Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] well [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waxing the skis helps them to slide better and some slopes have a lubrication system which further reduces friction . |
| 2 | Oddly , the move to New York seems to me to work better than some of the earlier stories . |
| 3 | Blake believed that if he could understand all aspects of his horses , he could make them happy and motivate them to work better and to be more successful in competition . |
| 4 | Oh we used to work er f er six days a week , er all day Saturdays erm eight to eight and er eight till eight at n at er eight till seven at night or er or eight till eight at erm most shifts was early , they used to have a a an hour er an hour break of a dinner time er sometimes they only used to have half an hour at night because , I mean well once you 've got er y y you was there , once you get you shift done it was no good sitting there doing for an hour and er it , it varies on what production what was wanted and how far advanced you was or how far behind you was , you know , but er the average hours was as I say was ten hours a shift that was working shift , you worked ten hours and then a break in between , ten minutes , half an hour |
| 5 | I mean well if I remember in Harlow er , we we i i in in nineteen seventy eight we had twenty thousand er , social er , council housing and about nine thousand owner occupiers the situation , that ratio 's been reversed where we , where i by the end of the century we practically have about three thousand social social housing and about twenty two thousand er er , owner occupiers ! |
| 6 | He 's he 's a quick nimble defender Speedy was just hanging hanging on waiting for the ball to be played into him and I must confess I did n't really see anything afterwards I mean well if you look at that that does n't seem anything untoward does it ? |
| 7 | No but I mean well if he 's got three other flats |
| 8 | As I say I mean well because I do feel the cold I suppose I have to have more heat than |
| 9 | I laughed and said , ‘ I sleep better than you do . ’ |
| 10 | and I say well and I 'm well cool |
| 11 | They all come in and tell us we 're the busiest and I say well if we 're the busiest , God help those that 're the quietest . |
| 12 | No , but it was a loan to me and I said to my dad he was loaning it me and I said to him erm I pay you back and then when I went to pick the cheque up er he says er well me mum says he giving you that you know he says what we 're gon na do is when , when they write the will out you 'll get that much less than the others , I says well as long as it ai n't gon na cause any problems |
| 13 | I says well if you do n't smoke them I says me and Maggie 'll get them for you |
| 14 | one of the lads at work come up says there 's a disco on March twenty eight and before I said I 'm already booked , I said yeah , he says er how much do you charge , I told him and I says well if you let me have confirmation as soon as you can and a deposit of ten or fifteen pounds as soon as you can |
| 15 | My right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition would have liked to be here this evening because I know well that he has been a tremendous support to my hon. and learned Friend and his family in many small and touching ways , which I know have been deeply appreciated . |
| 16 | The position is , of course , quite different if the witness knows the person concerned well enough to say : ‘ I was hit by a man I know well and whose name is Jack Spratt . ’ |
| 17 | Still if you mind 's made up , I know better than to argue with you . ’ |
| 18 | But I know better than to interrupt the hero with my babblings ; instead I ape the satisfied cadaver . |
| 19 | ‘ Even I know better than that . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ My lord , I know better than any that I am not his match , ’ said Harry , stung and colouring vividly . |
| 21 | He said in a letter to shareholders : ‘ I believe that I know better than anyone what makes Amstrad operate and what needs to be done in order to secure its future . |
| 22 | She makes my tea with the same water she boils the eggs , she says she do n't but I know better and you know what that does . |
| 23 | ‘ Hey , there 's nothing I like better than a slow cruise off the Spanish Main , a cool drink , and a little hot music . |
| 24 | ‘ Duw , there 's nothing I like better than to work on my own ideas . ’ |
| 25 | Even today there 's nothing I like better than to sit in church on Sunday morning and lustily bawl out the hymns . ) |
| 26 | , I like better than the blue . |
| 27 | ‘ I understand better than you think ! ’ she snapped . |
| 28 | ‘ I thoroughly disagreed with him on numerous issues , ’ said Teller , ‘ to this extent I would like to see the vital interests of this country in hands which I understand better and therefore trust more . ’ |
| 29 | I said I wanted it for an amateur production of James Saunders A Scent of Flowers — a play I knew well and which required a coffin to be positioned downstage during the entire action . |
| 30 | I was telephoned by the late Lord Plunket , Her Majesty 's Equerry , a man of exceptional charm whom I knew well and liked , who arranged the appointment and said diffidently , ‘ I hope you do not mind wearing a morning coat . ’ |