept us going . ’ |
| 9 | After the birth , any desires we may have to rise above the physical mire are crushed as nappy-changing , spurting milk and sticky fingers involve us well and truly in the messy side of life . |
| 10 | The government consider that our present constitutional arrangements continue to serve us well and that the citizen of this country enjoys the greatest degree of liberty that is compatible with the rights of others and the vital interests of the State … . |
| 11 | I do n't enjoy this any more than you do , but it 's got us well and truly trapped , has n't it ? |
| 12 | My hon. Friend the Minister of State will understand why there is reluctance to change a system that has served us well and to reduce the frequency of inspections from once every year to once every four years . |
| 13 | ‘ This experience will serve us well and hopefully he will form a good partnership with Lenny Johnrose , another player from Preston . ’ |