Example sentences of "[be] well [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He is an ego on legs and we 're well shut of him .
2 From what I can gather , you 're well rid of the bastard ! ’
3 ‘ We 're well rid of that , ’ cried Kevin .
4 Actually I think they 're they 're well advertised for what they are .
5 ‘ None of the animals we keep are dangerous and they 're no problem if they 're well looked after . ’
6 You 're well set for it with Apremont , our famous white wine , our cheeses which include Reblochon , Beaufort and Tomme de Savoie , as well as our delicious Gâteau de Savoie .
7 Well they 're well lo , they 're well paid for it !
8 Er reading old books there the they talk about the and er around and the beds and all that you know and the jollity people they 're well known about it .
9 I really enjoyed getting people going — yes , I 'm well acquainted with the wooden spoon .
10 I 'm well acquainted with all the usual ploys . ’
11 But this — I 'm well briefed on the subject , this is n't my own knowledge — is a fine , full-weight aureus from two hundred years previously , enormously enhanced in value .
12 Women wear saris and I 'm well known for my spicy food .
13 ‘ Like all Sards , I 'm well known for my gallantry . ’
14 The back of the bollard should be well padded with expendable clothing , and a buried axe should always be used as a back-up .
15 The idea that a runner can win more by not trying too hard is not likely to be well received in the hard-bitten commercial world of sports retailing , but if the winter miles are currently very wearisome and every race is a struggle to gain a few seconds , you might try leaving your watch off at a race or two and see if the Zarei approach puts a bit of the enjoyment back into running .
16 He made the Eastern breakthrough via his Yugoslav publishers , who thought the non-violent message would be well received by Russians .
17 Although a transfer of the ownership of a company is unlikely to be well received by the board , care should be taken before making the decision on how to react ; agreeing to increase national control can be less harmful than ( for instance ) withdrawing from the country altogether .
18 The guide should be well received by those who love the countryside , and particularly by those who walk .
19 By 1929 the drift towards a new cinema as being picked up by the critics , who eagerly pointed out both what they liked in the new films and what they thought would be well received by audiences .
20 Money-off vouchers are one answer , but they are not very popular with magazines and may not be well received by suppliers either .
21 So Dublin was given a voice , but no responsibility , in the affairs of Northern Ireland , an arrangement that was expected to be well received by the Catholic community .
22 It is expected that the wording will be well received by its current and future policyholders and does enable NCM to be flexible in its approach to domestic credit underwriting .
23 PHILIPPA Russell 's huge water jug and wash basin in the craft window showcase here , would be well received by seaside boarding house landladies up and down the country .
24 This reinforces the view that EP systems should be designed to be well integrated with their environment , rather than being stand-alone systems .
25 This can be well illustrated through the following identity .
26 The danger of involving wind erosion merely because of the form may be well illustrated by the photograph ( Plate 37 ) of a type of minor landform , which used to figure in old accounts of deserts as Zeugen , developed on acid moorland on the Fell Sandstone near Rothbury in Northumberland .
27 They too , spoke enthusiastically about , for example , the opportunities offered by The Machine Gunners for emotional empathy with the world of the child versus the world of the adult ; the emotional pleasure pupils frequently found in empathizing with Billy 's relationship with the hawk , and the themes and topics raised by Kes ; the complex nature of the link between humans and animals offered as a theme in The Red Pony ; the thematic possibilities of the Irish location of Across the Barricades together with its handling of prejudice ; and the understanding of allegory and its special features which might be well illustrated by a reading of Animal Farm .
28 This can be well illustrated from burials .
29 He will certainly need to be well prepared for the task which faces him , with international cricket politics becoming increasingly complex .
30 He will certainly need to be well prepared for the task which faces him , with international cricket politics becoming increasingly complex .
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