Example sentences of "[noun sg] very well [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also feel that in ‘ Futility ’ Owen uses emotion very well and gives a very good impression of his feeling which I feel is slightly lacking in a couple of his other poems . |
| 2 | The producer should know the score , not in the same way as a conductor , but perhaps in the manner of a good driver who does not know what goes on underneath the bonnet but who can handle a car very well and one who knows exactly what to do if the car breaks down . |
| 3 | Beaverbrook , indeed , who knew Law very well but was also addicted to dramatic interpretations , believed that the collapse of Law 's health stemmed partly from this destruction of his position as undisputed captain , maybe of ‘ the second eleven ’ in Churchill 's phrase , but at least of a team of like-minded , straightforward and loyal men . |
| 4 | Did they describe your ad very well but ascribe it to a competitor 's product ? |
| 5 | Things were very simple and this list made that precise point very well but of course this journalist was being somewhat disingenuous as well as cynical . |
| 6 | This seems to me to suit Prokofiev 's idiom very well and Béroff 's intelligent virtuosity is a constant source of delight , as is Masur 's accompaniment , fully committed but also notable for careful attention to detail . |
| 7 | One view has it that they are the trusted preservers of law and order , men and women who do a difficult job very well and who deserve to be respected and admired throughout the communities which they protect . |
| 8 | I 'm sure that they could have found other examples where solicitors were not doing the job very well and were charging a lot of money because let's be realistic there are good solicitors and there are bad solicitors and I would n't pretend otherwise . |
| 9 | Last time er it was er free distribution , so they needed someone to , workers for that and Sikh temple offered their services and er , I think they did the job very well because mostly we get a lot of volunteers round and er , many times I went their there was quite a big queue , er five or six people were serving at the same time . |
| 10 | The prophet Habbakuk expressed this truth very well when under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit he wrote concerning God ‘ Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil and canst not look on iniquity . ’ |
| 11 | And trainer Paul Cole said yesterday : ‘ She 's come out of the race very well and has eaten up . |
| 12 | The experience against those rivals will be provided by former England captain and club captain John Orwin who said : ‘ We know each other very well and frankly we would have preferred to come out of the hat first . |
| 13 | The pluses are that Mr Fry 's antiques-packed rooms give off a suitably mouldering , claustrophobic air , Staunton is very good as an over-protective mother who keeps haring off to ring the babysitter , all concerned do seem to know each other very well and it 's all very pleasant , untaxing and time passes jauntily enough . |
| 14 | I remember that day very well because it was the first day that Mr. Andrew did n't come . " |
| 15 | ‘ She remembers the day very well and it was wonderful to talk about it again . |
| 16 | ‘ She remembers the day very well and it was wonderful to talk about it again . |
| 17 | My conviction on this count was based on the fact that I had researched this area very well and knew that there was nothing on record . |
| 18 | I have never found it dries satisfactorily , but whole sprigs keep their flavour very well if deep-frozen soon after picking . |
| 19 | This is because the market and its practitioners know the sequence very well and also because profit can be made ( or losses minimised ) by anticipating events . |
| 20 | It can manage the affairs of the state very well and it can improve the citizens . |
| 21 | I remember the man very well and alone . |
| 22 | ‘ We are trying to educate young people and point them in the right direction and I do n't think we are fulfilling our duty very well when we have a rule like this . ’ |
| 23 | It holds its shape very well since it does n't get broken springs , lumps or bumps . |
| 24 | ‘ When I was his age I said contentious things like he did last week , but I did not speak English very well so I did not get into trouble . ’ |
| 25 | Part of the time he may almost be unaware that he is speaking to another person — after all Gila does n't understand English very well and it is unlikely that she would fully understand the references to Rupert Brooke and the poem ‘ The Old Vicarage , Grantchester ’ . |
| 26 | This distinction manifests itself in the fact that the " see that " paraphrase fits the second sentence very well but is very awkward for the first . |
| 27 | ‘ I could n't see his face very well because the leaves and branches were in the way , but I saw him climb the fence and steal the bulbs . ’ |
| 28 | But er having done that erm you , you apacked his er , his objection very well and in fact you er y you got over that because you , you told him why er and what you could do and , and he , he agreed to er he was certainly a lot warmer then than he was initially . |
| 29 | Yes I think er people should hear that er er er the royal family 's had a lot of correction in the past with the outside world and er come and go and you know , people know the royal family very well and they attract a lot of business , a lot of things go on behind the scenes whether it 's from glamour point of view . |