Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] well [conj] " in BNC.

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1 And I did have a splendid evening , spending most of the time with a red haired sergeant who seemed to appreciate my sense of humour — in fact , I thought we were getting on so well that I was disappointed when the evening ended and he did n't make any arrangements to see me again .
2 She had felt that they were getting on so well until Edie appeared .
3 ‘ Scotland was riding along fairly well and there were hopes it would be able to come through .
4 ‘ I think you might say , sir , that the patient is coming along as well as could be expected .
5 Midland Pensions are unit linked plans and since the value of units can go down as well as up it is possible that the value may fall below that of the original investment .
6 This did not go down as well as he might have hoped .
7 From what I remember , we went down quite well and it was the beginning of quite an interesting career for the young Mr Jones . ’
8 Although the haze had restricted visibility forward Spencer recalls that he could see down quite well and everything seemed to be going smoothly for a controlled emergency landing .
9 One of today 's most distinguished ( though not yet knighted ) evolutionary theorists so seldom cleans his glasses that his vision is probably a misty blur anyway , but he seems to get along pretty well and , by his own account , he used to play a mean game of monocular squash .
10 Contributions are coming in very well and Janet Rogers , our Treasurer , thanked everyone who had participated .
11 The two brothers had not always got along very well but in spite of their differences , Spencer would never do anything to harm the firm or his brother .
12 David asked if I could jive and at this particular time I always dressed as a man , which was probably another reason Calvin and I got along very well because Calvin wore velvet suits and I wore velvet suits — so that was one area we got on very well .
13 We 're coming along very well and erm working hard as coach and erm things have really been picking up we 've been very pleased with the way it 's gone .
14 That did n't go down very well an' then 'e asked me why .
15 You washed your dinner down very well and , after , you almost drowned yourself in port .
16 does n't always go down too well but well in the end I went in to their bedroom and actually they were awake , they were just laying sort of a bit sleepily on the bed together on Katie 's , both on Katie 's bed .
17 Use them over as well as under watercolour .
18 Also the proposals have to be thought through really well and new theory and concepts have to be developed .
19 When one thinks that in France the present generation has seen neither court gowns nor a ceremony of this sort and that , with very few exceptions , the ladies of high society do not come to the Tuileries , one is struck by the fact that everything should pass off so well and without lending itself to too much mockery .
20 Love , she wanted to shout , only his mirthless smile cut the word off in the throat , and then her breathing was cut off as well as he placed one of her hands on the accelerated pulse beating in his neck .
21 ‘ We started off quite well but then showed a lack of imagination , which is unusual .
22 The boys started off quite well and used their height to their advantage ( with the obvious exception of Sean Parker ) and finished the first half eight goals to their credit and in the lead .
23 Although there is some good material in the report on Harris Tweed it stand up less well than some of the others to the passage of time .
24 And summed up so well that it came to far more
25 I was really pleased to see the eight of them clearing up so well and independently .
26 ‘ Sales are holding up extremely well and people are realising what good value the product is , ’ added Mr Sabini .
27 We fixed it up as well as we could — which was n't well but it did give us both somewhere to live away from our parents , a first real taste of independence .
28 Fred I am worried with all that money you wo n't lose your head , there are a lot of clever dishonest people ( she means women , he said ) about these days , I brought you up as well as I could and if you do wrong it 's the same as if I did .
29 He stood up as well and held out his hands , talking all the time in a soft , friendly tone .
30 Back off the volume and the sound cleans up really well and shows hardly any sign of thinning out .
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