Example sentences of "[vb base] well [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stand well back as the engine accelerates to cutting speed with a roar and a grind and a clatter of the blades . |
| 2 | Most are grown commercially and come from just half a dozen varieties — usually chosen for their red skin or because they travel well rather than because they taste good . |
| 3 | For example , I mean , if a tutor , say , has been sexually harassing a young woman , and she puts in a complain of any kind or something like that , and then he puts pressure on her to withdraw that complaint and she does , I mean does the college at that stage stay well okay if she 's not going to complain then we wo n't do anything , thereby letting the harassment go ahead , or does the college say even though she does n't want to complain we 're nevertheless going to go ahead . |
| 4 | ‘ Stay well behind while I report in . ’ |
| 5 | He is sending a message : Keep well away until my work is done . |
| 6 | Distillery sub Philip Dykes probably had the visitors best chance to score in the 66th minute but he headed a Tom Cleland cross well past when he should have done better . |
| 7 | Political novels rarely work well both as politics and as literature . |
| 8 | Multiple residential schemes work well only when they involve a total plan for the grounds and setting of a house , and provide for their continued upkeep . |