Example sentences of "[verb] well [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poverty statistics are cited as further support for the view that the elderly are becoming better off in relation to the rest of society . |
| 2 | The meal came well up to expectations and the wine he selected made the blood course through Sophie 's veins . |
| 3 | The stripes were hardly noticeable , as the cut was left longer here , but it took slight bumps in the ground in its stride , and cut well up to edges . |
| 4 | When the weather improved , filming went ahead , with all mackintoshes put well out of sight . |
| 5 | Except in very calm and clear conditions flocks of birds are not easy to detect on the sea at any distance , and this , coupled with the shallowness of the water which may enable birds to feed well out to sea , probably results in many species being under recorded . |
| 6 | Though Michael Herr has in many ways done well out of Vietnam , he says : ‘ I think I paid a lot of dues ; Neil Sheehan [ author of A Bright Shining Light ] paid a lot of dues ; Don McCullin paid a lot of dues ; Larry Burrows paid all his dues . |
| 7 | He had done well out of piracy and had even , with the help of his cabin boy , escaped the fury of his arch-enemy Cut-throat Jake . |
| 8 | Oldham have done well out of Leeds rejects . |
| 9 | The local security equipment retailers had clearly done well out of Ruggiero Miletti 's kidnapping . |
| 10 | Etna is a big volcano , much the highest in Europe , and it has a record of activity going well back into history . |
| 11 | Last week he finished well down in Hong Kong and said : ‘ Sometimes you play well and sometimes you do n't . |
| 12 | Her mother , being Jewish , had to keep well out of sight and did n't venture out . |
| 13 | This overwhelms the sea , such that freshwater can still be found well out of sight of land ! |
| 14 | An interesting property is the ability of the hologram to project well out in front of itself into free space . |
| 15 | We started well over in Ireland at Woodbrook , and he said that was the start of a ‘ winning team ’ . |
| 16 | sit well back in chair , thighs supported — |
| 17 | Visibility was very poor and having been warned that barrage balloons were hoisted over the Liverpool area which had very recently suffered heavily in bombing raids , we went well out to sea before turning in to Speke , only to get entangled in a coastal convoy flying balloons . |
| 18 | ( Now they take good care to live well out of sight of them ) . |
| 19 | A refurbished Overchurch ferry capable of sailing well out into Liverpool Bay . |
| 20 | Those who did well out of coffee growing started employing labourers and consolidated their control over the best land . |
| 21 | Certainly South African Allan Donald , another claimant to the title of ‘ world 's fastest bowler ’ , did not come well out of comparisons on that occasion , but Derbyshire captain Kim Barnett believes Bishop still needs careful handling . |
| 22 | ‘ The team was playing well on against Brighton up until Barry went off really . |
| 23 | Deane was playing well out of position acting as a left wing , to such an extent that he got a few crosses in during the first half . |
| 24 | Certain individuals also do well out of market distribution . [ … ] |
| 25 | Lastly , make sure that flexes leading to trees or other sites remote from the house are kept well out of harm 's way . |
| 26 | He took down his tool kit from the high cupboard where it was kept well out of Timmy 's reach . |
| 27 | She made very sure that she stayed well out of Julius 's way for the rest of that evening . |