Example sentences of "very well but " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That s all very well but I 'm worse off than I was before . |
| 2 | John used to enter very simply , did his class ‘ not very well but with complete concentration , and between exercises , when others would talk , adjust their clothes , or wipe the sweat from their faces , he stood perfectly still and watched closely as the next group went through the exercises ; Margot Fonteyn would do that too . ’ |
| 3 | Adam could remember very well but he was n't going to say so . |
| 4 | ‘ They still knock the ball about very well but like ourselves they do n't score as many goals as they should and their defence is n't as good as it should be either . |
| 5 | The two brothers had not always got along very well but in spite of their differences , Spencer would never do anything to harm the firm or his brother . |
| 6 | Things were very simple and this list made that precise point very well but of course this journalist was being somewhat disingenuous as well as cynical . |
| 7 | Beaverbrook , indeed , who knew Law very well but was also addicted to dramatic interpretations , believed that the collapse of Law 's health stemmed partly from this destruction of his position as undisputed captain , maybe of ‘ the second eleven ’ in Churchill 's phrase , but at least of a team of like-minded , straightforward and loyal men . |
| 8 | The method works very well but it does not provide the speed possessed by the free-swimming sharks . |
| 9 | Did they describe your ad very well but ascribe it to a competitor 's product ? |
| 10 | Now the problem comes of course , well that 's all very well but how do you define what is a reasonable time ? |
| 11 | Overall the unit worked very well but the initial feeling that it looked really smart slowly evaporated once it had sat on the desk for an hour or two . |
| 12 | Now these are n't coming out very well but they er whoever wins it will very thorny . |
| 13 | That 's all very well but the hospital have n't written to me yet , so |
| 14 | Cos he he When he liked he could speak very well but how he 'd taken to the road I do n't know , but he was well known er er as the blind fiddler . |
| 15 | Yeah I know , but your blood pr I mean they did d they were doing you very well but blood pressure does tend to rise , as you get older |
| 16 | This distinction manifests itself in the fact that the " see that " paraphrase fits the second sentence very well but is very awkward for the first . |
| 17 | You want me to do two you wo n't copy that very well but I 'll give it a go . |
| 18 | Well , that 's all very well but there is one other I would like to add to the list and put it near the top — Downpatrick , who have been battling on their own for years , and who still manage to attract huge crowds as they showed last Monday . |
| 19 | Yes , but that 's all very well but , bout , but er |
| 20 | Erm , somebody tells me that Sarah is erm doing very well but has had a foul cold ever since she 's been over there , is she very well now ? |
| 21 | I did n't know him very well but , yeah , anyway he erm |
| 22 | But I did n't know him very well but er he was , you know , seemed alright like I 've got nothing bad to say about him . |
| 23 | but Geoffrey says it , cos I says you got ta hit back you got ta do it , he says yes its all very well but its not just Stuart , its been Blankley , Da , Ja , erm Daniel its a load of them and they all get together its this Daniel bloke , bash his head in , I would really , I wish somebody I 'll bloody threaten him , I really do you know your big mates , bloody , he 's got no older brothers , I mean all your bloody six formers , I 'm sure they could frighten the little twat |
| 24 | I mean ah I know I know but then he 's pretty tied up and I know very well but even trying to get lunch with is difficult but there may be there may be I mean I know quite well but would want . |
| 25 | you know , if you sh given them a slide show that 's all very well but , they may well want to look at some of the pictures for longer . |