Example sentences of "not [vb infin] well [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the school debating society he won a name ; and he quickly discovered a truth never discovered by some undergraduates nor even by some mature debaters , that you can not speak well unless you care . |
| 2 | Sow the seed in early to mid-spring , or late summer , preferably the latter as viability falls rapidly , outdoors where they are to grow — chervil does not do well if transplanted . |
| 3 | Water lilies do not grow well if water is falling onto their leaves . |
| 4 | This takes a bit of practice and does not work well if you hands tend to be on the clammy side ! |
| 5 | retained direct control of the ‘ Croydon & District Tramways ’ might not work well if the new lines had to be separated administratively from the Corporation system , so they decided to set up a subsidiary company as they had done in other areas . |
| 6 | Boswell had a fire in his ‘ most elegant ’ room overlooking the sea , but he did not sleep well because the sea made its wild noises , and the pillows were stuffed with the feathers of ‘ some sea-fowl , which had to me a disagreeable smell ’ . |
| 7 | The fact is that the song did not sell well because , let's face it , it was a bloody awful record … ’ |
| 8 | Adhesion requires not only integrin ligands on the endothelium , but also activation signals because T-cell integrins can not bind well until they are activated . |
| 9 | He did not write well because he had learned his letters late in life and , though Lucille had made him into a much better reader , he was still clumsy with a pen or pencil . |
| 10 | I do n't know well if it , there 's gas fire that , well all it means is they 've had it in but the gas is n't connected to the you probably have n't got a boiler . |
| 11 | Both were loaded with works which , as Heinz Berggruen says , ‘ Did n't do well because they were n't any good ’ . |
| 12 | Like Spike Milligan , his jokes are very hard to explain — it 's difficult to say what exactly is funny about them and they do n't read well if you write them down . |
| 13 | yeah I know , but they , they do n't say well if you 're not orthodox you ca n't come here , do they ? |