Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] well [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patiently , the practitioner examined them , me and us , and proclaimed that I would probably be able to see jolly well if I did n't have them inside out and in the wrong eyes . |
| 2 | Patiently , the practitioner examined them , me and us , and proclaimed that I would probably be able to see jolly well if I did n't have them inside out and in the wrong eyes . |
| 3 | The 1960s witnessed a downturn in economic performance and a growing realization that , in comparative terms , Britain was faring less well than many of her continental neighbors . |
| 4 | We got along well because I was sympathetic to his cause , and I understood why he was so disturbed by the obvious discrimination by the white man . |
| 5 | Where management rewards in publicly owned concerns are institutionally determined , we should expect such concerns to perform less well than privately owned firms in which salaries relate to performance . |
| 6 | if the fifteen thirty place on well if the thirty are away then it goes |
| 7 | Lloyd George received a hero 's welcome wherever he went , but then so did Churchill in 1945 , and it is impossible to tell now whether Lloyd George would have fared so well if he had had Liberals rather than Unionists at his back . |
| 8 | Turkle ( 1984 ) , for example , analyses how computers provide female-as well as male-identified cognitive experiences . |
| 9 | You should know as well as I do the public can be a very difficult master ! ’ |
| 10 | He had kissed and fondled her and she had responded as well as she could but they had both been too aware of each others inexperience and uncertainty to achieve fulfilment . |
| 11 | She returned Travis 's kiss warmly , then bent as well as she could to hug Jonas . |
| 12 | The survey will provide information about drivers ' perceptions of overtaking as well as of being overtaken . |
| 13 | Much would depend on the exact state of affairs in Ireland and something would depend on the success of the Progressive parties in patching up a new electoral pact ( although after the events of 1912 and 1913 it could not be expected to work as well as in 1910 ) , but all of these factors would operate in the broad context of a probable Unionist victory . |
| 14 | Quite stiff for the grade , with several moves that leave you wondering if you are climbing as well as you thought ! |
| 15 | There will always be homes , local authority as well as private sector , which do not always behave as well as they should within the rules . |
| 16 | Dandelion swam as well as he ran , swiftly and easily . |
| 17 | Prescott 's enumeration of Labour 's ‘ old vision ’ was inadequate — because of what it excluded as well as for its needless commitment to public ownership . |
| 18 | He was really playing great tennis , ’ McEnroe conceded , ‘ I did n't realise he moved as well as he did . |
| 19 | The experts have only to accept that the joint sessions also used groups of models kitted-out for each occasion by Rembrandt from his well stocked theatrical wardrobe and used them for painting as well as for drawing , to come to realize that their efforts over the last seventy years have been largely misdirected . |
| 20 | Depending upon the date of the interview we could predict quite well whether people would name defence as the Conservatives ' main campaign theme , but it was the date of the interview rather than the personal characteristics of the interviewee that mattered . |
| 21 | and it 's be it 's been a very fascinating job because in the course of the years , obviously one has met erm , parents and students and lecturers and erm university tutors we 've got to know quite well because erm there were all sorts of problems as you probably know with |
| 22 | It was applied by Baulig to Brittany ( 1935 ) and seemed to work quite well as the basic map used was the old French 1:80 000 hachured map which had plenty of spot heights often on flattish summits or spurs . |
| 23 | They are caught very well since they are travelling at top speed . |
| 24 | But I stick to my pre-season prediction that Arsenal will have it tucked away well before the last ball is kicked . |
| 25 | Moreover , the argument goes , OUP has — contrary to expectations in some quarters — done rather well since Sir Roger took over the reins . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't suppose I 'd have done so well if Maggie had been in charge ’ he was a Minister in the Wilson government . |
| 27 | But frequently the correct partial solution scored less well than other incorrect interpretations over the same stretch of sound , though later information was able to raise the score of the path that included the correct partial solution . |
| 28 | Paul had done less well than had been expected of him at Balliol , not through his own fault . |
| 29 | Corby and Wellingborough fall into this category , while others , for example , Milford Haven ( Dyfed ) and Tayside , have done less well because of factors such as distance from markets , location within depressed regions , and so on . |
| 30 | Universal and Paramount may do less well than last year . |