Example sentences of "[adv] well [vb infin] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She can damn well wait for a minute , ’ McLeish decided . |
| 2 | It lies in sops or bellies , surrounded by hard rocks , which will readily account for its being suddenly lost ; and these sops or bellies , being generally at considerable distances , will equally well account for the difficulty with which it is commonly regained … ’ |
| 3 | When we feel good we look good , so much that is said about health might equally well come under the heading of beauty . |
| 4 | It follows that , contextual substitutions apart , naming symbols can never be entirely replaced by descriptive phrases , for this would mean substituting non-rigid designators for rigid ones , which might very well result in a change of truth-value of the propositions concerned . |
| 5 | ‘ Ah , yes , but you ca n't very well knock on a monastery gate and say , ‘ May I have some poison ? ’ and expect the father abbot or prior to hand it over without a question . |
| 6 | Ca n't very well send for the house carpenter , can we , eh ? |
| 7 | You ca n't very well go in a pub can you ? |
| 8 | Half of them are n't in — and a message like that is n't something you can very well leave with a neighbour . |