Example sentences of "well [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One Sunday at the Trocadero the chief circle usher said to me , ‘ I think you 'd better come up to the back circle , Gents , we 've got a bloke behaving obscenely . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You 'd better come back in the house and dry your shoes and socks , ’ said Betty . |
| 3 | They asked me a few questions and they said , ‘ You 'd better come along to the police station . ’ |
| 4 | A small indeterminate woman in a lightly belted black raincoat slipped in past me : she had wispy fair hair and I could see at once from whence the twins had inherited what I can only describe as their nebulousness — a sense of the nebulae or star cluster that is better seen out of the corner of the eye . |
| 5 | Er then he made the I 'd better cut back to the business card because you jumped into the statement of purpose erm you assum er there was an assumed er was okay erm I put superb and I ca n't remember what that actually was there . |
| 6 | Indeed , to the straight Grand Planners ( of which North was not one ) , hostages were better left out of the picture entirely . |
| 7 | because it was well written up in the Wine Society I would descr describe it as nice , nice but innocuous . |
| 8 | climbing the white horses takes anything from three to five hours … routes up cliffs or pitches as they 're called are well mapped out in the mountain guides … and our team have made made it to the top in good time … |
| 9 | Another wise investment is a life-jacket , for no matter how strong a swimmer you may be you can not swim if you are well wrapped up against the cold . |
| 10 | The Company Commander , well wrapped up against the weather , surveyed his dripping subordinate from plimsoll to clinging singlet . |
| 11 | He was well wrapped up against the weather . |
| 12 | But , well wrapped up in the story , the device certainly worked well enough for the crime reviewers of that year to vote the book the Gold Dagger award . |
| 13 | But the piece bubbles with character and is well laid out for the medium . |
| 14 | This dimension to progressive thought was well brought out by the school of ‘ New Liberalism ’ which was associated in particular with T. H. Green and L. T. Hobhouse . |
| 15 | Their position was well summed up by the Carers National Association , which has stated that the current rules could have ’ disastrous consequences ’ for the family and friends of the claimant who may have moved into the home to take on the caring responsibilities . |
| 16 | Cos the mantelpiece is well taken up with the supporting of toy dogs . |
| 17 | ‘ Only this jumpsuit 's going through at the arse and the bellbottoms are getting well chewed up on the pedals . ’ |
| 18 | Takeshiba-O made the early pace followed by the two American horses Czar Alexander and Fort Marcy , while Piggott was content to keep Sir Ivor well covered up at the back of the field with La Lagune . |