Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] well [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is n't quite so quick to use as the knobs of a panel-mounted set as there is no way of rotating the full MHz figures separately from the decimals ( it takes my fingers well over 150 twiddles to get from 118,00 to 136.975 Mhz ) , but there is a twenty-frequency memory bank , and you can cycle quickly through the stored frequencies . |
| 2 | I know my patch well enough . |
| 3 | She tells their story well enough ; she does n't seem shaky at all . |
| 4 | They were eminently suited to the work and knew their ship and its equipment well enough to keep things going which also suited the administration at Headquarters . |
| 5 | The party behind , in another special , paid their engineer well enough to drive into the rear coach and smash it — they being rivals with the stranded party to serve the same area with a new railway . |
| 6 | This was purely business , and for all the jolly camaraderie Kate was aware that most of the men she 'd met this evening had grave reservations about her ability to do her job well now that they 'd seen her . |
| 7 | Did she know her husband well enough to come to rescue him from the consequences of his own indiscretions ? |
| 8 | Even the thought of Candy acting as a spy in the camp could n't annoy her — she knew her friend well enough to be sure she would have acted with Rory 's best interests at heart . |
| 9 | He does not believe that Britain lacks for entrepreneurs , but he is concerned that many of them do not do their homework well enough . |
| 10 | Most college teachers are more down-to-earth : solid citizens and safe , intellectual craft workers , who mostly know and love their subject well enough to wish to share their enthusiasm for it with their students . |
| 11 | Dry seed in an envelope in an airtight container ( the plastic drums that spray-dried milk is sold in are excellent ) and kept in a cool place , retains its viability well enough . |
| 12 | Local people know the history of their surroundings well enough , but visitors may not recognise land that has been reclaimed unless it is pointed out to them . |
| 13 | It was n't to do with the women , they still resembled their ancestors well enough . |
| 14 | She kept clean by washing in sand , and buried her stools well away from her nest of the moment . |
| 15 | He might enjoy exploring the many rooms that , while not too wonderful graphically , serve their purpose well enough . |
| 16 | It 's certainly an anomaly that two players dealt with around the same time end up serving their bans well apart . |
| 17 | The soloists in the Concerto ( Derek Han [ piano ] and John Henes [ trumpet ] ) play their parts well enough , but do nothing to make this rather lack-lustre disc into anything out of the ordinary . |
| 18 | And I think I think he does his job well anyway . |
| 19 | But although the structure of the city still defeated him in detail , he had got his bearings well enough to know that this could not be their destination . |
| 20 | He started to blame himself — he must be making the wrong decisions , not treating his customers well enough , not keeping a sharp enough eye on profit margins . |
| 21 | Harry Christopher has done his homework well here , shaping each phrase according to the meaning of the text . |
| 22 | Then I drove into his space well then somebody else came and drove in behind me and the car in front then was sort of , oh yeah , then somebody else came and reversed in in front of him , so the car in front it was across the drive was boxed in by this time , I did n't box him in I just |
| 23 | It seems the fellow carried out his task well enough — there are two corpses in the burial chest this morning . |
| 24 | ‘ I understand your difficulty well enough , ’ he said . |
| 25 | It will not fit our practice well enough to count as an eligible interpretation , and its normative program will be empty , because it instructs us to follow conventions that do not exist . |
| 26 | You must know your aircraft well enough to be able immediately to set up the Attitude and Power for the required descent rate . |
| 27 | ‘ But I knew your pa well enough . |
| 28 | What is more , you must be able to plan your cropping to meet the needs of your animals , your home , and the market , ordering your rotations well ahead to ensure the correct balance . |
| 29 | If you plan your reading well ahead of your tutorials or essay-writing deadline , you stand a better chance of getting hold of the books you want . |
| 30 | Overall , it was a good performance and we took our chances well so that it was all over by halftime , ’ said McHale . |