Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] well as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had kissed and fondled her and she had responded as well as she could but they had both been too aware of each others inexperience and uncertainty to achieve fulfilment . |
| 2 | Kossen also says that these characteristics can be learned and developed , thereby suggesting that leaders may be made as well as born . |
| 3 | This is because demands fur virtuosity have grown as well as for greater physical flexibility . |
| 4 | Needless to say , on recordings which have a substantial musical output below 50Hz — the organ perhaps the prime example — the effect is felt as well as heard since the 103/4 can move a great deal of air . |
| 5 | They , you , are our inspiration , the reason we 've come as far and done as well as we have , the energy that drives us forward into the future . |
| 6 | Often he is afraid that these jobs will not be done , or not done as well as he would do them . |
| 7 | Saints who should be seen as well as heard about |
| 8 | The saints or ‘ holy ones ’ should be seen as well as heard about . |
| 9 | If you want to be seen as well as heard , search out the VZ303 . |
| 10 | The earliest authenticated cuckoo was for years a literal early bird seen as well as heard on March 27 , 1936 , in Kent , but one was reportedly heard and seen on March 2 , 1972 , in Berkshire . |
| 11 | These had always done quite well as buses were not then allowed on Anerley Hill . |
| 12 | I think this is clearly Miller 's main use for the character of Alfieri and he tries to make this more realistic by making Alfieri a lawyer though I do not think that this is done very well as Alfieri does not say anything which would justify him being a lawyer as all Eddie asks him are things he would have asked anyone though perhaps he asked him because he was a ‘ lawyer ’ and he respected this and knew he would get confidentiality . |
| 13 | The house had been cleaned as well as was possible . |
| 14 | The vihuela tablatures contained villancicos and romances — with the melody in red figures– as in Luis Milan 's El Maestro ( Valencia , 1535 or 6 ) , so that it could easily be sung as well as played . |
| 15 | He holds not only a gutted Diamond-back but a pose ordained as well as caught by the photographer . |
| 16 | In this garden annuals and bedding are used particularly well as they are dotted around perennials and shrubs , rather than grown together in a bedding scheme . |
| 17 | Wind , rain , chemical erosion gradually wear into it and the stone that they used for some of the repair of the cathedral in the years gone by has n't worn as well as we would have hoped . |
| 18 | Yes so lots of games for United to play at the moment with the postponements , a lot of mid-week games , a lot of games up here at the Manor , but erm as so often happens with United , after a good performance or a little a good run , they never quite do it at home do they , they never quite kill sides off and they draw in games that they 've played very well as they have done today . |
| 19 | Some are old , familiar ditties with new words , some nice little rhyming couplets , some just plain filthy and some printable here : every little bean must be heard as well as seen . |
| 20 | This means that leaks can be pin-pointed as well as identified . |
| 21 | In many of these ( 233 cases ) it turned out that a person was recognized perfectly well as being familiar but the subjects reported a difficulty in recalling other details , such as the person 's name . |
| 22 | There are certain inconsistencies in Leandre 's story , but he was obviously describing what he had experienced as well as he could remember it . |
| 23 | From time to time , and I think mainly to keep in touch , Aunt Janie would ring me to ask if I could come to the house to help with a small task , such as fixing the cellar door , hammering in a stray loose plank over the cistern and so on — although she must have known as well as I did how useless I was at such household chores . |
| 24 | Dysart nodded , considered the point for a moment then said : ‘ Some might say it was a sign she had n't recovered as well as we 'd hoped . ’ |
| 25 | Without their dedicated service , the prison would not be run so well as it is . |
| 26 | His driving apparently is still not all it might be , but his short game and putting are very good and that is where scores are salvaged as well as made . |
| 27 | Disability arts , on the other hand , where , for example , sculpture is designed to be touched as well as seen , and songs are written about the world as we see it , can redress the balance and engage a lot of people in questioning assumptions that their exclusion from society is a fact of life . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've never eaten as well as I have on this trip . ’ |
| 29 | In that sense medicine and disability are inextricably linked , yet the approaches of physicians and surgeons to disabled people are criticised as well as praised . |
| 30 | ‘ I will have regard to how vigorous competition with the tunnel can be best assured as well as with how well the current competitive arrangments have operated , ’ he said . |