Example sentences of "well [verb] [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better to stroll back the way she had come , then perhaps she would cross over the road and look in the souvenir shop . |
| 2 | We 'd better think up an excuse . |
| 3 | Mike [ Foot ] said wryly that if , as Harold Lever said , we had only a 50 per cent chance of avoiding catastrophe , we had better work out a contingency plan in case that chance did not come off . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I think I 'd better wash up the breakfast things , if you do n't mind . |
| 5 | Better set up a transfusion . ’ |
| 6 | We 'd better fix up a drip to replace the blood that 's leaking into his body . ’ |
| 7 | I suppose I 'd better put up the notice . ’ |
| 8 | And the other members of the staff who are joining us had better put in an appearance soon , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 9 | He 'd better pull off a biggie . " |
| 10 | Because I mind our Dad saying : ‘ She 'd do better to take on a class o' twelve-years-olds than take on Walter Machin ! ’ |
| 11 | You better find out the train times just in case the weather turns . |
| 12 | Well bring in a picture of him |
| 13 | In the distance was a large L-shaped residence , also well back off the road . |
| 14 | We say well pick up a bit of experience here |
| 15 | While catalytic converters may cost the manufacturer around £50 to buy , to fit them requires skilled labour and may well bump up the price of a new car by between £100 and £1000 depending on the model . |
| 16 | But the hotel may well bump up the bill with all sorts of spurious charges . |
| 17 | I have quoted this passage in full , not because I think it is particularly inspired or even well-written , but because it is the nearest attempt I have come across to suggest some of the subjective , hidden meanings that might well make up a performer 's luggage when he expresses himself on stage . |
| 18 | Yeah , well brightening up a bit |
| 19 | However , these two activites tend to be associated with addictions and personality difficulties in the patient and to require them to give up these things can often be counterproductive , since compliance may well bring on a withdrawal syndrome , and failure can lead to anxiety and guilt . |
| 20 | If the expectation is held strongly then market participant action may well bring about the event that was expected . |
| 21 | Those chilling words — official indifference and lack of care — may well sum up the experience of refugees in many countries , not just our own . |
| 22 | and say well hang on a second , and what do you do with objections ? |
| 23 | Bill will say , well hang on a minute ! |
| 24 | Oh well hang on a minute I 've got , I 've got one here . |
| 25 | It 's only later on when they 're more experienced that they can actually say , well hang on a minute I can do more for this person and I 'm going to do more for this person . |
| 26 | erm I mean , it 's interesting , that 's not the only person that 's said that to me erm one of the youngsters actually said that to me last night erm sort of complaining again along the same sort of lines , and I said ‘ well hang on a minute , you know there are people actually at this moment who are putting their lives on the line and |
| 27 | Well get out the place then ! |
| 28 | If they belong to the party that wins power they may well take on a government office of some kind . |
| 29 | Our unequal arms might well take up the difference in line lengths when flying one way ; but the perverse nature of our natural reactions does n't allow the same correction when flying the other way . |
| 30 | As Coleman subsequently reported to Control , this pretty well summed up the relationship between Hurley and the spooks in Nicosia . |