Example sentences of "very well [conj] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not carry out their instructions very well so they had to be very precise in explaining things to me . |
| 2 | ‘ When I was his age I said contentious things like he did last week , but I did not speak English very well so I did not get into trouble . ’ |
| 3 | She knew very well that he had always regretted marrying her when he could have had Martha , and secretly longed that the family feud could be ended . |
| 4 | But those , those Environmental Health Officers who go into committee , and we know very well that you have to put your argument in a particular way or put your point a particular way , in which you want to convince people . |
| 5 | He knew very well that she meant only good . |
| 6 | ‘ Now Bathsheba , ’ he said , laughing , ‘ you know very well that I had to be very careful , as a single man working for you , a good-looking young woman . |
| 7 | ‘ You know very well that I want to make an offer to your son . |
| 8 | ‘ You know very well that I do . |
| 9 | ‘ You know very well that I have ! |
| 10 | ‘ You know very well that I decided that months ago — and nothing 's changed . ’ |
| 11 | The method works very well but it does not provide the speed possessed by the free-swimming sharks . |
| 12 | Confident as Sara was of her own skill as a horsewoman , she would have had to know him very well before she dared to ride him , but Bunny , she knew , rode him constantly without fear . |
| 13 | It holds its shape very well since it does n't get broken springs , lumps or bumps . |
| 14 | It would be a shame to see Rocky dropped again after apparently playing very well since he came into the side , but at the same time I ca n't really see him keeping Strach out of the team . |
| 15 | This job at the lab would do Brenda very well until she married . |
| 16 | Can you suggest anyway to stop the fuel evaporating , retaining the original carbs , choke etc , as the vehicle runs very well until I switch off when warm . |
| 17 | It 's an interesting one because er er , really the thing , th the sentence goes , or the , the principle works very well until you get to the word honest . |
| 18 | This suited me very well because it had large rooms and wide doors . |
| 19 | Ambitious young curators have a different axe to grind and it worked out very well because I did n't produce that much . |
| 20 | I ca n't cook or clean because you all do that , I do n't even sew very well because you do it better , I ca n't play or draw , not really — ’ |
| 21 | Yes so lots of games for United to play at the moment with the postponements , a lot of mid-week games , a lot of games up here at the Manor , but erm as so often happens with United , after a good performance or a little a good run , they never quite do it at home do they , they never quite kill sides off and they draw in games that they 've played very well as they have done today . |
| 22 | Yes , well that 's all very well when they know ho , well it 's like those erm computer things is n't it ? |
| 23 | None of these eternal operators faired very well when they had a posting to a training unit . |
| 24 | ‘ We are trying to educate young people and point them in the right direction and I do n't think we are fulfilling our duty very well when we have a rule like this . ’ |
| 25 | The logical approach works very well when you have information or expert power . |
| 26 | He 's probably also going to do very well when he gets there . |
| 27 | The lovely negro spiritual ‘ Balm in Gilead ’ expresses it very well when it refers to ‘ the sin sick soul . ’ |
| 28 | I mean I 'm gon na try and give , the first two guys and er Mike who came in , they did n't do very well cos they did n't actually mention that bit and it did n't flow from then on , you 've got ta make the point , you know , did you find that er well not did you , that 's bad phraseology , I 'm sure you found this beneficial which of the areas of the five tonight actually interest you the most do that bit and then go in with the fact that you actually mentioned earlier on that you do work on a recommendation basis . |
| 29 | Erm if we get on very well if we get through say that book one on the maths if we get through very well then we can start having a look at what he 's going to do when he goes back so he 'll understand the terms when they 're explained to him |
| 30 | However , Betty did n't know Lord C very well if she thought she could embarrass him . |