Example sentences of "well [subord] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was n't one of these poor deprived kids who slipped in through an open window or an inadequately locked door and then did not know better than to steal a television or a video . |
| 2 | If you must , then you ca n't do better than to buy a plastic ‘ Snake ’ ; but we doubt if you 'll have the same degree of reverence for it as for our other suggestions in nylon . |
| 3 | Landgrebe , only the second graduate employed by the company , had taken over Peter Revers ' job when the latter went to New York and had responsibilities for scheduling and managing shops , but knew better than to express an opinion on artistic matters . |
| 4 | More representatively there can be a sneaking hope that to explain is somehow to justify ; and the novels , plays and poems that depict British self-sufficiency and its lapses often smack , like Larkin 's poem ‘ Vers de société ’ , of a sort of rueful mock-modesty : a determination to put a case for oneself as well as to record a mood . |
| 5 | I forgot to mention the importance of completing and returning the course evaluation form which we need to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the event , as well as to compile a report to our funding bodies at the end of the year . |