Example sentences of "well [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His appeal for what he termed the " purification " of their political records had been well received at the time , but new investigations into the Recruit-Cosmos scandal had revived allegations that he had lied to the Diet ( Parliament ) in 1988 over his involvement with the case , and allegations of other , hitherto unknown , scandals had spread rapidly . |
| 2 | He said the statue was well received at the Garden Festival and had been wanted by many local authorities . |
| 3 | It has been estimated that the real cost of an average package holiday was 16 per cent less in 1987 than 1980 , and this value for money is likely to keep the large groups well placed at the top of the market share listings . |
| 4 | Well placed at the time of Alexander II 's accession , Dmitrii Miliutin had been a penetrating analyst of the empire 's military weaknesses at the beginning of 1856 . |
| 5 | She forgot to call the apartment again , and decided by two in the morning that she might as well stay at the clinic for what was left of the night . |
| 6 | Well to work at the weekend as well |
| 7 | Finally deciding it was not only pointless , but spineless as well to stand at the door waiting for a man who would n't come , she went up to bed , and surprisingly she fell asleep almost at once , only to be woken some hours later by a violent storm . |
| 8 | Well located at the top of Silom Road overlooking Lumpini Park , this hotel makes access to all the city 's many attractions easy . |
| 9 | Valderrama is still their main inspiration and , as they showed in the play-off against Israel , their team is well organised at the back with the ability to strike quickly on the break . |
| 10 | We would do well to look at the life of the one who is arguably the first church planter ; the apostle Peter . |
| 11 | The Cave and the Well lie at the heart of the Mother Shipton Estate — a relic of the Ancient Forest of Knaresborough . |
| 12 | Well look at the size of it 's trunk . |
| 13 | Well look at the sell buy date on the |
| 14 | Well look at the time you see I did promise at one o'clock to make five o'clock arrive earlier , quicker and we got there in style for the past four hours . |
| 15 | Yeah , well look at the time and I said got |
| 16 | Well look at the speed it takes a disc onto the hard disc ! |
| 17 | John thought the ballet was well performed at the revival , but some reviews suggest that the verve had gone out of it . |
| 18 | The principle of electrolocation , as it has been called , is fairly well understood at the level of physics though not , of course , at the level of what it feels like to be an electric fish . |
| 19 | True it is that in a simple case the investigation of a suspect 's criminality may well terminate at the moment of charging , but often this will not be so . |
| 20 | ‘ Come on , ’ he said , ‘ we might as well call at the cab-rank , before we go to the mortuary . |
| 21 | They were well known at the Jade Cockatoo , for the seniors at Pinehurst were allowed to have tea in the town now and then . |
| 22 | There appeared to be no survivors and there were plenty of witnesses to swear both Greg Martin and Paula Varna were on board when the yacht sailed — Martin was well known at the marina where he kept her and Paula was a highly visible character . ’ |
| 23 | Trusthouse said it was well represented at the airport . |
| 24 | According to Hanan ( 1969 ) , a venture team is characterized by being relatively small , by being composed of members from various functional areas working full-time on the project , by being willing to take risks , by having a broad objective that is not well defined at the start , by having sufficient resources , by being segregated from the permanent organization , and by having great freedom with a minimum of corporate rules and regulations . |
| 25 | Catches were well documented at the time and proceeds from sales were distributed to the poor of Doncaster . |
| 26 | Firemen from Thornaby and Stockton were called to Robert Street , Thornaby to find a large amount of tyres well alight at the rear of Britannia Garage . |
| 27 | It is important to hold on to our hats and remember that it was quite well reviewed at the time . |
| 28 | ‘ We may as well start at the top , then . ’ |
| 29 | Some church leaders ( and lay people ) are already doing it regularly — guiding individuals in their praying , Bible reading , daily living — others , already over-busy , might well groan at the thought of the faithful queueing up for individual direction . |
| 30 | It had its roots in the areas of Altarnun and Menheniot , ( where young Jonathon was christened ) , but by this time the family was well established at the house still known as Trelawne , at Pelynt , near the Looe to Polperro road . |