Example sentences of "he [verb] well [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Churchill was contemptuous of Butler for occupying so marginal a Cabinet post — ‘ wiping the children 's noses and smacking their bottoms during war-time ’ — and exhorted him to steer well clear of the Public School question and , even more , of the religious settlement . |
| 2 | and he goes well that 's a million to one chance that that would , and Des Lyneham goes I would n't have minded having a little flutter on that . |
| 3 | He goes well fresh , was possibly past his best for the season in those two clashes with Katabatic last term , and comes from a stable firing out winners . |
| 4 | When we move in here , we get this guy come along to look at it , he say well this machine the er the Germans erm they 've really the pump is th is really easy to go , and so I can change your pump for you but l in your washing machine washing machine . |
| 5 | He says well that 's up to you ! |
| 6 | And he says oh no , I says no I says it 's a full set so keep your bleeding hands off , he says well all rest in house are mine . |
| 7 | He seemed well pleased with things . |
| 8 | The only advantage of illness , as far as Eliot was concerned , was that it released him from the general round of works and days — it was , he used to say , his body 's way of telling him to stop — and during periods of ill health such as this one he seemed better able to write . |
| 9 | Well maybe he thought well that 's , somebody , that 'll s |
| 10 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 11 | It was agreed that he might return to work from the hospital when he felt better able to cope . |
| 12 | As he settled , he looked well pleased with the manoeuvre . |
| 13 | But a 67 and he slept well that night . |
| 14 | He slept well that night , getting up early to climb the wet , mildewed stairs to the top of the church tower where he saw the stars clear in the skies , studying their alignment before they faded with the dawn . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't expect he slept well last night . ’ |
| 16 | No , and I had I er I had tried to appeal to him to be quiet , he said well I 've got to build this shed , I said well it do n't have to be during the night when other people are trying to sleep , he said well that 's up to them , and he started hammering again , while I was talking to him , and then I kept on and on and eventually , I think while I was talking to him I 'd kept him quiet while I was talking to him . |
| 17 | he said well that 's the trouble you could break the |
| 18 | so he said well that 's you down but he said he wanted to cut them back . |
| 19 | So I sa have , so I told him what he said , and he said well that 's exactly what it says in the book ! |
| 20 | So he said well all I can say is he said you wan na just forget that erm |
| 21 | So so when he 'd done it he said well two hundred and fifty quid I heard him and he said but I suppose you know the of it oh I do n't know and he said why did n't you do it ? |
| 22 | He took his blood pressure and he said well this is astronomically high . |
| 23 | He said better that Rottweiler is n't it ? |
| 24 | He remains well three years later . |